Sixth Form Subject Guide 2019-2021 REDRAFTED Sixth Form Choices Guide | Page 2

Contents
ADVICE, INFORMATION & GUIDANCE FOR SIXTH FORM CHOICES ................................. 3
What Sixth Form subjects are offered at Gresham’s? ........................................................................ 5
A word about the IB Languages & Mathematics Courses ................................................................... 6
Support .............................................................................................................................................. 7
Learning Support ............................................................................................................................... 8
International English Language Testing System ................................................................................. 8
Gresham’s Futures: Careers Services for Sixth Form .......................................................................... 9
PRE-U ................................................................................................................................................. 10
Pre-U Mandarin Chinese .................................................................................................................. 10
BTEC ................................................................................................................................................... 11
BTEC Sports Science ......................................................................................................................... 11
A LEVELS ........................................................................................................................................... 12
A Level Art & Design ........................................................................................................................ 12
A Level Biology ................................................................................................................................ 13
A Level Business Studies .................................................................................................................. 14
A Level Chemistry ............................................................................................................................ 15
A Level Computer Science ................................................................................................................ 16
A Level Drama .................................................................................................................................. 17
A Level Economics ........................................................................................................................... 18
A Level English ................................................................................................................................. 19
A Level French ................................................................................................................................. 20
A Level Geography ........................................................................................................................... 21
A Level German ............................................................................................................................... 22
A Level Graphic Communication ...................................................................................................... 23
A Level History ................................................................................................................................. 24
A Level History of Art ....................................................................................................................... 25
A Level Mathematics ....................................................................................................................... 26
A Level Further Mathematics ........................................................................................................... 27
A Level Music ................................................................................................................................... 28
A Level Music Technology ................................................................................................................ 29
A Level Photography ........................................................................................................................ 30
A Level Physical Education ............................................................................................................... 31
A Level Physics ................................................................................................................................. 32
A Level Psychology ........................................................................................................................... 33
A Level Religious Studies.................................................................................................................. 34
A Level Spanish ................................................................................................................................ 35
A Level Three Dimensional Study ..................................................................................................... 36
THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE DIPLOMA PROGRAMME .............................. 37
The Extended Essay ......................................................................................................................... 37
Theory of Knowledge (ToK) .............................................................................................................. 38
GROUP 1 – STUDIES IN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE ..................................................... 39
IB English Language A (Higher & Standard Level) ............................................................................. 39
IB English Language & Literature (Higher and Standard Level) ......................................................... 40
IB German Literature A (Higher and Standard Level) ....................................................................... 44
GROUP 2 – LANGUAGE ACQUISITION ...................................................................................... 41
IB English Language B (Higher and Standard Level) .......................................................................... 41
IB French A (Higher and Standard Level) .......................................................................................... 42
IB French ab initio (Standard Level) ................................................................................................. 43
IB German Language B (Higher and Standard Level) ........................................................................ 44
IB German Language ab initio (Standard Level)................................................................................ 46
IB Spanish Language B (Higher and Standard Level) ......................................................................... 47
IB Spanish ab initio (Standard Level) ................................................................................................ 48
IB Mandarin ab initio (Standard Level)............................................................................................. 49
GROUP 3 – INDIVIDUALS AND SOCIETIES ............................................................................. 50
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