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YOUR CAREER IN A LEVELS AND SIXTH FORM
COURSE LIST
A LEVELS AND SIXTH FORM
Accounting............................................................ 8
Applied Science*................................................. 9
Art............................................................................10
Biology.................................................................... 11
Business................................................................. 12
Chemistry............................................................. 14
Computer Science........................................... 16
Diploma in Financial Studies**................... 17
Economics............................................................ 18
English Language............................................ 20
English Literature.............................................. 21
Environmental Science................................. 22
Film Studies ....................................................... 23
French**** .......................................................... 24
Geography.......................................................... 26 THIS IS JUST A
History....................................................................27 SNAPSHOT
Law.......................................................................... 28 Visit our website
Mathematics....................................................... 30 www.loucoll.ac.uk
Further Mathematics***.................................32
for more detailed information
Media Studies.....................................................33 about all of our courses
Photography...................................................... 34
Physics................................................................. 35
Physical Education****................................. 36
Politics.................................................................. 37
Psychology......................................................... 38
Religious Studies............................................. 39
Sociology.............................................................40
Spanish**** .......................................................... 41
* Equivalent to two A Levels
** Equivalent to one A Level
*** Further Maths can only be studied alongside Maths
**** Subject to confirmation
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A Levels are considered to be Our Sixth Form offers a range of
the traditional route following subjects in the arts, humanities and
GCSEs and are the most common languages, professional studies,
qualification for admission to social sciences, mathematics and
university. A Levels are two-year the sciences. Alongside the three
qualifications which give you A Levels on your study
a chance to study an existing programme, there is an
GCSE subject in greater depth, accompanying subject clinic which
or perhaps try a completely enables you to access your teacher
new subject like law, politics or outside of the delivered classes.
environmental science. You can
expect an increase in difficulty We also have a Sixth Form Extra
compared to GCSEs, and will see programme which develops the
differences in the way you are skills you require to be successful
taught and what is expected. in your future. As part of this
programme you complete the Duke
Choosing your A Levels is a of York iDEA (Inspiring Digital
significant decision which can Enterprise Award) which aims to
impact the options available to equip you with digital, enterprise
you if you enter Higher Education. and enterprise skills, and can help
Most higher education courses you stand out from the crowd.
require specific A Levels or
combinations of A Levels, so it is Our Sixth Form offer provides
important you choose subjects in the perfect combination of
order to meet entry requirements. academic and extra-curricular
If you’re not sure what career or activities. It can help you achieve
job you want to do, studying a excellent results and prepare you
selection of A Levels can be a good for your next steps, whether that
way of keeping your options open. be onto Higher Education, an
Apprenticeship or employment.
Our Sixth Form students achieve
great things. We have a 98% pass
rate, with students achieving grade
A*- C increasing by 6%.
A Level success is testament to the
capabilities of our students and the
quality of our teaching and support
staff who enable them to fulfil their
ambitions.
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3
SUBJECT
CHOICES
Humanities and Professional Studies Science and Maths
Languages and Social Sciences
Art Accounting Applied Science
English Language Business Biology
English Literature Economics Chemistry
Film Studies Financial Studies Computer Science
French Law Environmental Science
Geography Politics Further Mathematics
History Psychology Mathematics
Media Studies Religious Studies PE
Photography Sociology Physics
Spanish
TO HELP YOU TO MAKE YOUR FINAL CHOICES, YOU MIGHT WANT TO
CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING:
• Do your chosen subjects work well together? Is there a good balance?
• A
re you good at these subjects? What are your predicted results? Where do
you, your family, and your teachers think that your strengths lie?
• What are the specific entry requirements for each subject?
• Will these subjects help you on the path to your chosen career or university
course?
• Are you interested in, and will you enjoy, these subjects?
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WHEN WILL I NEED TO PICK MY
SUBJECTS? Once we’ve received
your application, you’ll receive HOW MANY A LEVELS DO I NEED
an invitation to attend one of our TO PICK? If you’re aged 16–18, you
applicant days. You can confirm must choose three A Level subjects
your subject choices at this event. to make up your full-time course.
You will then have an opportunity to If you’re aged 19+, you may be able
try your subjects and confirm your to study fewer than three A Levels,
choices at one of our taster days. subject to availability.
You don’t need to decide what you want
to study until you apply. For now, you just
need to consider which subjects you may
be interested in. If you’d like to discuss your
subject combination or find out more about
your A Level options, come to an Open Day or
visit our website.
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APPLICATION
PROCESS
RESEARCH
• Get a better idea of what
courses we have on offer: SUBMIT AN APPLICATION
• Look on our website Initially, we can only log
• Come to our open days up to two courses, with A Levels
• Read our course booklets being one of them, you will
submit subject choices at
@@ stage 4. Please apply using just
one of the following methods:
@@ • Online
• Paper
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
• Your current schools
We’ll send you an acknowledgement application system
postcard to let you know that we’ve
processed your application and what you
can expect next. You should receive this
5-10 working days after application.
@
ATTEND AN APPLICANT EVENT @
We’ll invite you to a Sixth Form event, where
you will be able to discuss and finalise up
to five A Level subject choices, to trial at
pre-programme. Parents or guardians are
welcome to come to this event too! You
need to attend one of these events in order
@
to get an offer to study with us.
RECEIVE AN OFFER
@
Once you’ve been to your applicant event, you’ll receive a
conditional offer. Conditions will be based on meeting the Sixth
Form, and your chosen A Level subjects’, entry requirements.
We’ll also send you an ‘accept my place’ certificate, so make
sure to let us know whether you’d like to accept your offer
within 30 days, in order to secure your conditional place.
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ONCE YOU’VE ACCEPTED
YOUR OFFER...
FUNDING AND SUPPORT
Over the summer, we’ll send you
PRE-PROGRAMME
information about our Bursary Fund.
EXPERIENCE
Everyone who has applied will automatically
Spend a day at college at
be sent an application form. All you need
the start of the summer
to do is complete and return the form to
holidays. Here, you will take
us with the appropriate evidence. Aged 19
part in activities relating
or over? We’ll send you a fees and funding
to your chosen A Level
pack, including information about funding
subjects and experience
options and Advanced Learning Loans.
what it’s like to be a student
at Loughborough College
Attending this event is a
necessary step in securing
your place at college.
INDUCTION INFORMATION
We’ll send you an information pack with
everything you’ll need to get you ready for the
start of your course in September. This will include
your enrolment allocation, course costs, and kit
and uniform ordering information (if appropriate).
REGISTRATION AND ENROLMENT
Once you’ve received your GCSE
results, you’ll be invited to come
in to see us to sign up for your
course. Specific details will be sent
to you in your induction pack.
