scottish parliament, edinburgh, scotland

Unit 1: Democracy in Scotland

Students develop knowledge and understanding of the UK’s political system, including the place of Scotland within this system. Students  then have a choice of contexts for study which are drawn from either the Scottish political system or the United Kingdom’s political system.

Students develop knowledge and understanding of the main institutions and organisations which make up political life in their chosen context. They develop knowledge and understanding of the ways in which society is informed about, able to participate in and influence the political system. They develop an understanding of their rights and responsibilities in contemporary democratic political society

Langholm Academy students study the Scottish Political System.

judge, court, gavel

Unit 2: Crime and the Law in Scotland and the UK

Students have a choice of social issues within Scotland and the UK. Contexts for study focus on either social inequality or crime and the law.

Students at Langholm Academy study Crime and the Law. In this context, students focus on the nature, extent and causes of crime, the impact of crime on individuals and society and the role of individuals, the police, the legal system and the state in tackling crime.

For course assessment, knowledge and understanding and critical evaluation of Social Inequalities or Crime and the Law must be able to be applied across at least two of the following groups:

  •  social class
  •  age
  •  gender
  •  minority groups

Unit 3: World Power - USA

statue of liberty, new york, statue

Students have a choice of contexts for study. Contexts for study must be either a socioeconomic and political study of a major world power or a significant world issue.

The study of a world power focuses on the political system of the world power, its international relations and socio-economic issues within the major world power. The major world power studied must be drawn from one of the G7 countries (excluding the UK) or one of the following: Brazil, China, India, Russia, South Africa. 

Students at Langholm Academy study the United States of America.