In Year 1, students will study two drama texts and a prose text, alongside a selection from the exam board’s Poetry Anthology. In Year 2, students will develop their understanding of the content taught in Year 1 in greater breadth and depth. They will study a Shakespeare text, along with another drama text and one further text which must be written pre-1900. In addition, students will complete a genre study. Within the pathway chosen by the class teachers, they will study three texts: one post-2000 prose text; one poetry and one further text, of which one must be written pre-1900. Students will also complete a unit of course work worth 20% of the full A Level. Students can go on to study a wide variety of academic and vocational courses in HE with this qualification, and/or go into a wide variety of careers in which communication skills are important, for example Business, Management, Media, Law and Education. Study of literature encourages and develops understanding of the world and empathy for the human condition.