Specification
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Specification
(PDF), Last Updated: 05 March 2012
(Version 4) For first teaching from September 2008. For first award of AS Level in Summer 2009. For first award of A Level in Summer 2010.
Related Circulars
A2 Unit 2: The Assessment of Historical Investigations and Interpretations (S/IF/49/10)
(PDF), Last Updated: 04 May 2010
AS Unit 1: The Assessment of Historical Investigations and Interpretations (Nov 09)
(PDF), Last Updated: 17 January 2012
History Circular June 2009 (S-IF-43-09)
(PDF), Last Updated: 16 October 2009
The GCE History specification is divided into two levels: AS and A2.
The AS Level can be taken as a stand-alone course without progression to the A Level. However students wishing to obtain the GCE qualification must complete both levels.
Each level, AS and A2, contains two required units of study:
AS Units |
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AS 1: Historical Investigations and Interpretations |
AS 2: Conflict and Change in Europe |
A Level Units |
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A2 1: Change Over Time |
A2 2: Historical Investigations and Interpretations |
For each unit, teachers must choose one study option. Each option reflects a different historical topic and period. Descriptions for each unit’s options are detailed below:
AS Units
|
AS 1: Historical Investigations and Historical Interpretations |
AS 2: Conflict and Change in Europe |
|---|---|---|
Option 1 |
England |
Spain and Europe |
Option 2 |
England |
The Ascendancy of France |
Option 3 |
England |
Challenge and Crisis in Ireland |
Option 4 |
Unification of Italy and Germany |
France |
Option 5 |
Germany |
Russia |
Option 6 |
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Italy |
A2 Units
|
A2 1: Change Over Time |
A2 2: Historical Investigations and Interpretations |
|---|---|---|
Option 1 |
Anglo-Spanish relations |
England |
Option 2 |
Crown and Parliament in England |
Ireland |
Option 3 |
Liberalism and Nationalism in Europe (1815-1914) |
Ireland |
Option 4 |
Unionism and Nationalism in Ireland (1800-1900) |
Partition of Ireland |
Option 5 |
Clash of Ideologies in Europe |
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