Edexcel Year 12 (International A Level)

21Subjects	117Chapters	376Classes	60%Pass Mark	LifetimeValidity

1

Arabic

4 chapters · 16 classes

• 1 Youth matters — 4 classes

› Family relationships and friendships

› Peer pressure and role models

› Music and fashion

› Technology and communication

• 2 Lifestyle, health and fitness — 4 classes

› Food and diet

› Sport and exercise

› Health issues

› Urban and rural life

• 3 Environment and travel — 4 classes

› Tourism, travel and transport

› Natural disasters and weather

› Climate change and its impact

› Energy, pollution and recycling

• 4 Education and employment — 4 classes

› Education systems and types of schooling

› Pupil/student life

› Volunteering and internships

› Jobs and unemployment

2

Accounting

6 chapters

• 1.1 Principles of accounting and double entry bookkeeping

• 1.2 Control procedures

• 1.3 Financial statements of organisations

• 1.4 Introduction to costing

• 1.5 Analysis of accounting statements

• 1.6 Social and ethical accounting

3

Biology

5 chapters

• 1 Molecules, Transport and Health

• 2 Membranes, Proteins, DNA and Gene Expression

• 3 Cell Structure, Reproduction and Development

• 4 Plant Structure and Function, Biodiversity and Conservation

• U3 Practical Skills in Biology I

4

Business

10 chapters · 42 classes

• 1.3.1 Meeting customer needs — 3 classes

› The market

› Market research

› Market positioning

• 1.3.2 The market — 5 classes

› Demand

› Supply

› Markets

› Price elasticity of demand (PED)

› Income elasticity of demand (YED)

• 1.3.3 Marketing mix and strategy — 5 classes

› Marketing objectives and strategy

› Product/service design

› Promotion and branding

› Pricing strategies

› Distribution

• 1.3.4 Managing people — 5 classes

› Approaches to staffing

› Recruitment, selection and training

› Organisational design

› Motivation in theory and practice

› Leadership

• 1.3.5 Entrepreneurs and leaders — 4 classes

› Role of an entrepreneur

› Entrepreneurial motives and characteristics

› Business objectives

› Business choices

• 2.3.1 Planning a business and raising finance — 5 classes

› Planning

› Internal finance

› External finance

› Forms of business

› Liability

• 2.3.2 Financial planning — 5 classes

› Sales, revenue and costs

› Sales forecasting

› Break-even

› Cash flow

› Budgets

• 2.3.3 Managing finance — 3 classes

› Profit

› Liquidity

› Business failure

• 2.3.4 Resource management — 4 classes

› Production, productivity and efficiency

› Capacity utilisation

› Inventory control

› Quality management

• 2.3.5 External influences — 3 classes

› Economic influences

› Legislation

› The competitive environment

5

Chemistry

11 chapters · 15 classes

• 1 Formulae, Equations and Amount of Substance

• 2 Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table

• 3 Bonding and Structure — 4 classes

› Ionic bonding

› Covalent bonding

› Shapes of molecules

› Metallic bonding

• 4 Introductory Organic Chemistry and Alkanes — 2 classes

› Introduction

› Alkanes

• 5 Alkenes

• 6 Energetics

• 7 Intermolecular Forces

• 8 Redox Chemistry and Groups 1, 2 and 7 — 3 classes

› Redox chemistry

› The elements of Groups 1 and 2

› Inorganic chemistry of Group 7 (limited to chlorine, bromine and iodine)