START YOUR
As course places are COURSE!
limited, if you are unable
to make an event when
invited, please contact: Sent by e-mail
eventreply@loucoll.ac.uk Sent by post
01509 618375
On website
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ACCOUNTING
THIS A LEVEL HELPS STUDENTS
TO UNDERSTAND THE DETAILS
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
ACCOUNTANT AND THE IMPACTS At least five GCSEs at grade C/4 or
OF THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS above, including English Language &
Maths at Grade 5.
ON THE BUSINESS AND THE
WIDER ENVIRONMENT.
ASSESSMENT METHODS
Two 3-hour exams (50%)
Students will build knowledge
and understanding of key
PROGRESSION ROUTES
concepts, principles and Upon completion of A Level
techniques that they can Accounting, you will be prepared for
further study at university or to explore
apply to real-life scenarios,
options to study an AAT professional
developing the ability to solve qualification.
problems logically, analyse data
methodically, make reasoned AWARDING BODY
AQA
choices and communicate
effectively.
Course content includes topics
such as Analysis and Evaluation
of Financial Information,
Budgeting, Accounting for
Limited Companies, Capital
Investment Appraisal, and
Preparation of Financial
Statements.
This A Level is a useful
qualification, whether used
professionally or personally, and
an excellent complementary
subject to Business, Economics
or Maths.
8BEAUTY THERAPY
APPLIED SCIENCE LEVEL 2
THIS IS A VOCATIONAL
SCIENCE COURSE WORTH THE
DETAILS
EQUIVALENT OF TWO A LEVELS ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
IN WHICH STUDENTS WILL At least five GCSEs at grade C/4 or
above, including English, Maths and two
DEVELOP THEIR PRACTICAL AND sciences.
RESEARCH SKILLS THROUGH A
VARIETY OF REAL WORLD BASED ASSESSMENT METHODS
40% exam, 60% coursework
ASSIGNMENTS.
PROGRESSION ROUTES
You will gain an understanding Students usually progress to higher
apprenticeships, work or university.
of the different types of scientific
Future study or career paths may
industries and settings, as well as include: nursing, forensics, biochemistry,
how laboratory design can vary food science, zoology, nutrition,
veterinary nursing, toxicology and more.
across organisations and sectors.
Students will apply their skills,
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knowledge and understanding to OCR
activities relevant to the human
sciences pathway.
The course will cover a selection
of topics, including Science
Fundamentals, Laboratory
Techniques, Scientific Analysis
and Reporting, Human
Physiology, Genetics, Control
of Hazards in the Laboratory,
Human Nutrition, Cell Biology,
Testing Consumer Products,
Drug Development, and
Microbiology.
9ART
IMPROVE YOUR VISUAL
EXPRESSION AND YOUR DETAILS
UNDERSTANDING OF THE
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
CREATIVE PROCESS WHILE At least five GCSEs at grade C/4 or
BUILDING A PORTFOLIO above, including English and Maths, and
Art or Design.
OF WORK FOR UNIVERSITY
INTERVIEWS.
ASSESSMENT METHODS
15-hour non-exam assessment (40%)
As well as developing your skills and personal investigation (60%)
in visual recording through
practical work including drawing, PROGRESSION ROUTES
A Level Art prepares you for degree-
painting, sculpture, printmaking level study in Art and Design, and
and mixed media, you will also careers in everything from Graphic
build your critical thinking and Design, Illustration and Typography to
Sculpture, Fashion and Photography.
research abilities with contextual
study of artists and their AWARDING BODY
relationship to the world around OCR
them.
Your work will also involve an
element of self-reflection, writing
annotations to discuss your own
work and its relation to briefs
and artists studied, helping you
to critique your own work and
feed this into your future work.
10BEAUTY
BIOLOGY THERAPY LEVEL 2
BIOLOGY IS A DIVERSE AND
POPULAR SUBJECT. COVERING DETAILS
TOPICAL ISSUES, SUCH AS
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
MEDICAL SCIENCE, GENETIC At least five GCSEs at grade C/4 or
ENGINEERING, BIOTECHNOLOGY, above, including English at grade C/4,
and Maths and Science (Double Science
AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
or two ‘traditional’ sciences) at grade 6.
If you enjoy learning about life ASSESSMENT METHODS
and living organisms and want to Three 2-hour exams (33.3% each). A
delve deeper into concepts that number of practical skills must also be
demonstrated throughout the course in
you have been introduced to at 12 compulsory activities This is reported
GCSE, from biochemistry and separately and all students must pass
cell biology through to behaviour this component.
and ecology, then A Level PROGRESSION ROUTES
Biology will offer you an exciting, Biology opens up a wide range of
challenging and stimulating area opportunities for university-level
study, including but not limited
of study. to: Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry,
Physiotherapy, Veterinary Science,
In your first year of study Zoology, Radiography, Agriculture
you will begin by gaining an and Horticulture, Marine Biology,
understanding of the biological Biochemistry, Genetics, Dietetics,
Nutrition, Applied Biology, Botany,
molecules which make up Forensic Science and many other
living things. This will enable possibilities.
you to understand how these
molecules build up into cells, the AWARDING BODY
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fundamental unit of life.
In your second year of study
you will build upon the concepts
introduced in the first year to
develop an understanding of
the complex biochemistry of
photosynthesis and respiration,
and the detailed mechanisms
of the nervous and endocrine
systems.
11BUSINESS
BUSINESS IS AN EXCITING,
DYNAMIC SUBJECT, AND NO TWO DETAILS
BUSINESSES ARE THE SAME.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
STUDYING A LEVEL BUSINESS At least five GCSEs at grade C/4 or
WILL INTRODUCE YOU TO above, including English Language at
grade 4 and Maths at grade 5.
CURRENT BUSINESS PRACTICE,
GIVING YOU THE KNOWLEDGE TO
ASSESSMENT METHODS
MAKE YOUR OWN JUDGEMENTS. Three 2-hour exams (33.3% each)
YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT ALL KINDS
PROGRESSION ROUTES
OF BUSINESSES, FROM SMALL
Completion of this course will prepare
TO LARGE, AND UK-BASED TO you for further study at university in a
GLOBAL. range of subjects. You can also progress
onto higher level apprenticeships or
enter the world of work. Knowledge of
You’ll gain an understanding of the principles of business is beneficial in
how the functional areas in a any industry and may give you the edge
over other candidates.
business work, such as finance
and operations. Money is what AWARDING BODY
keeps a business going, like the AQA
fuel in a car, and operations is
the engine, allowing a business
to produce goods efficiently,
and to the quality demanded by
customers.
You’ll also look at the people,
such as how a business
recruits and maintains its staff,
and marketing, in which you
will explore how a business
communicates what they do to
their customers, reaching their
target markets to improve sales.
