General Studies

This is a one-year course and the AS qualification is designed to fit neatly with a wide variety of other subject combinations.

The aim of the course is to

• Maintain and develop the range of knowledge and skills acquired during the years of compulsory education,
• Include interests and ideas not necessarily covered in the study of conventional AS subjects,
• Complement and bring greater variety to students’ courses of study, thereby enhancing and broadening their curriculum.

The AS content is organised into the three units:

• Culture, Morality, Arts and Humanities;
• Science, Mathematics and Technology; and
• 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. Each unit is worth one-third of the total marks.

This qualification will give you the opportunity to broaden your knowledge and understanding during your time in the Sixth Form. It will enable you to think critically, logically and constructively about a range of issues and will encourage you to communicate with coherence and clarity. Because of this it can be a very useful AS to complement your main courses of study.

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