• 9 Introduction to Kinetics and Equilibria — 2 classes

› Kinetics

› Equilibria

• 10 Organic Chemistry: Halogenoalkanes, Alcohols and Spectra — 4 classes

› General principles

› Halogenoalkanes

› Alcohols

› Mass spectra and IR

• U3 Practical Skills in Chemistry I

6

Economics

12 chapters · 47 classes

• 1.3.1 Introductory concepts — 6 classes

› The nature of economics

› Positive and normative economics

› Scarcity

› Production possibility frontiers

› Specialisation and the role of money and financial markets

› Free market, mixed and command economies

• 1.3.2 Consumer behaviour and demand — 3 classes

› Rational decision making

› The demand curve

› Price, income and cross-elasticities of demand

• 1.3.3 Supply — 2 classes

› The supply curve

› Price elasticity of supply

• 1.3.4 Price determination — 4 classes

› Determination of market equilibrium

› Consumer and producer surplus

› Functions of the price mechanism

› Indirect taxes and subsidies

• 1.3.5 Market failure — 6 classes

› Sources of market failure

› Positive and negative externalities

› Non-provision of public goods

› Imperfect market information

› Moral hazard

› Speculation and market bubbles

• 1.3.6 Government intervention in markets — 2 classes

› Purpose and methods of government intervention

› Government failure

• 2.3.1 Measures of economic performance — 4 classes

› Economic growth

› Inflation

› Employment and unemployment

› Balance of payments

• 2.3.2 Aggregate demand (AD) — 5 classes

› The characteristics of AD

› Consumption (C)

› Investment (I)

› Government expenditure (G)

› Net trade balance (X-M)

• 2.3.3 Aggregate supply (AS) — 3 classes

› The characteristics of AS

› Short-run AS (SRAS)

› Long-run AS (LRAS)

