Key Stage 5 Applied Science

Applied Science (OCR)

Yr12 and Yr13 Lead Teacher: Miss B Richardson (BRichardson@Stpetershuntingdon.org)

 

Applied AS/ A level GCE (H175)

The Advanced GCE (Double Award) is made up of four mandatory and two optional units at AS and six further units at A2 (three mandatory and three optional). The choice of the option is teacher discretion.

The AS GCE is made up of three mandatory units which form 50% of the corresponding six-unit Advanced GCE.

The AS GCE (Double Award) is made up of four mandatory units and two optional units which form 50% of the corresponding twelve-unit Advanced GCE (Double Award).

The skills, knowledge and understanding required for the first half of an Advanced GCE course are contained in the ‘Advanced Subsidiary’ (AS) units. The level of demand of the AS examination is that expected of candidate’s half-way through a full Advanced GCE course of study.

 

More information on the specification can be found at: https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science/applied-general/science

 

AS Levels

Unit 1 - Key concepts in science

Unit 2 - Applied experimental techniques

Unit 3 - Science in the modern world

A2 Units

Unit 4 – The Human Body

Unit 5 – Investigating Science

Unit 6 – Microbiology, Organic Chemistry or Medical Physics