Edexcel Year 13 (International A Level)

21Subjects	150Chapters	445Classes	60%Pass Mark	LifetimeValidity

1

Arabic

8 chapters · 32 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

• 5 Technology in the Arabic-speaking world — 3 classes

› Scientific advances

› Technological innovations

› Impact on life and environment

• 6 Society in the Arabic-speaking world — 4 classes

› Migration

› Equality

› Politics

› Customs

• 7 Ethics in the Arabic-speaking world — 3 classes

› Beliefs

› Law and order

› Moral issues

• 8 Set topics, texts and films — 6 classes

› Arabic scientists

› Arabic art and architecture

› Comedy in Arabic film

› Tragedy in Arabic film

› Poetry

› Literature

2

Accounting

9 chapters

• 2.1 Limited companies

• 2.2 Investment ratios

• 2.3 Statement of cash flows

• 2.4 Budgeting

• 2.5 Standard costing

• 2.6 Project appraisal

• 2.7 Break-even analysis

• 2.8 Marginal costing and absorption costing

• 2.9 Information and communication technology (ICT) in accounting

3

Biology

5 chapters

• 5 Energy Flow, Ecosystems and the Environment

• 6 Microbiology, Immunity and Forensics

• 7 Respiration, Muscles and the Internal Environment

• 8 Coordination, Response and Gene Technology

• U6 Practical Skills in Biology II

4

Business

10 chapters · 37 classes

• 3.3.1 Business objectives and strategy — 4 classes

› Corporate objectives

› Theories of corporate strategy

› SWOT analysis

› Impact of external influences

• 3.3.2 Business growth — 4 classes

› Growth

› Organic growth

› Inorganic growth

› Problems arising from growth

• 3.3.3 Decision-making techniques — 5 classes

› Quantitative sales forecasting

› Investment appraisal

› Decision trees

› Critical path analysis

› Contribution

• 3.3.4 Influences on business decisions — 3 classes

› Corporate culture

› Stakeholder model versus shareholder model

› Business ethics

• 3.3.5 Assessing competitiveness — 3 classes

› Interpretation of financial statements

› Ratio analysis

› Human resources

• 3.3.6 Manging change — 2 classes

› Key factors in change

› Contingency planning

• 4.3.1 Globalisation — 5 classes

› Growing economies

› International trade and business growth

› Factors contributing to increased globalisation

› Protectionism

› Trading blocs

• 4.3.2 Global markets and business expansion — 5 classes

› Conditions that prompt trade

› Assessment of a country as a market

› Assessment of a country as a production location

› Reasons for global mergers, takeovers or joint ventures

› Global expansion and uncertainty

• 4.3.3 Global marketing — 3 classes

› Marketing

› Niche markets

› Cultural/social factors

• 4.3.4 Global industries and companies (multinational corporations) — 3 classes

› The impact of MNCs

› International business ethics

› Controlling MNCs

5

Chemistry

10 chapters · 7 classes

• 11 Kinetics

• 12 Entropy and Energetics — 2 classes

› Entropy

› Lattice energy

• 13 Chemical Equilibria

• 14 Acid-base Equilibria

• 15 Organic Chemistry: Carbonyls, Carboxylic Acids and Chirality — 5 classes

› Chirality

› Carbonyl compounds

› Carboxylic acids

› Carboxylic acid derivatives

› Spectroscopy and chromatography

• 16 Redox Equilibria

• 17 Transition Metals and their Chemistry

• 18 Organic Chemistry - Arenes

• 19 Organic Nitrogen Compounds: Amines, Amides, Amino Acids and Proteins

• U6 Practical Skills in Chemistry II

6

Economics

11 chapters · 41 classes

• 3.3.1 Types and sizes of businesses — 3 classes

› Types of business

› Size of businesses

› Business objectives

• 3.3.2 Revenue, costs and profits — 4 classes

› Revenue

› Costs

› Economies and diseconomies of scale

› Profits and losses

• 3.3.3 Market structures and contestability — 8 classes

› Efficiency

› Concentration ratio

› Perfect competition

› Monopolistic competition

› Oligopoly

› Monopoly

› Monopsony

› Contestability

• 3.3.4 Labour markets — 4 classes

› The demand for labour

› The supply of labour