• 2.3.4 National income — 4 classes

› National income

› Injections and withdrawals

› Equilibrium level of real output

› The multiplier

• 2.3.5 Economic growth — 4 classes

› Causes of growth

› Benefits of growth

› Costs of growth

› Output gaps

• 2.3.6 Macroeconomic objectives and policies — 4 classes

› Macroeconomic objectives

› Possible conflicts between macroeconomic objectives

› Macroeconomic supply-side policies

› Macroeconomic demand-side policies

7

English Language

2 chapters · 4 classes

• 1 Language: Context and Identity — 2 classes

› Context and Identity

› The Creation of Voice

• 2 Language in Transition — 2 classes

› Spoken Language Today

› Written Language of 19th–20th Century

8

English Literature

2 chapters · 3 classes

• 1 Post-2000 Poetry and Prose — 2 classes

› Poetry

› Prose

• 2 Drama — 1 class

› Pre-1900 and post-1900 Drama

9

Further Mathematics

4 chapters · 25 classes

• FP1 FP1: Further Pure Mathematics 1 — 8 classes

› Complex numbers

› Roots of quadratic equations

› Numerical solution of equations

› Coordinate systems

› Matrix algebra

› Transformations using matrices

› Series

› Proof

• M1 M1: Mechanics 1 — 6 classes

› Mathematical models in mechanics

› Vectors in mechanics

› Kinematics of a particle moving in a straight line

› Dynamics of a particle moving in a straight line or plane

› Statics of a particle

› Moments

• S1 S1: Statistics 1 — 6 classes

› Mathematical models in probability and statistics

› Representation and summary of data

› Probability

› Correlation and regression

› Discrete random variables

› The Normal distribution

• D1 D1: Decision Mathematics 1 — 5 classes

› Algorithms

› Algorithms on graphs

› Algorithms on graphs II

› Critical path analysis

› Linear programming

10

French

4 chapters · 16 classes

• 1 Youth matters — 4 classes

› Family relationships and friendships

› Peer pressure and role models

› Music and fashion

› Technology and communication

• 2 Lifestyle, health and fitness — 4 classes

› Food and diet

› Sport and exercise

› Health issues

› Urban and rural life

• 3 Environment and travel — 4 classes

› Tourism, travel and transport

› Natural disasters and weather

› Climate change and its impact

› Energy, pollution and recycling

• 4 Education and employment — 4 classes

› Education systems and types of schooling

› Pupil/student life

› Volunteering and internships

› Jobs and unemployment

11

Geography

4 chapters · 20 classes

• 1 World at Risk — 6 classes

› Global hazards

› Global hazard distribution

› Global hazard trends

› Climate change

› The causes and impacts of global warming

› Managing global climate risk

• 2 Going Global — 6 classes

› Globalisation, networks and trade

› Global organisations

› Globalisation's impact on development

› Global population trends

› Global migration

› World urbanisation

• 1 Crowded Coasts — 4 classes

› Coastal processes

› Coastal landscapes and landforms

› Coastal ecosystems and environments

› Managing coastal change

• 2 Urban Problems, Planning and Regeneration — 4 classes

› Urban social and environmental issues

› Transport issues in cities

› Urban planning

› Urban regeneration

12

German

4 chapters · 16 classes

• 1 Youth matters — 4 classes

› Family relationships and friendships

› Peer pressure and role models

› Music and fashion

› Technology and communication

• 2 Lifestyle, health and fitness — 4 classes

› Food and diet

› Sport and exercise

› Health issues

› Urban and rural life

• 3 Environment and travel — 4 classes

› Tourism, travel and transport

› Natural disasters and weather

› Climate change and its impact

› Energy, pollution and recycling

• 4 Education and employment — 4 classes

› Education systems and types of schooling

› Pupil/student life

› Volunteering and internships

› Jobs and unemployment

13

Greek

4 chapters · 16 classes

• 1 Youth matters — 4 classes

› Family relationships and friendships

› Peer pressure and role models

› Music and fashion

› Technology and communication

• 2 Lifestyle, health and fitness — 4 classes

› Food and diet

› Sport and exercise

› Health issues

› Urban and rural life

• 3 Environment and travel — 4 classes

› Tourism, travel and transport

› Natural disasters and weather

› Climate change and its impact

› Energy, pollution and recycling

• 4 Education and employment — 4 classes

› Education systems and types of schooling

› Pupil/student life

› Volunteering and internships

› Jobs and unemployment

14

History

8 chapters · 32 classes

• U1-1A France in Revolution, 1774–99 — 4 classes

› The origins and onset of revolution, 1774–89

› Revolution and the failure of constitutional monarchy, 1789–93

› The National Convention, the Jacobins and The Terror, 1793–94

› From the Directory to Brumaire, 1795–99

• U1-1B Russia in Revolution, 1881–1917 — 4 classes

› Political reaction and economic change under Alexander III and Nicholas II, 1881–1903

› The First Revolution and its impact, 1903–14

› The end of Romanov rule, 1914–17

› The Bolshevik seizure of power October 1917

• U1-1C Germany, 1918–45 — 4 classes

› The democratic experiment 1918–29

› The rise of the Nazis, 1919–33

› Nazi Germany, 1933–39

› Germany at war, 1939–45

• U1-1D Britain, 1964–90 — 4 classes

› Labour in power 1964–70: 'white hot heat'?

› States of emergency, 1970–79

› 'There is no alternative': the Thatcher response, 1979–90

› A changing society, 1964–90

• U2-1A India, 1857–1948: The Raj to Partition — 4 classes

› The British Raj: the government of India, 1857–1948

› The economics of empire, 1857–1948

› Resistance to British rule, 1857–1948

› Military power and its limits, 1857–1948

• U2-1B China, 1900–76 — 4 classes

› Order and disorder, 1900–76

› The impact of the world on China, 1900–76

› Economic changes, 1900–76

› Social and cultural changes, 1900–76

• U2-1C Russia, 1917–91: From Lenin to Yeltsin — 4 classes

› Communist government in the USSR, 1917–91

› Industrial and agricultural change, 1917–91

› Control of the people, 1917–91

› Social developments, 1917–91

• U2-1D South Africa, 1948–2014 — 4 classes

› Governing South Africa, c1948–2014

› Opposing the government of South Africa, c1948–2014

› Economy and society, c1948–2014

› Relations with the outside world, c1948–2014

15

Information Technology

11 chapters · 33 classes

• 1 Hardware and software — 2 classes

› Hardware

› Software

• 2 Networks — 3 classes

› Network models and protocols

› Network design and implementation

› Network security

• 3 The online environment — 4 classes

› The internet and the world wide web

› Operating online

› Online communities

› The cloud

• 4 IT systems — 4 classes

› Systems design

› Dataflow

› Flowcharts

› Systems

• 5 Data and databases — 3 classes

› Data and information

› Structured data

› Structured query language (SQL)