You will study units
including: Managers, Leadership
and Decision Making, decision
making to improve financial
performance and managing
strategic change.
12UK YOUNG ENTERPRISE TRIPLE AWARD
SUCCESS FOR LOUGHBOROUGH COLLEGE
STUDENT COMPANY
An innovative company created by “They were then supported by the
Loughborough College Sixth Form College throughout the academic year
students has scooped three awards from as they assigned each other roles in
UK Young Enterprise. the business, researched the market,
developed relationships with suppliers,
Alicia Griffiths, Emmanuella Taiwo, Fathi opened a bank account, created a logo,
Hassan, Promise Soleye, and Roshni Mistry website and social media channels and
were announced as winners not only of even officially registered the company.
the Business Sustainability Award and Their business advisor Malcolm Graham
the Team Work Award but they were also also attended their company meetings to
presented with the Ron Miles Memorial observe and offer feedback”.
Award for having the most amount of
fun in business at the 2019 Company “The students thoroughly enjoyed the
Programme regional finals. challenge of setting up their own business.
For the students studying business it
“The students came up with the idea was really helpful for them to put their
for cleaning a car which would not book knowledge into practice – and all of
require water, for the car to be driven them benefited from boosting the time
anywhere or for the engine to be left management and people skills which are
running – not only saving water but also so vital in the workplace and in life”.
avoiding carbon emissions,” said Marcia
Cameron, sixth form academic tutor at
Loughborough College.
13CHEMISTRY
THIS COURSE PROVIDES A
CHALLENGING AND INTERESTING DETAILS
INTRODUCTION TO THE
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
DISCIPLINE OF CHEMISTRY AT AN At least five GCSEs at grade C/4 or
ADVANCED LEVEL. above, including English at grade C/4,
and Maths and Science (Double Science
or two ‘traditional’ sciences) at grade 6.
Studying Chemistry at
ASSESSMENT METHODS
A Level not only gives you a
Three 2-hour exams (33.3% each). A
deep understanding of what number of practical skills must also be
substances are made up of demonstrated throughout the course in
12 compulsory activities This is reported
and how they react, but also
separately and all students must pass
develops your analytical and this component.
critical thinking skills.
PROGRESSION ROUTES
The course starts by looking at Upon completing this course you
the structure of the atom and will be equipped to progress on to
university, a Higher Apprenticeship
using our current understanding or work. Possible degree options
to explain how and why include Chemistry, Biology, Physics,
reactions happen. You will Biochemistry, Biomedical Sciences,
Medicine, Pharmacy or Maths. Relevant
then use this to explain the career paths include Research Chemist,
arrangement of the elements in Forensic Scientist, Teacher, Analytical
the periodic table and discover Chemist, Chemical Engineer, Biochemist,
Pharmacologist, Doctor, Toxicologist or
why this allows us to predict Environmental Manager.
properties and reactivities of
elements. Organic Chemistry AWARDING BODY
is where you will learn about AQA
the molecules and interactions
that are important for all life
processes.
The second year topics build
on the solid grounding you will
have gained from the first year,
covering areas such as how
batteries work and why the
structure of DNA means it can
contain all the information to
maintain and reproduce life.
14BEAUTY THERAPY LEVEL 2
CHEMISTRY OLYMPIAD SUCCESS FOR
LOUGHBOROUGH COLLEGE
The Royal Society of Chemistry has After doing work experience at King’s
recognised Loughborough College College in London, Joanna is clear on the
students Joanna Harrold, Ebony Harrison direction she wants to take post
and Vikram Muman in its prestigious A Levels. “I was involved with genetics
national Olympiad 2019 – with Joanna research at the University and found it so
receiving a bronze award for her interesting, I definitely want to do more
achievement. in that area.” But for now the focus is on
exams.
The College Sixth Form trio joined
students from across the UK to face a “The A Level work is hard but my
challenging written test in the leading teachers at Loughborough College have
annual chemistry competition. been so supportive and with only weeks
to go now, the pressure is building so it
“When I heard I had been awarded makes a real difference to feel they are
bronze I thought, really, do you have the behind you as you study, study, study.”
right person? I was convinced the test
had gone really badly so it was a shock
– but a very nice shock. A relief. I have
worked hard and it felt like a reward
for that,” said 17 year old Joanna, who is
studying A Levels in Chemistry, Biology
and Physics at Loughborough College. 15COMPUTER SCIENCE
WITH COMPUTERS USED IN
VIRTUALLY EVERY ASPECT OF DETAILS
MODERN LIFE THIS COURSE IS AN
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
EXCELLENT CHOICE FOR THOSE At least five GCSEs at grade C/4 or
WHO SEE THEIR EVENTUAL above, including English and a grade 5
in Mathematics.
CAREERS IN COMPUTING.
ASSESSMENT METHODS
This A Level programme Two 2.5 hour exams (40% each)
will provide learners with an Programming project (20%)
understanding of, and the
ability to apply, the fundamental PROGRESSION ROUTES
Students often progress to University
principle and concepts of to study computing. However, with
computer science, including such widespread use of computers
abstraction, decomposition, the course can be valuable alongside
other subjects and careers, particularly,
logic, algorithms, data though not exclusively, in science and
representation and seeing engineering.
relationships between different
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aspects of computer science. OCR
Computer science will increase
the learners ability to analyse
problems in computational
terms, through practical
experience of solving such
problems, and writing programs
to do so. This will involve
thinking creatively, innovatively,
analytically, logically and
critically.
16BEAUTYINTHERAPY
DIPLOMA FINANCIAL STUDIES
LEVEL 2
THE DIPLOMA IN FINANCIAL
STUDIES HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO DETAILS
PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THE
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
CORE DISCIPLINES OF FINANCIAL At least five GCSEs at grade C/4 or
CAPABILITY. THIS LEVEL 3 above, including English Language and
Maths.
QUALIFICATION IS EQUIVALENT
TO AN A LEVEL IN TERMS OF
ASSESSMENT METHODS
UCAS POINTS AND LEVEL OF 100% exam consisting of two parts:
DIFFICULTY. Part A: multiple choice questions.
Part B: written paper.
Learners are encouraged to PROGRESSION ROUTES
become responsible borrowers, Students may progress on to higher
level Financial Studies qualifications, as
sensible savers, and to have an
well as on to university courses.
appreciation of the need for
financial planning throughout AWARDING BODY
their life. The purpose of this London Institute of Banking and
Finance.
course is to prepare students
for further study through the
development of the core skills of
critical analysis and evaluation,
synthesis, verbal communication
(through classroom discussion)
and written communication.