› The determination of wage rates in competitive and non-competitive markets

› Market failure in the labour market

• 3.3.5 Government intervention — 2 classes

› Government intervention in product markets

› Government intervention in labour markets

• 4.3.1 Causes and effects of globalisation — 3 classes

› Characteristics of globalisation

› Causes of globalisation

› Effects of globalisation

• 4.3.2 Trade and the global economy — 5 classes

› Specialisation and comparative advantage

› Patterns and volume of world trade

› Terms of trade

› Trade liberalisation and trading blocs

› Restrictions on free trade

• 4.3.3 Balance of payments, exchange rates and international competitiveness — 3 classes

› Balance of payments

› Exchange rates

› International competitiveness

• 4.3.4 Poverty and inequality — 2 classes

› Poverty

› Inequality

• 4.3.5 The role of the state in the macroeconomy — 4 classes

› Public expenditure

› Taxation

› Public sector borrowing and public sector debt

› Macroeconomic policies

• 4.3.6 Growth and development in developing, emerging and developed economies — 3 classes

› Measures of economic development

› Constraints on growth and development

› Measures to promote growth and development

7

English Language

2 chapters · 6 classes

• 3 Crafting Language (writing) — 2 classes

› Creating Text

› Commentary

• 4 Investigating Language — 4 classes

› Global English

› Child Language Development

› Language and Power

› Language and Technology

8

English Literature

2 chapters · 4 classes

• 3 Poetry and Prose — 2 classes

› Poetry

› Prose

• 4 Shakespeare and pre-1900 Poetry — 2 classes

› Shakespeare

› Poetry

9

Further Mathematics

6 chapters · 32 classes

• FP2 FP2: Further Pure Mathematics 2 — 7 classes

› Inequalities

› Series

› Further complex numbers

› First order differential equations

› Second order differential equations

› Maclaurin and Taylor series

› Polar coordinates

• FP3 FP3: Further Pure Mathematics 3 — 6 classes

› Hyperbolic functions

› Further coordinate systems

› Differentiation

› Integration

› Vectors

› Further matrix algebra

• M2 M2: Mechanics 2 — 5 classes

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

› Centres of mass

› Work and energy

› Collisions

› Statics of rigid bodies

• M3 M3: Mechanics 3 — 5 classes

› Further kinematics

› Elastic strings and springs

› Further dynamics

› Motion in a circle

› Statics of rigid bodies

• S2 S2: Statistics 2 — 4 classes

› The Binomial and Poisson distributions

› Continuous random variables

› Continuous distributions

› Hypothesis tests

• S3 S3: Statistics 3 — 5 classes

› Combinations of random variables

› Sampling

› Estimation, confidence intervals and tests

› Goodness of fit and contingency tables

› Regression and correlation

10

French

9 chapters · 30 classes

• 1 Understanding and spoken response

• 2 Youth matters — 4 classes

› Family relationships and friendships

› Peer pressure and role models

› Music and fashion

› Technology and communication

• 3 Lifestyle, health and fitness — 4 classes

› Food and diet

› Sport and exercise

› Health issues

› Urban and rural life

• 4 Environment and travel — 4 classes

› Tourism, travel and transport

› Natural disasters and weather

› Climate change and its impact

› Energy, pollution and recycling

• 5 Education and employment — 4 classes

› Education systems and types of schooling

› Pupil/student life

› Volunteering and internships

› Jobs and unemployment

• 6 Technology in the French-speaking world — 3 classes

› Scientific advances

› Technological innovations

› Impact on life and environment

• 7 Society in the French-speaking world — 4 classes

› Migration

› Equality

› Politics

› Customs

• 8 Ethics in the French-speaking world — 3 classes

› Beliefs

› Law and order

› Moral issues

• 9 Set topics, literary texts and films — 4 classes

› Geography topic

› History topic

› Literary texts (literature)

