The document outlines details about a GCE qualification that facilitates access to higher education, highlighting its increasing importance for course competition and employer preferences. It describes various subjects included in the qualification, such as sciences, humanities, and business studies, along with details about exam structure and requirements. Additionally, it specifies a procedure for opting out of the exam by a set deadline.

1. http://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/type/gce/aml

2.  Extra qualification
 Used as a qualification to gain access to
Higher Education
 Competition for courses will increase in
future – UCAS Points can be valuable
 Employers find it useful as a ‘discriminator’

3.  Sciences
 Humanities Subjects
 Art/Design and Technology
 Health and Social Care
 Foreign Languages
 English
 Business Studies
 ICT
 Construction

4.  2 hour exam
 Family/Population
 Business
 Media – TV, Radio Newspaper…..
 Politics – voting
 Transport Issues
 Animal Rights
 Euthanasia
 Abortion

5.  1 hour exam
 Inventions –IPOD,
 Global Warming
 Pollution
 Technology
 Mathematics(As/A2 knowledge not needed)

6.  Culture Science and Society
 Making Connections
 1.5 hours
 Domain Exploration
 Applying Synoptic Skills
 1.5 hours

7.  Make a choice about the exam?
 Every one will be automatically entered for
the exam if average point score - 5.5
 If you do not want to sit the AS GS exam
you must
 Sign name against the list
 By Friday 5th October 2012