BELOW ARE BRIEF DETAILS FOR CHEMISTRY, COMPUTING AND CRITICAL THINKING

 

CHEMISTRY  AS/A2

The course extends your knowledge of the Periodic Table, atomic and molecular structure, petrol, polymers and rates, and introduces you to new chemistry such as that of paints, dyes and drugs.  There will be plenty of opportunity for practical work, including an individual investigation over a four week period in Year 13.  This is an essential course for those students wishing to go on to study Medicine, Veterinary Science, Biology, Dentistry, Chemistry or Chemical Engineering.

 

For further information, please contact:

Mes E Smart / Mr M Bridle / Mr D Lock/Dr S Brooks/

Ms E Bull / Mr W Stewart

 

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COMPUTING AS/A2

 

This course will interest those who want to be instrumental in the conception of computer systems that increasingly shape work and leisure activities. i.e. people who will develop or manage computers and computer systems.   You will be looking at, amongst other things, Computer Systems, Communications and Software, Systems  Development, Software Mechanisms, Machine Architecture, Database Theory and Integrated Information Systems.

 

For further information, please contact: Mr Croft or any member of the ICT team

 

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CRITICAL THINKING  AS/A2

 

The first half of the course focuses upon the skills needed to successfully and comprehensively analyse an argument - whether the argument is from a newspaper, a historical work, a scientific journal or a passage of literary criticism.  In all cases, the student will learn to identify the structure of the argument and to assess its validity according to a variety of criteria.  The second half of the course focuses on the student’s ability to articulate the understanding attained in the first half, e.g. how to construct a legal argument, or present a case for or against any particular issue.  Research strongly suggests that students of Critical Thinking perform better in other studies as a result.        

 

For further information, please contact: Mr J Cartwright

 

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