Home Page News   St Benildus College "THE BEST EDUCATION MONEY CAN'T BUY" Irish Independent   Humanities  2009/2010 < back   Art 2009/2010   ART CURRICULUM IN ST BENILDUS COLLEGE Art is taught at both Junior and Leaving Certificate level.      At Junior level, for three years, teaching is structured around a series of modules each lasting about two weeks. These include: observational drawing. Graphic design, picture making and composition, model making using a variety of materials and crafts, usually calligraphy and bookbinding. The Junior Cert. Art Exam consists of a Project, produced in school time, consisting of three of the above listed subject modules. A separate drawing examination is worth 25% of the marks. Leaving Cert. Students follow a similar programme of instruction but are assessed not by project work but by their ability to produce design work, pictorial composition and life drawing in an examination. In addition,(to satisfy university entry requirements) there is a written examination in the History and Appreciation of Art which is worth almost 40%of the marks. timxoneill@gmail.com