General Studies
AQA General Studies A Code 2760
All Year 12 (Lower Sixth Form) pupils take a one year course in General Studies. General Studies is used as a vehicle to broaden our students’ general knowledge of current issues. Careers, Games and Community Action are also used as a means of enriching students' learning experience.
This specification is designed to:
◦broaden students' post-16 education and complement other studies
◦enable a deeper understanding of important contemporary issues
◦provide useful preparation for higher education and life in general
◦allow teachers both freedom and flexibility to deliver the course according to their own situation
◦contribute towards the AQA Bacc as a ‘Breadth of Study’ element
It will encourage students to:
◦think across specialist subjects
◦engage successfully with issues through the use of stimulating authentic source material
◦develop their thinking skills, capacity to construct arguments and ability to draw conclusions
◦improve their communication and presentation skills
◦work independently and with others.
AS outline
At AS, the specification builds upon a base of knowledge acquired through studying a broad range of subjects at GCSE. Students discuss the nature of knowledge, truth and belief; analyse data; information, ideas, opinions and argument; examine questions, form values, make judgements and draw conclusions:
◦Unit 1: Culture and Society
◦Unit 2: Science and Society.