17ECONOMICS
ECONOMICS IS A HIGHLY
VALUABLE, ACADEMIC SUBJECT, DETAILS
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE AN
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
INTEREST IN WHAT’S HAPPENING At least five GCSEs at grade C/4 or
IN THE WORLD AROUND THEM. above, including Maths, and English
Language at grade 5.
THIS COURSE INTENDS TO
BLEND THEORY WITH REAL-LIFE ASSESSMENT METHODS
APPLICATION, IN THE SEARCH Three 2-hour exams (33.3% each)
FOR BETTER WAYS TO MANAGE
PROGRESSION ROUTES
OUR ECONOMY, RESULTING IN A Upon completion of this course, you
MORE EQUITABLE SOCIETY. will be prepared for further study at
university or be ready for the world
of work. Students who have gone on
Our approach to Economics to study Economics at degree level
is to apply economic theory have typically found employment in
sectors including high street and city
to support analysis of current
banking, charitable and not-for-profit
economic problems and issues. organisations, consultancies, insurance
and accountancy firms, government
Economics is widely accepted departments, and think tanks.
as a challenging and rewarding
A Level, with many students AWARDING BODY
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progressing to study economics
and other related subjects in
Higher Education. The course
prepares students for a wide
range of careers in areas such
as Economics, Accounting,
Business, Politics, and much
more.
DID YOU KNOW?
Studying Economics alongside
A Level Business is a popular
combination
18CASE STUDY
HAIR & BEAUTY
BEAUTY LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2
THERAPY
NEEDS TO BE
OPPOSITE ENGLISH
LITERATURE. DON’T
MIND WHICH SIDE OF
THE SPREAD
WILLIAM COLEBROOK
William Colebrook battled illness and hospital but they helped me to catch up
adversity to achieve two A*s and a B in with work and encouraged me to stick
his A Levels, earning him a place at the with my courses.
prestigious London School of Economics
“I became determined not to give in. I was
to study Law.
getting better results than I ever had. I
worked really hard, doing past paper after
past paper—I think my tutor must have
I became very ill with chest marked more than a hundred!
pain and blackouts and I was sent to heart
specialists for tests. Alongside all this, I ”When I thought there was no chance
was having issues with my family. for me, when even my family did not
have faith in me, Loughborough College
“I started at Loughborough College and motivated and supported me—and now I
they were amazingly supportive. As I am heading for London and the LSE.”
continued with my A Levels in Economics,
Law and Business, I was in and out of
19ENGLISH LANGUAGE
OUR A LEVEL QUALIFICATION IN
ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROVIDES DETAILS
STUDENTS WITH A DEEP
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
KNOWLEDGE OF HOW THE At least five GCSEs at grade C/4 or
ENGLISH LANGUAGE WORKS AND above, including Maths at grade C/4
and English Language at grade 6.
ENCOURAGES THEM TO ENGAGE
CREATIVELY WITHIN AREAS OF
ASSESSMENT METHODS
TOPICAL DEBATE. Two 2hr30 exams (40% each) and one
non-examined coursework assessment
Learners will explore language (20%)
use in various contexts and
will carry out an independent PROGRESSION ROUTES
Any university course that requires
investigation in an area of
analytical skills will benefit from the
particular interest to them. skills aquired on this course.
Upon completion of the course, The majority of our learners decide to
our students will have gained a pursue careers in the following areas:
Journalism, Creative Writing, Teaching,
solid understanding of how the
Academia, Web Design, Marketing and
English Language works in a Advertising, Public Relations, and Law.
variety of contexts.
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The course takes a theory-based OCR
approach to analysing language,
challenging students to observe
language use around us in
context. It is therefore advised
that students should have an
interest and find enjoyment in
analysing the linguistic features
of both written and spoken texts.
DID YOU KNOW?
English Language takes a scientific
approach, analysing shorter texts and
measuring your creative writing skills
20BEAUTY
ENGLISH THERAPY LEVEL 2
LITERATURE
THIS COURSE IS INTENDED FOR
STUDENTS WHO ENJOY READING DETAILS
AND DEBATING POSSIBLE
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
MEANINGS IN TEXTS. YOU’LL At least five GCSEs at grade C/4,
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO including Maths at grade C/4, and
English Literature and English Language
EXPLORE A RANGE OF WORK,
at grade 5.
INCLUDING CONTEMPORARY AND
CLASSICAL PLAYS, POETRY, AND ASSESSMENT METHODS
NOVELS. One 3-hour exam (40%), one 2hr30
exam (40%) and one 2,500-word
extended essay (20%)
The course takes a historicist
approach to literature, working PROGRESSION ROUTES
with the view that each text is Any university course that requires
influenced by the times in which analytical skills will benefit from the
skills acquired on this course. English
it was written, and that it may be Literature graduates may go on
interpreted differently according to careers in Teaching, Academia,
to the social contexts or beliefs Journalism, Creative Writing, Public
Relations, and Law.
of the reader.
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English Literature provides AQA
excellent preparation for the
workplace and for university.
The analytical and
communication skills you learn
provide a good basis for higher-
level study in a wide range of
subjects.
It also helps you hone your own
skills in effective use of English
Language, as we study some of
the greatest ever exponents of
writing. DID YOU KNOW?
English Literature requires reading and
analysing longer texts from a range of
time periods, including pre-1900
21ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
THE ENVIRONMENTAL
SCIENCE COURSE ENABLES DETAILS
STUDENTS TO GAIN A WELL-
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
INFORMED INSIGHT INTO At least five GCSEs at grade C/4 or
THE ENVIRONMENT, AND THE above, including English, Maths and two
sciences.
SCIENTIFIC PROCESSES THAT
CONTROL AND AFFECT IT.
ASSESSMENT METHODS
Two 3-hour exams (50% each)
This course allows you to
PROGRESSION ROUTES
develop an understanding
Successful completion of this course
of how different events and may lead to further study in a scientific
cycles within the environment or geographic field, or entry into a
related industry. Relevant career options
interrelate, human impacts on
include Environmental Education
these events and cycles, and Officer, Nature Conservation Officer,
strategies that can be used to Recycling Officer, Sustainability
Consultant, Water Quality Scientist,
minimise the problems caused.
Environmental Health Practitioner,
Landscape Architect, Transportation
First year of study includes
Planner or Toxicologist.
the living and physical
environments and research AWARDING BODY
methods, while second year AQA
of study topics include energy
resources, pollution, biological
resources, sustainability, and
further investigation of research
methods.
The skills developed on this
course enable students to gain a
thorough understanding of the
world in which we live and the
risks and threats that our planet
faces.
