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Senior Cycle Subjects
All students take Irish, English, Maths, Religious Education and Physical Education, plus four or five from the following list:
Accounting
Biology
Business
Chemistry
French
Geography
History
Physics
Other subjects that are offered on an optional, after-hours basis are:
Applied Maths; Agricultural Economics; Art; Technical Drawing.
Some students also take on an additional module known as the Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme (LCVP). This is based on self-directed learning, enterprise, work and the community. Students are encouraged to take their own ideas, develop them, put them into practice and evaluate the results. Activities such as industry and community visits,computer skills, interviews with employers, enterprise projects, work experience and career investigations are all part of the module. Assessment takes the form of a portfolio presentation and an exam, and the module counts for points towards Third-level entry.