› Films

11

Geography

10 chapters · 30 classes

• A1 Atmosphere and Weather Systems — 3 classes

› Global atmospheric circulation

› Extreme weather hazards

› Managing extreme weather

• A2 Biodiversity Under Threat — 3 classes

› Biodiversity patterns

› Threats to biodiversity

› Managing biodiversity

• B1 Energy Security — 3 classes

› Energy supply, demand and security

› The impact of energy use

› Energy security and the future

• B2 Water Conflicts — 3 classes

› Water supply geography

› Water insecurity

› Water conflicts and the future

• C1 Superpower Geographies — 3 classes

› Superpowers and emerging powers

› The role of superpowers

› Superpower futures

• C2 Bridging the Development Gap — 3 classes

› The causes of the development gap

› The consequences of the gap

› Closing the gap

• 1 Tectonic Activity and Hazards — 3 classes

› Tectonic processes

› Impacts of tectonic hazards

› Managing tectonic hazards

• 2 Feeding the World's People — 3 classes

› Global food supply and insecurity

› The causes of food supply inequalities

› Managing food supply

• 3 Cultural Diversity: People and Landscapes — 3 classes

› Cultures, landscapes and values

› Cultural diversity

› Globalisation and culture

• 4 Human Health and Disease — 3 classes

› Geography of disease and mortality

› Pollution and health risks

› Managing local and global health risks

12

German

9 chapters · 30 classes

• 1 Understanding and spoken response

• 2 Youth matters — 4 classes

› Family relationships and friendships

› Peer pressure and role models

› Music and fashion

› Technology and communication

• 3 Lifestyle, health and fitness — 4 classes

› Food and diet

› Sport and exercise

› Health issues

› Urban and rural life

• 4 Environment and travel — 4 classes

› Tourism, travel and transport

› Natural disasters and weather

› Climate change and its impact

› Energy, pollution and recycling

• 5 Education and employment — 4 classes

› Education systems and types of schooling

› Pupil/student life

› Volunteering and internships

› Jobs and unemployment

• 6 Technology in the German-speaking world — 3 classes

› Scientific advances

› Technological innovations

› Impact on life and environment

• 7 Society in the German-speaking world — 4 classes

› Migration

› Equality

› Politics

› Customs

• 8 Ethics in the German-speaking world — 3 classes

› Beliefs

› Law and order

› Moral issues

• 9 Set topics, literary texts and films — 4 classes

› Geography topic

› History topic

› Literary texts (literature)

› Films

13

Greek

8 chapters · 31 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

• 5 Technology in the Greek-speaking world — 3 classes

› Scientific advances

› Technological innovations

› Impact on life and environment

• 6 Society in the Greek-speaking world — 4 classes

› Migration

› Equality

› Politics

› Customs

• 7 Ethics in the Greek-speaking world — 3 classes

› Beliefs

› Law and order

› Moral issues

• 8 Set topics, texts and films — 5 classes

› History of Greece: 1960-1974

› History of Cyprus: 1925-1960

› Films and documentaries

› Poetry

› Short stories from the Greek-speaking world

14

History

8 chapters · 36 classes

• U3-1A The USA, Independence to Civil War, 1763–1865 — 5 classes

› 'A New Nation', 1763–83

› 'A More Perfect Union', 1786–91

› 'Jacksonian Democracy', 1828–37

› 'A House Divided', 1850–61

› War and the end of slavery, 1863–65

• U3-1B The British Experience of Warfare, 1803–1945 — 5 classes

› Britain and the Napoleonic Wars, 1803–15

› The Crimean War, 1854–56

› The second Boer War, 1899–1902

› Trench warfare on the Western Front, 1914–18

› Britain and the struggle with Nazi Germany, 1939–45

• U3-1C Germany: United, Divided and Reunited, 1870–1990 — 5 classes

› The birth and early years of the Second Reich, 1870–79

› The birth and early years of democratic Germany, 1917–24

› The birth and development of the Third Reich, 1930–39

› Establishing and ruling the new Federal Republic, 1949–60

› The last years of the German Democratic Republic and reunification, 1985–90

• U3-1D Civil Rights and Race Relations in the USA, 1865–2009 — 5 classes

› 'Free at last', 1865–77

› The triumph of 'Jim Crow', 1883–c1900

› Roosevelt and race relations, 1933–45

› 'I have a dream', 1954–68

› Race relations and Obama's campaign for the presidency c2000–09

• U4-1A The Making of Modern Europe, 1805–71 — 4 classes

› Historical interpretations: What explains the downfall of the Napoleonic Empire, c1805–14?