22FILM STUDIES
FILM STUDIES ENABLES LEARNERS second year will also introduce
TO DEMONSTRATE KNOWLEDGE further theory and critical
AND UNDERSTANDING OF A frameworks. In the second year
DIVERSE RANGE OF FILM INCLUDING you will also complete an NEA unit
DOCUMENTARY, SILENT CINEMA, which will require you to study
EXPERIMENTAL FILM, GLOBAL FILM short films and write your own
AND SHORT FILMS. THIS IS A THEORY screenplay.
BASED COURSE THAT DEVELOPS
YOUR ANALYTICAL AND ESSAY
WRITING SKILLS. DETAILS
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
At least five GCSEs at grade C/4 or
In A Level Film Studies you will above, including English Language and
explore the significance of film in English Literature at grade 5.
national, global and historical contexts
helping you to understand its social, ASSESSMENT METHODS
Two 2hr30 exams (35% each) and one
cultural, political, historical and screenplay & evaluation assessment
technological contexts. This, coupled (30%)
with exploration into the different
PROGRESSION ROUTES
ways in which spectators respond Film Studies develops a solid foundation
to film, will help you understand for progression on to a range of Higher
how films generate meaning and Education courses, as well as enabling
direct progression into employment.
responses. You will learn how It provides a coherent, engaging and
to analyse film using a range of culturally valuable course of study, and
different approaches and ideological the skills developed on the course will
help to inform further study in English
frameworks. Literature and other analytically centred
subjects.
In the first year you will study 6
British and American films that focus AWARDING BODY
on developing your understanding EDUQAS
of the core elements of film form
(cinematography, sound, mise en
scene, editing), representation,
ideology, narrative, auteur,
DID YOU KNOW?
spectatorship and contexts. In the A lot of the core skills that we learn
second year, you will develop your and develop in Film Studies are the
analytical skills further through the same as in English Literature. If you
close study of 5 additional films love English Literature, why not
from a wider range of film producers consider studying Film alongside it?
including Spanish and Iranian. The
23FRENCH
IN A LEVEL FRENCH YOU WILL
DEVELOP YOUR LINGUISTIC DETAILS
SKILLS ALONGSIDE YOUR
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
UNDERSTANDING OF THE At least five GCSEs at grade C/4 or
CULTURE AND SOCIETY OF above, including French at Grade 5,
Maths and English Language grade C/4.
COUNTRIES WHERE FRENCH
IS SPOKEN. YOU WILL STUDY
ASSESSMENT METHODS
HIGHLIGHTS OF FRENCH- Paper 1: Listening, Reading & Writing – 2
SPEAKING ARTISTIC CULTURE, hours 30 minutes (50%)
INCLUDING FRANCOPHONE Paper 2: Writing – 2 hours (20%)
MUSIC AND CINEMA, AND LEARN Paper 3: Speaking – Oral exam 21-23
minutes (30%)
ABOUT POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT
AND WHO WIELDS POLITICAL
PROGRESSION ROUTES
POWER IN THE FRENCH- Upon completion on this course you will
SPEAKING WORLD. YOU WILL have the necessary skill sets to progress
to employment or to further study,
ALSO EXPLORE THE INFLUENCE
including a modern languages degree.
OF THE PAST ON PRESENT-
DAY FRENCH-SPEAKING AWARDING BODY
COMMUNITIES. AQA
The A Level specification
builds on the knowledge,
understanding and skills gained
at GCSE. It fosters a range of
transferable skills including
communication, critical thinking,
research skills and creativity,
which are valuable to the
individual and society.
The approach is a focus on
how French-speaking society
has been shaped, socially and
culturally, and how it continues
DID YOU KNOW?
to change. You must have studied GCSE French
to study Spanish at A Level
24BEAUTY THERAPY
CASE STUDY
LEVEL 2
CHLOE PATTERSON
Chloe Patterson’s ambition had been how incredibly hard it was to get in—and
to study make-up design but an my application was so late.
increasing enthusiasm for academic
“I was on holiday when the offer came
study at Loughborough College led to an
through—for Queen Mary’s. I couldn’t
extremely last-minute turnaround.
believe it but they needed ABB and I just
wasn’t sure.
I woke up one morning and “It was so tense waiting for my A Level
just knew I had to try to study English results. I only had this chance—because of
Literature at University, I loved it so much. my late application I didn’t get a reserve.”
“I only had one day to re-write my After discovering that she had achieved
personal statement to make the deadline. an A* and two As in her Psychology,
My tutor Victoria wrote me an amazing English Literature and English Language
reference and off it all went. Queen Mary’s A Levels, Chloe admitted that she
in London was my first choice but I knew couldn’t quite believe it.
25GEOGRAPHY
BEAUTY THERAPY LEVEL 2
THIS A LEVEL GEOGRAPHY
COURSE WILL COVER BOTH DETAILS
THE PHYSICAL AND HUMAN
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
ENVIRONMENTS AND THE At least five GCSEs at grade C/4
COMPLEX INTERACTION OF or above, including English, Maths,
Geography and a science.
PROCESSES THAT SHAPE OUR
WORLD.
ASSESSMENT METHODS
Two 2hr30 exams (40% each) and
It will also show the applied side one 3,000–4,000-word field work
investigation (20%)
of the subject, investigating how
human processes affect the PROGRESSION ROUTES
environment and how people This A Level may lead to a career
in a relevant field or further study
adapt and mitigate these effects.
in Geography. According to the
This is a complex and dynamic Higher Education Statistics Agency’s
issue, varying from place to ‘Destination of Leavers from Higher
Education’ survey, Geography graduates
place depending on people’s
are less likely to be unemployed after
technology, culture and available their degree course than those studying
resources. almost any other subject.
Degree courses at university include
Further study in Geography will Earth Sciences, Human and Physical
continue to develop your ability Geography.
to integrate ideas effectively
AWARDING BODY
and problem solve, developing AQA
a high level of computer literacy
and wider experience through
fieldwork.
There are many reasons
you might decide to study
geography:
•Y
ou enjoy learning about
people and their societies,
economies, cultures and the
environment
•Y
ou are keen to learn and
develop a wide range of skills
•Y
ou are seeking a broad based
academic degree, offering
good and varied employment
26
prospectsHISTORY
THROUGHOUT THIS COURSE,
YOU’LL STUDY SIGNIFICANT DETAILS
EVENTS IN HISTORY AND HOW
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
THESE EVENTS HAVE SHAPED At least five GCSEs at grade C/4
THE WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN or above, including GCSE English
Language, Literature or History at grade
TODAY. HISTORY IS ALL ABOUT
B/5.
CHANGE AND HOW WARS, LAWS,
POLICIES, CATASTROPHES, AND ASSESSMENT METHODS
INVENTIONS HAVE CHANGED THE Two 2hr30 exams (40% each) and one
3,000–3,500-word coursework piece
WAYS IN WHICH PEOPLE LIVE.
