Applied Sciences

Course summary

This qualification is designed to support students who are interested in learning about the science industry alongside other scientific fields of study, with a view to progressing to a wide range of higher education courses, not necessarily in science-related subjects. BTEC Applied Science should be taken as part of a program of study that includes other appropriate BTEC Level 3 qualifications or A-levels. Students will study mandatory units from the table opposite. Students are given the opportunity to explore, through the optional units, a particular area of science, for example, Biomedical or Environmental science. The particular scientific options available include physiology, applications of organic and inorganic chemistry, astronomy and space science, diseases and Infection, microbiology, climate change, and animal conservation.