1ST YEAR SUBJECT CHOICE

DEIRDRE NASH

GUIDANCE COUNSELLOR

CORE SUBJECTS

ENGLISH CSPE & SPHE IRISH MATHS HISTORY GEOGRAPHY SCIENCE

J.C. OPTIONS – PICK 3

MATERIALS TECH (WOOD) GERMAN TECHNICAL GRAPHICS FRENCH TECHNOLOGY MUSIC ART RELIGION BUSINESS

HOW DO I CHOOSE?

CHOOSE A SUBJECT

YOU LIKE YOU’RE GOOD AT

SUBJECT DESCRIPTIONS

www.ncca.ie www.careersportal.ie www.curriculumonline.ie www.scoilnet.ie

PICK IN ORDER

1 •ART

2 •FRENCH

3 •BUSINESS

WHAT WE DO WITH YOUR CHOICES

00.5

11.5

22.5

33.5

44.5

5

FRENCHARTMUSIC

ROUND 2

YEAR GROUP CHOICES CREATE OPTION BAND

EXAMPLE

ART FRENCH FRENCH ARTBUSINESS MUSIC TECH GRAPH BUSINESSWOODWORK BUSINESS GERMAN WOODWORKGERMAN TECH GRAPH TECHNOLOG FRENCH

UNIVERSITY ENTRY

BASED ON LEAVING CERT POINTS MOST REQUIRE 6 SUBJECTS FOR

ENTRY (INCLUDING 2 Honours Cs) NUI COLLEGES ( UCD,UCC,College of

Surgeons,Maynooth,NUI Galway) require a Pass grade D in IRISH, ENGLISH,ANOTHER LANGUAGE

UCC

NO FRENCH/GERMAN NEEDED FOR ENGINEERING FACULTY NURSING SCIENCE FOOD SCIENCE

SO NO 3RD LANG= NO UNIVERSITY?

UNTRUE! U.L. Does not require Fre/German for entry Engineering /Agri /science degrees at UCD &

Maynooth&NUIG(see www.qualifax.ie SOME ART DEGREES (Ncad/Crawford)

ENTRY TO I.T.s

I.T. entry

MUST PASS 5 SUBJECTS MUST PASS ENGLISH & MATHS

Gardai/Army/Fas

3rd language needed for Cadets in Army /Air Corps

NOT needed for entry to Gardai & Fas Irish NOT needed for Gardai – but must

have a pass in 2 languages out of English,Irish,3rd language

ART & MUSIC

Art portfolios needed for entry to most Art colleges , also some Architecture courses (not UCC)

V.useful subject for design & multimedia courses

Music not needed for entry per se, but entrance tests apply in related courses

Woodwork & Tech. Graphics

Useful for Construction, Design, Architecture courses,but not essential for entry

Woodwork – Construction Studies for LC

Tech Graphics – Design Communications for LC

Accountancy & Business

Useful subjects for Business related degrees,but not essential for entry.

Difficult to take up L.Cert Accountancy without having done Business for the J.Cert

Technology

1st exam in 2009 Computing, Project work Useful for careers in I.T. , engineering

HOW TO CHOOSE??

INTEREST APTITUDE SYLLABUS - www.careersportal.ie GRADE BREAKDOWNS –

www.examinations.ie www.qualifax.ie – 3rd level course

database www.careerdirections.ie – careers test ,

excellent information