Physics

Assessment

Year one consists of five modules. Each module is assessed in two written papers completed by the students at the end of their first year of study. Each paper is 1½ hours and makes up 50% of the end-of-year grade. Paper one covers all five modules and is made up of short and long-style questions. Paper two is split into three sections: section A, twenty marks testing the students’ knowledge of practical skills and data handling; Section B, twenty marks covering modules 1 – 5; and Section C, thirty multiple choice questions each worth one mark. Year two consists of three standard modules and one option module. All modules, including those from year one of the course, are assessed in the three written papers completed by the students at the end of their two-year study. All three papers are two hours long and make up 100% of the A Level grade.