Pathways Transition Planning Tool:
5th and 6th year senior cycle
Course choice
The main reason that students – including students with disabilities – have difficulties with their course
when in college, is that they made either the wrong, or a badly informed, choice.
Use this check list to find out more about the courses you are interested in. There is also space for you to
write down any other questions that you might need to ask at school, or at events like Higher Options and
Better Options, or you may need to contact the Disability Service or Admissions Office directly.
To find some of the answers you may need to go to the Admissions website or Disability Service website.
You can complete it like this:
Think about…….
Are you looking for courses in the
Arts, Sciences, Engineering,
Computing, Health Sciences?
Have you read the prospectus?
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Yes
No
Notes
Probably
Computing
Need to check if I can do this with a language?
TCD only
Have to get other prospectuses from Open Days or Higher Options.
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You can print this out or you can save a copy to your computer and type in your answers.
Think about…….
Yes
No
Notes
Are you looking for courses in the
Arts, Sciences, Engineering,
Computing, Health Sciences?
Have you read the prospectus?
Have you made a list of courses that
sound interesting?
Have you read the web page for
each course?
Are there specific requirements for
LC subjects?
Are you studying the right subjects
for LC?
What are the minimum points you
need to get?
Do you need a language waiver?
How many places are there for each
of the courses you are interested in?
How many hours of lectures per
subject, week?
How many hours of tutorials, per
subject, per week?
How many hours in college in total
per week?
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List specific requirements here:
List subjects required here:
List points required here:
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Think about…….
How many assignments per term?
Exams each term or only at the end
of the year?
Do you have a professional
placement?
Are there practical sessions such as
labs?
Do I know anyone who has done a
similar course that I could talk to?
Did you ask about this course at
Higher Options?
Did you ask about this course at
Better Options?
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Yes
No
Notes