BTEC APPLIED SCIENCE THE APPLIED SCIENCE BTEC QUALIFICATION
BTEC APPLIED SCIENCE • THE APPLIED SCIENCE BTEC QUALIFICATION IS AN EXCELLENT CHOICE FOR THOSE WHO NEED 2 SCIENCE QUALIFICATIONS WITHOUT THE EXAM STRESS OF 2 A LEVELS. • FROM LAST YEAR’S COHORT STUDENTS SECURED PLACES AT UNIVERSITY STUDYING SPORT AND EDUCATION AND COMPUTER SCIENCES. THIS YEAR’S COHORT ARE APPLYING FOR CHEMISTRY, FORENSIC SCIENCES AND NURSING QUALIFICATIONS. • ON TOP OF THE STANDARD COLLEGE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS, STUDENTS NEED A C GRADE IN CORE AND ADDITIONAL SCIENCE.
BTEC DIPLOMA IN APPLIED SCIENCE • IT CONSISTS OF 8 UNITS OF VARYING WEIGHTINGS TOWARD THE FINAL GRADE • 2 EXTERNALLY MARKED CLASSIC STYLE EXAMS (UNIT 1 AND 5) • 1 EXTERNALLY MARKED PRACTICAL ASSESSMENT (UNIT 3) • 1 INTERNALLY MARKED PROJECT (UNIT 6) • 2 MANDATORY INTERNALLY MARKED ASSIGNMENTS (UNIT 2 AND 4) • 2 INTERNALLY MARKED OPTIONAL MODULES • THE ASSIGNMENTS ARE GRADED AS EITHER PASS, MERIT OR DISTINCTION. • EACH ASSIGNMENT CONTRIBUTES A POINT SCORE DEPENDING ON THE ACHIEVED GRADE, WHETHER IT IS INTERNALLY OR EXTERNALLY ASSESSED AND THE RECOMMENDED GUIDED LEARNING HOURS.
HOW THE FINAL GRADE IS CALCULATED • THE TABLES BELOW SHOW THE DIFFERENT POINTS AWARDED FOR BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNALLY MARKED UNITS. EACH ASSIGNMENT SCORE IS ADDED TOGETHER TO GIVE A FINAL GRADE RANGING FROM U TO D*D*. INTERNAL EXTERNAL • UCAS POINTS ARE THE SAME AS FOR THE EQUIVALENT GRADES AT ALEVEL. • D*D* = 112 • DD = 96
THE UNITS • UNIT 1 - PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS OF SCIENCE 1 *GLH = Guided learning hours • JUNE 2018. CONTENT INCLUDES CHEMICAL PROPERTIES, CELLS AND WAVES • UNIT 2 – PRACTICAL SCIENTIFIC PROCEDURES AND TECHNIQUES • COURSEWORK ASSIGNMENTS. STUDENTS LEARN HOW TO CARRY OUT A RANGE OF SCIENTIFIC TECHNIQUES SUCH AS CALORIMETRY AND TITRATIONS. • UNIT 3 – SCIENCE INVESTIGATION SKILLS • JANUARY 2018. STUDENTS COULD BE TESTED ON ANY EXPERIMENT RELATED TO ELECTRICAL DEVICES, FUELS, ENERGY, DIFFUSION AND SAMPLING TECHNIQUES • UNIT 4 – LABORATORY TECHNIQUES • COURSEWORK ASSIGNMENTS. STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT SAFETY IN A SCIENCE LAB AND HOW CHEMICALS ARE MANUFACTURED. • UNIT 5 - PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS OF SCIENCE 2 • JANUARY 2019. CONTENT INCLUDES ORGANS AND SYSTEMS, CHEMICAL REACTIONS AND THERMAL PHYSICS • UNIT 6 - INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT • 90 GLH, INTERNALLY MARKED COURSEWORK ASSIGNMENT. STUDENTS WILL RESEARCH AND CONDUCT AND EXPERIMENT ON A TOPIC OF THEIR CHOOSING. 60 GLH, INTERNALLY ASSESSED COURSEWORK STYLE • UNIT 11 – GENETICS AND GENETIC ENGINEERING ASSIGNMENTS • UNIT 16 – ASTRONOMY AND SPACE SCIENCE
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