(20%)
History is a fascinating subject, PROGRESSION ROUTES
which makes you question History gives you knowledge and skills
which will prepare you for Higher
societies from all over the world. Education and employment. Students
You’ll be able to identify their who specialise in History may go on
mistakes, and how modern to become historical researchers, work
in heritage organisations or become
societies are different, or similar, teachers. History also supports other
to those of the past. career paths such as Journalism,
Politics, Law, Social Work and Public
A Level History includes two Services.
trips over the two years: one
to Bolsover Castle for the 17th AWARDING BODY
AQA
Century module and one to the
National Holocaust Centre and
Museum in Nottinghamshire.
DID YOU KNOW?
The phrase ‘Turncoat’ comes from the
1640’s. This is where the soldiers of
one particular army would ‘Turn their
coat’ inside out with the emblem of
the opposing army stitched in the
inside of their coat! The modern
phrase for a turncoat that means
coward comes from this action as
soldiers would change sides mid-
battle in the Civil War. We cover this
period here at Loughborough College
during our A Level History lessons.
27LAW
LAW IS A FASCINATING SUBJECT
THAT GOVERNS OUR BEHAVIOUR, DETAILS
CAN REFLECT OUR MORAL
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
BELIEFS, AND IS INTEGRAL TO GCSE English Language at grade 6.
OUR SOCIETY. IT’S A SERIES
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
OF RULES THAT AFFECT US
At least five GCSEs at grade C/4 or
ALL EVERY DAY, AND OFTEN above, including English and Maths.
WITHOUT US EVEN REALISING
IT. THIS IS A VERY CHALLENGING ASSESSMENT METHODS
Three 2-hour exams (33.3% each)
SUBJECT, WITH LOTS OF
DETAIL, CASES, AND ACTS OF PROGRESSION ROUTES
PARLIAMENT TO REMEMBER AND You may wish to continue your
education at degree level or enter
APPLY, AND WILL SUIT ANYONE
into employment within a relevant
THAT HAS A GENUINE INTEREST sector. Opportunities exist within the
IN THE SUBJECT. legal system, including Police Officer,
Solicitor, Barrister, Para-Legal or Legal
Executive. You may choose to pursue
Even if you aren’t aiming for a a career with the council or the legal
career in the legal profession, department within company.
a grounding in Law is not only
valuable to have on your CV, AWARDING BODY
AQA
but will arm you with general
knowledge of the laws that
rule our land, and valuable
transferable skills.
Alternatively, if you do see
yourself as a Barrister, Solicitor,
Legal Executive, or any career
within a legal setting, then this
course could be very rewarding.
A Level Law will assist you
should you wish to progress to
DID YOU KNOW?
a Law degree at university, or
enhance your academic profile You don’t need to have studied
for further study or a career in GCSE Law to study this A Level
another area.
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MATHEMATICS
A LEVEL MATHEMATICS IS
THE KEY TO A WORLD OF DETAILS
OPPORTUNITY. IF YOU WANT TO
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
STUDY ENGINEERING, PHYSICS,
At least five GCSEs at grade C/4 or
ECONOMICS, OR NATURAL above, including English at C/4 and
SCIENCES AT UNIVERSITY, IT Maths at grade 7.
WILL BE ESSENTIAL. IT WILL
ASSESSMENT METHODS
ALSO BE USEFUL FOR BIOLOGY,
1hr15 exam (37.5%)
PSYCHOLOGY, AND COMPUTER-
Three 2-hour exams (33.3% each)
BASED COURSES.
PROGRESSION ROUTES
A Level Maths opens up a range of
A Level Mathematics is not an possibilities for Higher Education in all
easy subject and it’s important areas of Maths, Science and Business.
that you’re confident with both It is essential for studying Engineering,
Physics, Economics or Natural
algebra and graphs, and certainly History and is also useful for Biology,
prepared to work hard from the Psychology, and computer-based
start! courses.
This course offers a wide range AWARDING BODY
of progression routes into Higher Edexcel
Education, in all areas of Science,
Business, and Engineering. On
top of that, recent research
shows that completing A Level
Mathematics can increase your
earning potential!
30LOUGHBOROUGH COLLEGE MATHEMATICIAN
JENNIFER ACHIEVES UK TOP 100 SPOT
The high scores of a Loughborough “Being good at maths and being fast at
College student in a UK-wide challenge maths are by no means the same thing
have placed her amongst the country’s and for many of our keenest students,
top 100 mathematicians. the added element of time-pressured
competitions adds a certain spice to
It takes a lot to reach round one of the
problem solving. Where both speed and
British Mathematical Olympiad (BMO),
accuracy are key, Jennifer thrives on
with only 1000 achieving the best results
bringing everything together to reach
selected to take part. Of those only
a correct solution in record time,” said
around 100 will be invited to go on to
Anthony Clohesy, Mathematics lecturer at
round two - and 17 year old Jennifer Hu
Loughborough College.
was amongst them.
“In addition to the high-level national
The Loughborough College A Level
competitions, we also encourage year 12
student has gone on to be awarded
and year 13 students to get involved in
certificates of merit and distinction not
the ever-popular Ritangle competition,
only for her achievement in the 2019
a collaborative team effort taking place
national BMO tests but also for distinction
every autumn term and designed to
in this year’s British Mathematical
encourage innovative solution methods,
Olympiad for Girls.
use of technology and independent
“This was the first time I’d ever sat BMO research.”
1 and 2, so I never expected to achieve
this score - I was really pleased,” said
Jennifer, who admitted the tests were
challenging but enabled her to really
boost her skills.
31FURTHER MATHEMATICS
DETAILS
THE A LEVEL FURTHER
MATHS COURSE CONSISTS
OF A LEVEL MATHS IN ONE
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
YEAR, FOLLOWED BY A LEVEL At least five GCSEs at grade C/4 or
FURTHER MATHS IN THE above, including English at C/4 Maths at
grade 8.
SECOND YEAR. IT IS INTENDED
FOR ABLE AND COMMITTED
ASSESSMENT METHODS
MATHEMATICIANS WHO REALLY Four 1hr30 exams (25% each)
ENJOY THE SUBJECT.
PROGRESSION ROUTES
This course provides a gateway to many
This increasingly popular competitive degree courses, including
subject extends the pure Maths, Maths, Physics, Engineering, Economics,
or any other university course with a
Statistics, and Mechanics high Mathematical content.
covered in A Level Mathematics.
It also introduces many new AWARDING BODY
concepts, including imaginary Edexcel
numbers and decision Maths.
DID YOU KNOW?
