Sixth Form Subject Guide 2019-2021 REDRAFTED Sixth Form Choices Guide | Page 25

A Level History (AQA) HEAD OF DEPARTMENT: Mr S Kinder ([email protected]) Entry Requirements A C grade or better in IGCSE English and a grade 5 or better in GCSE History would be preferred. What is essential is enthusiasm, commitment, enjoyment of reading and a genuine interest in the subject. Where next? History degrees leave open many careers pathways including the law, administration, journalism, the civil service, general management, banking, marketing, accountancy and the commercial sector. Employers continue to value the literary, analytical and linguistic skills with which strong students of History are endowed. History remains a popular and competitive subject for a university degree and OGs are or have recently read History at the following universities: Aberdeen, Bangor, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Durham, Edinburgh, Essex, Exeter, Leeds, Oxford, Newcastle, Sussex, Warwick and the UEA. In the past decade, half a dozen students have read History at Oxford or Cambridge. History remains very well respected as a qualification because it requires effective oral and written communication and the ability to synthesise, analyse and evaluate demanding material. WHAT WILL I STUDY? 1C The Tudors: England, 1485–1603 & 2O Democracy and Nazism: Germany, 1918–1945 Or 1K The Making of a Superpower: USA, 1865–1975 & 2B The Wars of the Roses, 1450–1499 All students undertake a Historical Investigation on EITHER The Development of African American Civil Rights 1863-1965 OR on the Tudor period (1500-1603). HOW IS THE COURSE ASSESSED? The course consists of two linear examinations, sat at the end of two years. Each is worth 40% of the A-Level Grade. The remaining 20% is based upon the Historical Investigation, which is internally marked and externally moderated. 24