CASTLEPOLLARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Graphics
Brief Outline of Subject at Junior Cycle
Graphics is a form of communication through technical drawing, sketching and solidworks. Graphics educates the students on how to present information in a neat and organised fashion by the three domains above. Graphics at junior certificate level is measured on a common level.
Junior Certificate Exam (70%)
Students will complete an exam which tests them on the chapters below. 2022 is the first year of a new common level exam in Graphics. This exam is two hours long.
| Chapters in Graphics |
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Junior Certificate Project (30%)
The students at Junior Certificate level must complete a project on three A3 sheets. Each sheet is worth 10%. Sheet 1 is on Selection and Investigation of chosen object, Sheet 2 is on measured drawings and Sheet 3 is on CAD presentation. 2022 is the first year of the Graphics Project.
| Year of Project |
Brief |
| 2022 |
Handheld Kitchen Utensil |
Classroom Based Assessment in Graphics
CBA 1 is completed in Second Year while CBA 2 is completed in Third year before the student project. Both CBA’s help the students complete their Junior Certificate Project.
Brief Outline of Subject at Senior Cycle
Graphics at Junior Cycle leads onto Design and Communication Graphics (DCG) at Senior Cycle where a greater emphasis is paid on research, the design process and the use of CAD. The geometry that you study at Junior Cycle will be further developed during your period in the DCG classroom in 5th and 6th year. DCG at leaving certificate level is measured by both higher and ordinary level exams and projects.
Leaving Certificate Exam (60%):
The DCG chapters at Leaving Certificate Level are broken into two areas of study (Core Topics and Applied Graphics). The core topics come in the exams as short questions where you get an option of four short questions and you must complete three of these. They also come up as long questions where you get an option of three questions and you must complete two. Finally, the applied graphics area of the exam comes up as a question on each chapter and you must complete two questions. This exam is 3 hours long.
Chapter Covered at Leaving Certificate Level
| Core Topics |
Applied Graphics |
Orthographic and Auxiliary Projection Isometric Drawing Axonometric Projection Perspective Projection Solids in Contact Conic Sections Oblique Plane Intersecting Planes Intersecting of Solids Developments |
Structural Forms Geological Geometry Dynamic Mechanisms Assemblies Surface Geometry |
Leaving Certificate Project (40%):
There is a project to be completed usually from September to January of Leaving Cert year that is worth 40% of the marks for the whole course. The projects are a 12 – 14-page A3 portfolio on a given brief and following a certain layout. The portfolio incorporates research via the internet, sketching, word processing, CAD models and drawings produced and printed from the computer.
Previous Leaving Certificate Briefs
| Higher Level |
Ordinary Level | |
| Reusable Cup |
2022 |
Digital Picture Frame |
| Dash-Cam | 2021 | Power Bank |
| Headphones | 2020 | |
| Drone | 2019 | |
| Mouse | 2018 | |
| Blender | 2017 | |
| Tap | 2016 |
Cross Curriculum
Graphics will be very helpful in the study of Materials Technology Wood, Technology and Metalwork as each of these subjects require you to make drawings of the projects which you are completing. The problem solving and geometry aspects of graphics will prove useful in Mathematics. The designing and presentation skills will also help you in Art.
Careers
- Construction
- Civil Engineer
- Architect
- 3D Animator
- Interior Design
- Fashion Designer
- Computer Coder
- Computer Game Designer.