• 6 Wider issues — 3 classes

› Environmental

› Legal, moral and ethical

› Society

• 7 Understanding the functionality of HTML — 3 classes

› Document structure

› Structural markup

› Page components

• 8 Understanding the functionality of CSS — 4 classes

› Writing CSS

› Styling web pages

› Positioning content

› CSS animations

• 9 Understanding the functions of JavaScript — 3 classes

› Document Object Model

› Regular expressions

› Programmed functionality

• 10 Designing web pages — 3 classes

› Principles of design

› Principles of accessibility

› Principles of usability

• 11 The semantic web — 1 class

› Writing semantic code

16

Law

5 chapters · 21 classes

• 1.1 The nature, purpose of and liability in law — 4 classes

› The distinction between rules and law

› The role, function and benefits of law in society

› Legal theories of law and justice

› The relationship between law and morality and relevant theorists

• 1.2 The sources of English law, its enforcement and administration — 7 classes

› Legislation

› Delegated legislation

› Judicial law making

› EU law and its institutions

› Methods of civil dispute resolution and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)

› Role, selection and appointment of people in law

› The costs of going to law

• 2.1 The market — 2 classes

› The law of contract

› Liability in negligence as an alternative to contract

• 2.2 The criminal offender — 4 classes

› The nature of criminal liability

› Property offences

› General defences

› Sanctions and sentencing

• 2.3 The individual — 4 classes

› Freedom of speech and defamation

› Human Rights Act 1998

› Right to privacy

› Occupiers' liability

17

Mathematics

5 chapters · 30 classes

• P1 P1: Pure Mathematics 1 — 5 classes

› Algebra and functions

› Coordinate geometry in the (x, y) plane

› Trigonometry

› Differentiation

› Integration

• P2 P2: Pure Mathematics 2 — 8 classes

› Proof

› Algebra and functions

› Coordinate geometry in the (x, y) plane

› Sequences and series

› Exponentials and logarithms

› Trigonometry

› Differentiation

› Integration

• M1 M1: Mechanics 1 — 6 classes

› Mathematical models in mechanics

› Vectors in mechanics

› Kinematics of a particle moving in a straight line

› Dynamics of a particle moving in a straight line or plane

› Statics of a particle

› Moments

• S1 S1: Statistics 1 — 6 classes

› Mathematical models in probability and statistics

› Representation and summary of data

› Probability

› Correlation and regression

› Discrete random variables

› The Normal distribution

• D1 D1: Decision Mathematics 1 — 5 classes

› Algorithms

› Algorithms on graphs

› Algorithms on graphs II

› Critical path analysis

› Linear programming

18

Physics

5 chapters · 3 classes

• 1.3 Mechanics

• 1.4 Materials

• 2.3 Waves and Particle Nature of Light

• 2.4 Electric Circuits

• U3 Practical Skills in Physics I — 3 classes

› Planning

› Implementation and measurements

› Processing Results

19

Pure Mathematics

3 chapters · 21 classes

• P1 P1: Pure Mathematics 1 — 5 classes

› Algebra and functions

› Coordinate geometry in the (x, y) plane

› Trigonometry

› Differentiation

› Integration

• P2 P2: Pure Mathematics 2 — 8 classes

› Proof

› Algebra and functions

› Coordinate geometry in the (x, y) plane

› Sequences and series

› Exponentials and logarithms

› Trigonometry

› Differentiation

› Integration

• FP1 FP1: Further Pure Mathematics 1 — 8 classes

› Complex numbers

› Roots of quadratic equations

› Numerical solution of equations

› Coordinate systems

› Matrix algebra

› Transformations using matrices

› Series

› Proof

20

Psychology

4 chapters

• A Social psychology

• B Cognitive psychology

• C Biological psychology

• D Learning theories and development

21

Spanish

4 chapters · 16 classes

• 1 Youth matters — 4 classes

› Family relationships and friendships

› Peer pressure and role models

› Music and fashion

› Technology and communication

• 2 Lifestyle, health and fitness — 4 classes

› Food and diet

› Sport and exercise

› Health issues

› Urban and rural life

• 3 Environment and travel — 4 classes

› Tourism, travel and transport

› Natural disasters and weather

› Climate change and its impact

› Energy, pollution and recycling

• 4 Education and employment — 4 classes

› Education systems and types of schooling

› Pupil/student life

› Volunteering and internships

› Jobs and unemployment

Award	Certificate
Prerequisites	None
Validity	Lifetime
Awarding Body	LAPT — London Academy of Professional Training

Edexcel Year 12 (International A Level) — Certification Brochure