Course details

Students will gain an understanding of the design process in the building environment. They will be able to operate a CAD system found in most modern design offices. They will be familiar with the latest computer hardware and software available within the Industry.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

  • Leaving Certificate 5 passes or
  • Leaving Certificate Applied or
  • Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme
  • A knowledge of Building Construction, Art or Technical Drawing is desirable but not essential
  • A personal interview

PRINCIPAL AREA OF STUDY

Year 1

  • Draughting using AutoCAD (2D)
  • Design Skills
  • Architectural Drawing
  • Building Construction
  • Digital Photography
  • Structural Mechanics
  • Mathematics
  • Spreadsheet Methods
  • Safe Pass
  • Communications
  • Work Experience.

Year 2

  • Computer Aided Draughting (3D)
  • Architectural Drawing and Presentation
  • Computer Aided Design (3D)
  • Building Technology and Design
  • Web Authoring
  • Renewable Energy Systems

ACCREDITATION

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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES/PROGRESSION

Students will be equipped with the necessary skills for employment as Architectural Technicians and can proceed to Third Level.

Updated on 08 November, 2015

About Colaiste Ide College of Further Education

A word of theylcome to Colaiste Ide College of Further Education It is always a difficult decision to know what area of study one wishes to pursue after completing one's full-time education. It is even more difficult, if having left full-time education many years ago to make that decision to return again and to take up where one left off. Coming up to the Leaving Certificate they are presented with so much choice and pressure to make a correct lifetime choice that it is difficult, if not impossible, to know what is the correct option to chose. Post Leaving Certificate ctheirses have been developed with a view to providing students with options to study in their areas of interest and to either pursue those interests in Higher Education or to move directly to the workplace. They also provide mature students with a route that enables them to avail of a second chance education system that allows for the acquiring of new skills and re-acquaintance with skills acquired at an earlier stage in life.
The system of assessment used by the FETAC Accreditation system enables students to be assessed on a continual basis rather than solely on an end of year examination which can give a more accurate reflection of a student's work and results. Colaiste Ide has been providing ctheirses at this level since the mid 1970's and has developed a reputation for delivering effective and relevant career related ctheirses. Over the years, students have achieved successfully achieved what they have come to the college to study and have moved on directly into employment or on to Higher Education Institutions.
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