UKAT Sixth Form Options Booklet

PHOTOGRAPHY

PHYSICS

A LEVEL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Grade 9-5 in five GCSE’s including English and Mathematics. Plus, a minimum Grade 6 in GCSE Art or Merit in BTEC Art or submission of portfolio. COURSE DESCRIPTION Students will explore a range of photographic media, techniques and processes, and experience both new digital technologies and traditional processes of photography. Students are required to work in more than one area of photography for example, portraiture, landscape (working from the urban, rural or coastal environment), still life, experimental imagery, photographic installation, video and film. Through their development of more sophisticated photography skills, students’ appreciation of how feelings and meanings can be conveyed and interpreted in images, as well as how images and artefacts relate to social, environment and cultural contexts. ASSESSMENT Grade A*-E awarded. Assessment comprises of two units for the A level course that are weighted at 60% for coursework and 40% for the externally assessed units. Units are marked against the four assessment objectives that are internally assessed and externally moderated. WHAT NEXT Completion of this qualification will give between 16 and 56 UCAS points, to gain entry onto a degree course or entry into the workplace. Photography can lead to further study and careers including architecture, design, animation and marketing and publicity.

A LEVEL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Grade 9-5 in five GCSEs including a minimum Grade 6 in English and Grade 7 in Mathematics. Plus, a minimum Grade 6 in GCSE Science and Additional Science or in GCSE Physics. COURSE DESCRIPTION Students will study Physics in a range of contexts, building on their knowledge of the ‘laws of physics’ and applying their understanding to a range of problems ranging from sub-atomic particles to the entire universe. Students will refine mathematical and practical skills that are embedded in the six modules covered in the duration of the course: Development of practical skills in Physics; Foundations of Physics; Forces and motion; Electrons, Waves and photons; Newtonian World and Astrophysics and; particles and Medical Physics. ASSESSMENT Grade A*-E awarded. The mandatory units are externally assessed by three examinations. The first two exams equate to 37% each with the final exam worth 26%. A “Practical endorsement in Physics” is assessed internally but is reported separately from the A level grade. WHAT NEXT Completion of this qualification will give between 16 and 56 UCAS points, to gain entry onto a degree course or entry into the workplace. Physics can lead to further study and careers including engineering, medicine, medical technologies and research and development. To study Physics at university, A level Mathematics must also be studied.

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