AS Level Physics

Prerequisites: Extended IGCSE Physics and Extended IGCSE Mathematics (Admission to this course is by approval of the Curriculum Leader).

AS Level Physics forms the first half of a two-year pre‑university Physics course. It takes the key ideas from the IGCSE Physics course and extends the ideas further. While IGCSE gives a basic understanding of the world, AS Level allows students to see how Physics can be used to describe the world and predict outcomes. Topics studied include:

• Motion

• Forces

• Energy

• Phases of matter and deformation of solids

• Waves and superposition

• Electricity

• Nuclear and particle physics

There is a strong practical component to this course and all students will sit a practical examination.