Further Maths can only studied if you
take A Level Maths. You will study
A Level Maths in Year 12 and A Level
Further Maths in Year 13.
32BEAUTY
MEDIA THERAPY LEVEL 2
STUDIES
THE MEDIA PLAY A CENTRAL
ROLE IN CONTEMPORARY DETAILS
CULTURE, SOCIETY AND
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
POLITICS. THEY SHAPE At least five GCSEs at grade C/4 or
OUR PERCEPTIONS OF THE above, including English Language at 5.
WORLD THROUGH THE
ASSESSMENT METHODS
REPRESENTATIONS, IDEAS
Exam 1 (35%) 2 hr 15
AND POINTS OF VIEW THEY
Exam 2 (35%) 2 hr 30
OFFER. THE MEDIA HAVE REAL
Non-Exam Assessment (30%)
RELEVANCE AND IMPORTANCE IN Cross Media Production
OUR LIVES TODAY, PROVIDING US
PROGRESSION ROUTES
WITH WAYS TO COMMUNICATE,
Gaining A Level Media Studies can open
WITH FORMS OF CULTURAL doors to job opportunities and further
EXPRESSION AND THE ABILITY TO study of hands on jobs in Media such
a TV and Film pproduction, Journalism
PARTICIPATE IN KEY ASPECTS OF
and Marketing.
SOCIETY.
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EDUQAS
You will study a wide range
of rich and stimulating media
and be able to develop
detailed analysis of how the
media communicate meanings
in a variety of forms. You
will consider established
media forms alongside more
contemporary forms, developing
an awareness of emerging and
evolving media. You will also DID YOU KNOW?
extend your experience of
the media through the study Many of the core skills that you
of products which are less develop in Media Studies are the
mainstream to gain a really same as in English Language. The two
well rounded exploration of the subjects complement each other well.
media as a whole. In addition to
this you will have the opportunity
to create your own media texts.
33PHOTOGRAPHY
YOU WILL EXPLORE RELEVANT
IMAGES, ARTEFACTS AND DETAILS
RESOURCES RELATING TO A
ENTRY REQUIREMENT
RANGE OF ART, CRAFT AND At least five GCSEs at grade C/4 or
DESIGN, BOTH FROM THE PAST above, including English and Maths, and
Art or Design.
AND FROM RECENT TIMES,
INCLUDING EUROPEAN AND NON-
ASSESSMENT METHODS
EUROPEAN EXAMPLES. Unit 1: 100% coursework
Unit 2: 10-week exam, with final 10
Your understanding of different hours unaided
Unit 3: Coursework with 3,000-word
styles, genres and traditions illustrated essay
will be demonstrated through Unit 4: 10-week exam, with final 15
practical and critical activities. hours unaided
You must show knowledge of
PROGRESSION ROUTES
relevant materials, processes, Higher Education routes include
technologies and resources, as Photography and Graphic Design, while
well as how ideas and feelings potential employment opportunities
include Freelance or Agency
can be conveyed and interpreted Photographer, Picture Editor, Photo
through photography. Journalist or Graphic Designer.
You will be required to AWARDING BODY
work in one or more areas AQA
of photography, such as
portraiture, landscape, still life,
documentary, photojournalism,
fashion, experimental imagery,
multimedia or photographic
installation. You may explore
overlapping areas and
combinations or choose to
specialise in one particular area.
34BEAUTY
PHYSICS THERAPY LEVEL 2
THE COURSE BUILDS ON SKILLS
AND KNOWLEDGE GAINED AT DETAILS
GCSE, AND COVERS A RANGE
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
OF TOPICS WHICH WILL GIVE At least 5 GCSEs at grade C/4 or above,
YOU A GREATER INSIGHT INTO including English at grade C/4, and
Maths and Science (Double Science or
THE PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS
two ‘traditional’ sciences) at grade 6.
UNDERLYING THE PHYSICAL
WORLD. ASSESSMENT METHODS
Three 2-hour exams (approximately 33%
In this course you’ll start by each). A number of practical skills must
exploring ideas about the also be demonstrated throughout the
course in 12 compulsory activities. This
smallest constituents of matter,
is reported separately. All students are
looking inside the atom. expected to pass this component.
The journey passes through PROGRESSION ROUTES
This A Level offers a pathway to
areas including mechanics, Higher Education in all branches of
waves, electricity, fields, gases Physics, many other sciences, and
and nuclear physics, looking most Engineering courses. Physics is
highly regarded by universities and
both at the underlying physics employers since it requires students
concepts and at the real-world to solve a wide range of problems. A
implications. Physics qualification is valuable in any
profession requiring problem-solving
Later in year 2 we look at skills, and a variety of employment
routes are available, including
the biggest ideas of all: the Engineering, Finance, Banking and
exploration of the universe. Teaching.
If you are curious about the AWARDING BODY
world around you, and enjoy AQA
Maths, Physics could be for you.
DID YOU KNOW?
It isn’t vital to do Maths alongside Physics,
but the two subjects go very well together.
If you want to study at a higher level or move into
Engineering, it’s advisable, and is sometimes a
requirement, to do both.
Alongside the mainstream Physics A Level we also
offer the Physics Olympiad as an optional stretching
activity for most able and driven students.
35PHYSICAL EDUCATION
A LEVEL PE WILL GIVE YOU A
FANTASTIC INSIGHT INTO THE DETAILS
AMAZING WORLD OF SPORTS
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
PERFORMANCE. SPORT IS A At least five GCSEs at grade C/4 or
HIGH-PROFILE, FAST EXPANDING above, including English and Maths at
grade C/4, and GCSE PE and Science
INDUSTRY WHICH IS CURRENTLY
(Double Science or two ‘traditional’
RANKED WITHIN THE TOP 15 sciences) at grade 5.
SECTORS IN THE UK.
ASSESSMENT METHODS
One 2-hour exam (30%), two 1-hour
The A Level PE qualification will exams (20% each) and a non-exam
equip you with the knowledge, assessment (30%).
understanding and skills relating
PROGRESSION ROUTES
to the scientific, socio-cultural This course will provide a foundation
and practical aspects of physical for the further study of PE or Sports
education. This will enable Science courses at University, as well
as other related subject areas such as
you to improve your own and Psychology, Sociology and Biology.
others’ performance or coaching It will also develop the transferable
through the application of skills that are in demand by Further
Education, Higher Education and
theory. employers in all sectors of industry.
You will study Applied Anatomy AWARDING BODY
and Physiology, Exercise OCR
Physiology, Biomechanical
Movement, Skill Acquisition,
Sports Psychology, Sport
and Society and the Role of
Technology in Physical Activity DID YOU KNOW?
and Sport. Your practical skills
Did you know that in 2016 the value
as either a performer or coach
of the Sports economy in the UK was
are examined via the NEA (non- estimated to be £37.3bn
exam assessment) component
on performance.
