GENERAL STUDIES

EXAMINATION BOARD: AQA             Advanced Subsidiary (AS Level) 5761

Syllabus A                                           Advanced Level (A Level) 6761

These qualifications provide opportunities for examining questions, evaluating evidence and making judgements from a broader standpoint than that of a single discipline. Content is organised into the three areas of Culture, Morality, Arts and Humanities; Science, Maths and Technology; Society, Politics and the Economy. These allow students to broaden their knowledge and understanding by means of reinforcing and enhancing the disciplines already being delivered through their main courses of study.

Assessment will be through structured writing, objective test questions, source evaluation exercises and essays.

• Aspects of Application of Number will be covered in sections on Mathematical Reasoning and Spatial/Mechanical Relations.
• The student will be assessed in Modern Foreign Languages.
• Thinking and analytical skills will be demonstrated through the comprehension and interpretation of data (both written and numerical), the construction of arguments and drawing of conclusions, and their coherent presentation in a suitable format.
• Synoptic assessment is addressed through a case-study exercise involving pre-release material based upon an issue rooted in Society, Politics and the Economy but drawing upon knowledge, understanding and skills from the other two discrete content areas.  

The intention is for as many students as possible to follow this course in addition to their academic subjects.