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Careers

Specification Overview
The AS represents the first half of an Advanced GCE course and contributes 50% of the specification content, the foundation for the A2 year units.

The A2 represents the second half of the Advanced GCE course and contributes the other 50% of the specification content, which builds on the AS units to achieve the full Advanced GCE standard.

Students must follow the AS course before progressing to A2.

Module	Topic	Assessment	Value
(1)	Product design and Systems and control  including: materials and systems product design and manufacture	2 hour examination	25 %
(2)	Product development: investigation analysis re- design of an existing product	Coursework project: 10 A3 pages + manufactured artefact	25 %

Unit Content
The specification content is delivered through and divided equally between the two AS and the two A2 units. . 


Careers
Pupils go on to university courses and careers in:

Engineering (esp. Electronic and mechanical) Architecture Technical Illustration Graphic Design - Product Design - Furniture Design  etc.

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