36BEAUTY
POLITICS THERAPY LEVEL 2
IN THIS COURSE, YOU’LL STUDY
THE WAY THE COUNTRY IS DETAILS
GOVERNED, AND HOW YOUR
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
VOTES MAKE A GOVERNMENT. At least five GCSEs at grade C/4 or
THE COURSE IS BASED ON TWO above, including Maths at C/4 and
English Language at grade 5.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTRIES,
AND THEIR SIMILARITIES AND ASSESSMENT METHODS
DIFFERENCES. Three 2-hour exams (33.3% each)
PROGRESSION ROUTES
The first year focuses on the UK Politics helps to prepare you for Higher
political system, and the roles Education, developing skills that are
that key people play, such as useful in any career. Students who
specialise in Politics may become
the Prime Minister and judges. It politicians, work in law or any civil
also looks at Britain as a political service role.
nation: how people vote, whether
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or not we have a constitution, Edexcel
and why this might be.
The second year is focussed on
the USA as a political model.
Key issues here are the role
of the president, the supreme
courts, and the judicial process.
Furthermore, you’ll look at the
role of the entrenched rights
that Americans have over those
of other countries, as well as
evaluating the role of the Bill of
Rights and the US Constitution.
DID YOU KNOW?
You don’t need to have studied
GCSE Politics to study this A Level
37PSYCHOLOGY
PSYCHOLOGY IS THE STUDY OF
THE MIND AND BEHAVIOUR, DETAILS
PROVIDING THEORIES,
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
SUGGESTIONS AND PRACTICAL At least five GCSEs at grade C/4 or
WAYS OF UNDERSTANDING above, including Maths grade C/4, and
English Language and one science at
THE REASONS BEHIND OUR
grade 5.
ACTIONS AND REACTIONS. IF
YOU’RE INTERESTED IN HUMAN ASSESSMENT METHODS
BEHAVIOUR, AND WHY WE’RE Three 2-hour exams (33.3% each)
ALL DIFFERENT, BUT ALSO SHARE
PROGRESSION ROUTES
SIMILARITIES, THEN A LEVEL
A Level Psychology students often go
PSYCHOLOGY IS FOR YOU. on to study degrees in Psychology,
Criminology, Forensic Psychology,
Social Policy, Sociology, Media, Law,
Over the course of the two years or other humanities-related courses.
you will study topics including Psychology is particularly relevant for
Approaches in Psychology people-based careers, such as human
resources, advertising, business, social
(different ways of explaining work or politics.
behaviour), depression, OCD, If you want to become a Psychologist,
phobias, memory, attachment this will involve studying an
(how babies form relationships undergraduate degree and then
postgraduate qualifications in the field
with their carers), social influence of your choice, for example Clinical
(for example, why people obey), Psychology, Forensic Psychology,
research methods (including Educational Psychology.
statistics), schizophrenia,
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gender development, offending AQA
behaviour, biopsychology
(looking at how biological
factors can explain behaviour)
and issues and debates in
Psychology (for example, the
nature/nurture debate).
You will need to be able to apply
DID YOU KNOW?
theoretical concepts and analyse
research. You should be prepared You don’t need to have studied GCSE
to contribute to discussions and Psychology to study this A Level
listen to the opinions of others.
There is a 10% Maths content to
the course, including topics from
GCSE Maths and also statistics.
38RELIGIOUS STUDIES
RELIGIOUS STUDIES IS A
FASCINATING SUBJECT THAT DETAILS
COVERS SOME OF HUMANITY’S
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
OLDEST QUESTIONS. WITHIN At least five GCSEs at grade C/4 or
THIS A LEVEL WE EXPLORE above, including English Language and
Maths.
ISSUES CONCERNING MORALITY,
PHILOSOPHY, AND THE GCSE English Language at grade 5.
SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION, AS
WELL AS THE DEVELOPMENT OF ASSESSMENT METHODS
Two, 3 hour exams
RELIGIOUS BELIEFS THROUGH
HISTORY, AND THE IMPACT PROGRESSION ROUTES
OF RELIGIOUS ISSUES ON Students who wish to take the subject
CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY. further can apply for degree courses
in Theology, Philosophy or Religious
Studies or further study in Sociology,
We will begin our studies by Psychology, Anthropology, Politics,
examining differing ethical English Literature or PPE, leading
to successful careers in many fields,
approaches to modern issues including law, education, business, social
such as embryo research, capital work, medicine, administration and the
punishment and the use of media.
animals in scientific research.
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We will examine philosophical EDEXCEL
responses to the arguments for
the existence of God, and to the
problem of suffering, analysing
how the arguments work and
critiquing the evidence they
draw upon. We will consider the
philosophical debate concerning
whether or not freewill exists,
or whether our behaviour is
causally determined.
We will explore the development
of Christian beliefs in the afterlife,
and the influence of progress
in scientific understanding on
Christian beliefs. We will explore
how Christian views around
gender and sexuality have
developed and how the religion
is responding to social changes. 39SOCIOLOGY
A LEVEL SOCIOLOGY ALLOWS
STUDENTS TO THINK CRITICALLY DETAILS
ABOUT THE SOCIETY WE LIVE
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
IN AND HOW VARIOUS SOCIO- At least five GCSEs at grade C/4 or
ECONOMIC STRUCTURES IMPACT above, including English Language at
grade 5.
UPON DIFFERENT GROUPS’
EXPERIENCE OF SOCIAL LIFE.
ASSESSMENT METHODS
Three 2-hour exams (33.3% each)
In the first year, you’ll examine the
education system and the family PROGRESSION ROUTES
A Level Sociology students have
unit, considering how and why gone on to degree-level study of
these cornerstones of society Sociology, Social Sciences, Psychology,
have changed over time. You’ll Criminology, Literature, Economics, Law
and Geography. Any course requiring
also study the development of an understanding of the inequalities in
social and educational policy. society and the processes undertaken
by social institutions would benefit from
studying this syllabus. Employment
In the second year, you’ll build opportunities include Teaching, Human
upon your existing knowledge, Resources, Health and Social Care, the
applying it to the criminal justice Probation Service and the Police Force.
system and theories pertaining
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to criminal and deviant activity, AQA
as well as considering the
impact of the mass media in
contemporary society.
You’ll need to be able to
apply theoretical concepts
and construct arguments. You
should also have an interest in,
or an awareness of, national
and international current affairs,
as they often inform class
discussions.
DID YOU KNOW?
You don’t need to have studied
GCSE Sociology to study this A Level
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