Politics and Society
This new subject will be offered in our school to students going into 5th year in September 2016. Hazelwood College is one of forty-one schools selected to pilot the subject which will be examined in the Leaving Certificate 2018. The subject will be available to fifth-years in the remainder of the country’s 730 second-level schools in September 2018. Politics and Society has been introduced to the Senior Cycle curriculum by the NCCA. It will qualify for CAO points in the normal way. Teachers and students will work with key themes and ideas in the social and political sciences. They will apply these to their schools, to the local environment, as well as exploring how they apply in the wider world. It is offered at both Ordinary and Higher level. The assessment will include a citizen project (20%) and a written exam (80%). It will be useful for the study of politics, sociology or other courses such as law, anthropology, philosophy, education studies, media studies, and many more.