GCSE Physics

Overview

  • Adults (Part-time)
  • 3 hours per week

Details

This GCSE course is a one year intensive course for Adults, who wish to pursue a teacher training course; tutors and trainers who may be working within a Further Education (FE) college, Adult and Community Learning Centre or Learning Provider, who require a GCSE for Further Education or for Career development.

The course is an intensive course, as a combination of substantive content, laboratory sessions and end-of-the-year controlled assessments.

Students will study about energy, electricity, particle model of matter, atomic structure, forces, waves, magnetism and electromagnetism, space physics including all key ideas related to these concepts.

The organisation of each sub-section of the substantive content is designed to facilitate this approach, as well as allow students the opportunity to carry out practical work.

What have students who have taken this course in the past progressed to?

GCSE Physics is a requirement for many careers, including Primary Teaching, Science degrees and the Health Professions. With a good GCSE grade there are a wide range of career options.

What qualification do I get on completing this course?

GCSE

Where have students gone to after completing this course?

Higher Education study

Is there additional work required by the student?

Due to the volume of scientific principles covered, as well as their applications, students should be prepared to allow a minimum of 3 hours per week of individual study outside of lessons.

What are the expected employment areas with this course?

GCSE Physics is a requirement for many careers, including Primary Teaching, Science degrees and the Health Professions. With a good GCSE grade there are a wide range of career options.

Awarding Body

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Entry Requirements

What qualifications or skills do I need to show I have before I can enrol?

  • If you have taken a GCSE Science before, we would expect you to have a grade 3 D
  • Grade 4-5 C in either GCSE English or GCSE Maths
  • If you have not taken GCSE Science before, or it is a long time since you have studied, you will be ask to take a literacy and numeracy assessment

Expected prior knowledge

At least Grade 3 D in GCSE Science

English level

GCSE D-G or Level 1 Functional Skills

Mathematics level

GCSE D-G or Level 1 Functional Skills