5th year Subject Choice 2019

CORE SUBJECTS ENGLISH IRISH MATHS

OPTIONAL SUBJECTS – PICK 4 FRENCH GERMAN CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY DCG BUSINESS ACCOUNTANCY ECONOMICS PHYSICS CHEMISTRY AG.SCIENCE BIOLOGY MUSIC ART HISTORY GEOGRAPHY POLITICS & SOCIETY LCVP – START 5TH YR

SUBJECT REQUIREMENTS COLLEGE SUBJECT REQUIREMENTS MUST BE CHECKED ON COLLEGE WEBSITE OR WWW.QUALIFAX.IE APPRENTICESHIPS 5 PASSES AT ORDINARY LEVEL MATHS,PRACTICAL SUBJECTS,PHYSICS,ENGLISH PLC COLLEGES 5 PASSES IN L.CERT WORK EXPERIENCE

RESEARCH IS KEY CONSULT WITH SUBJECT TEACHERS FOR ADVICE CONSIDER YOUR JUNIOR CERT.GRADE IN RELATED SUBJECTS ARE YOU ORGANISED ENOUGH TO DO PROJECT WORK? LOOK AT THE EXAMS AT WWW.EXAMINATIONS.IE/EXAMINATION ARCHIVE/EXAM PAPERS

A Typical Subject Choice CORE OPTIONS ENGLISH IRISH MATHS GEOG BUSINESS FRENCH PHYSICS

Languages? Leaving Cert.Languages Keep or Drop? Garda entry – Must have 2 languages- one of which may be Irish or English. Eg Irish & English Polish & English NB Exemptions French German Polish Russian Romanian Estonian Lithuanian etc

SO NO 3RD LANG= NO UNIVERSITY? C.I.T. U.C.C. / NUI colleges NO 3RD LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT PASS ENGLISH OR IRISH PASS ENGLISH AND IRISH 3RD LANGUAGE NEEDED EXCEPT FOR NURSING,COMPUTING, SCIENCE,ENGINEERING IF BORN ABROAD CAN USE IRISH AS THIRD LANGUAGE

CONSTRUCTION STUDIES NOT ENTRY REQUIREMENT ARCHITECT,ENGINEER,PRODUCT DESIGNER,PROPERTY,SITE FOREMAN,BUILDING 50% THEORY 25% PRACTICAL EXAM 25% PROJECT

SAMPLE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT

TECHNOLOGY ENTRY REQUIREMENT INSTEAD OF A SCIENCE FOR UCC ENG VERY USEFUL FOR ENGINEERING,PRODUCT DESIGN,MANFACTURING,QUALITY CONTROL,APPRENTICESHIPS,I.T. THEORY & WORKSHOP PROCESS – 50% PRACTICAL – 25% PROJECT - 25%

DESIGN COMMUNICATION GRAPHICS (D.C.G.) NOT ENTRY REQUIREMENT USEFUL FOR ENGINEERING,AIRCRAFT & PRODUCTDESIGN,ARCHITECTURE,APPRENTICESHIPS. EXAM – 60% PROJECT (INCLUDING C.A.D.) – 40%

CHEMISTRY ENTRY REQUIREMENT FOR UCC MED,DENT,PHARM, MEDICAL & HEALTH SCIENCE UCC DIT DIETICIAN UCD VETERINARY DESIRABLE FOR CHEM.ENG,NUTRITION, FOOD SCIENCE 28 EXPERIMENTS- 4 EXAMINED LAB REPORTS & CALCULATIONS 100% EXAM

PHYSICS USEFUL FOR ENGINEERING,GEOLOGY,MEDICAL PHYSICS, APPRENTICESHIPS (PASS) WWW.IOP.IE ENTRY REQUIREMENT FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS TCD UCC ENG.AND UCC SCIENCE REQUIRE A SCIENCE SUBJECT NUMERACY ESSENTIAL CAREERS www.iop.org

LCVP POINTS CONTENT CV CAREERS INVESTIGATION CAREERS INTERVIEW DISTINCTION 66 MERIT 46 PASS 28 CV CAREERS INVESTIGATION CAREERS INTERVIEW PLAN AND REPORT ON CAREERS EVENT 3 DAYS WORK EXP.PLUS REPORT

AG SCIENCE Considered as a Biological Science for entry to most CAO LOTS OF LEARNING OFF Overlap with Biology & Geog (soils) PROJECT :25% identification of plant and animal types associated with agriculture; practical experience with crops, livestock, house and farmyard layouts; investigations carried out related to ecology, soil science, animal physiology, plant physiology, genetics and microbiology. See course @ www.castlecomercs.com Related careers include Agricultural Advisor,Veterinary Science,Animal & Crop Geneticist,Agri-Enviromental Sciences

BIOLOGY NEEDED FOR UCC GENETICS,PRE NURSING,HUMAN HEALTH TCD SCIENCE & ENGINEERING UCC REQUIRE 1 SCIENCE UCC MED,DENT,PHARM - 2 SCIENCES USEFUL FOR HEALTHCARE,RESEARCH, FOOD & PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY 100% EXAM – 22 EXPERIMENTS 44 CHAPTERS!!

MUSIC PERFORMANCE MUSIC TECHNOLOGY LISTENING SKILLS & COMPOSING - 25% each.

NOT ESSENTIAL FOR COLLEGE ENTRY - SOME COURSES REQUIRE PORTFOLIO ART PRACTICAL ART HISTORY NOT ESSENTIAL FOR COLLEGE ENTRY - SOME COURSES REQUIRE PORTFOLIO LIFE DRAWING STILL LIFE CRAFTWORK 20% CRAWFORD COLLEGE OF ART GRAPHIC DESIGN AND DIGITAL MEDIA/ARCHITECTURE

History TOPICS RESEARCH PROJECT 20% IRISH HISTORY (N.I.) AMERICAN HISTORY PARTITION IN N.I. DICTATORSHIPS

POLITICS AND SOCIETY Citizenship Project Report (20% of total marks) Themes such as Human Rights,Sustainable Development,Social Policy and Governmental Decision making See 2018 paper at www.examinations.ie

GEOGRAPHY COURSE ONLINE AT WWW.PRESWEX.IE 20% PROJECT PHYISCAL,REGIONAL MAPS AERIAL PHOTOS

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