Specification
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Specification
(PDF), Last Updated: 05 March 2012
(Version 4) Amended July 2009. For first teaching from September 2008. For first award of AS Level in Summer 2009. For first award of A Level in Summer 2010.
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Revised GCE Physics (New Specification) (S/IF/87/09)
(PDF), Last Updated: 23 September 2009
Revised GCE Physics Specification (S/IF/77/09)
(PDF), Last Updated: 23 September 2009
GCE Physics is comprised of two levels: AS and A2. The AS can be taken as a ‘stand-alone’ qualification without progression to A2. However, to obtain the Advanced GCE qualification, students must complete both the AS and A2 levels.
The specification has a modular structure and students are required to study three modules at each level. The modules are listed below and are all compulsory
AS Level
AS 1: Forces, Energy and Electricity
AS 2: Waves, Photons and Medical Physics
AS 3: Practical Techniques
A2 Level
A2 1: Momentum, Thermal Physics, Circular Motion, Oscillations and Atomic and Nuclear Physics
A2 2: Fields and their Applications
A2 3:Practical Techniques