› 'Trying to put Humpty-Dumpty together again': the Treaty of Vienna and its aftermath, 1815–48

› The rise of Piedmont and the unification of Italy, 1848–70

› Prussia and the creation of the Second Reich, 1848–71

• U4-1B The World in Crisis, 1879–1945 — 4 classes

› Historical interpretations: what explains the outbreak of war in Europe between the great powers in August 1914?

› Trying to achieve victory and making peace and trying to keep it, 1914–c33

› The drift to renewed conflict, 1933–41

› The world in flames, 1941–45

• U4-1C The World Divided: Superpower Relations, 1943–90 — 4 classes

› Historical interpretations: What explains the outbreak and development of the Cold War in the years 1943–53?

› Conciliation and confrontation, 1953–64

› Stalemate and Détente, 1964–79

› Renewed confrontation and resolution, 1979–90

• U4-1D The Cold War and Hot War in Asia, 1945–90 — 4 classes

› Historical interpretations: what explains the outbreak, course and impact of the Korean War in the period 1950–53?

› The emergence of the Cold War in South East Asia, 1945–60

› War in Indo-China, 1960–73

› South-East Asia without the West: the fading of the Cold War, 1973–90

15

Information Technology

8 chapters · 27 classes

• 12 Manipulating data — 3 classes

› Data integrity

› Relational databases

› Big Data

• 13 Enabling technologies — 5 classes

› Virtualisation

› Distributed systems

› Human computer interaction

› Storing and securing data

› Encryption

• 14 Using IT systems in organisations — 2 classes

› Role of IT systems

› Operational issues

• 15 Systems development — 4 classes

› Project management

› Waterfall method

› Agile approach

› Diagrams used in system design and development

• 16 Emerging technologies — 3 classes

› Machine learning

› Virtual and augmented reality

› Internet of Things

• 17 Use of features of database solutions — 3 classes

› Database applications

› User needs

› User experience

• 18 Relational database concepts — 3 classes

› Structuring data

› Relational data structures

› Data entry and validation techniques

• 19 Database solutions — 4 classes

› Using database software

› User interface

› Testing the solution

› Evaluation and enhancement

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

4 chapters · 22 classes

• P3 P3: Pure Mathematics 3 — 6 classes

› Algebra and functions

› Trigonometry

› Exponential and logarithms

› Differentiation

› Integration

› Numerical methods

• P4 P4: Pure Mathematics 4 — 7 classes

› Proof

› Algebra and functions

› Coordinate geometry in the (x, y) plane

› Binomial expansion

› Differentiation

› Integration

› Vectors

• M2 M2: Mechanics 2 — 5 classes

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

› Centres of mass

› Work and energy

› Collisions

› Statics of rigid bodies

• S2 S2: Statistics 2 — 4 classes

› The Binomial and Poisson distributions

› Continuous random variables

› Continuous distributions

› Hypothesis tests

18

Physics

8 chapters · 3 classes

• 4.3 Further Mechanics

• 4.4 Electric and Magnetic Fields

• 4.5 Nuclear and Particle Physics

• 5.3 Thermodynamics

• 5.4 Nuclear Decay

• 5.5 Oscillations

• 5.6 Astrophysics and Cosmology

• U6 Practical Skills in Physics II — 3 classes

› Planning

› Implementation and Measurements

› Analysis

19

Pure Mathematics

4 chapters · 26 classes

• P3 P3: Pure Mathematics 3 — 6 classes

› Algebra and functions

› Trigonometry

› Exponential and logarithms

› Differentiation

› Integration

› Numerical methods

• P4 P4: Pure Mathematics 4 — 7 classes

› Proof

› Algebra and functions

› Coordinate geometry in the (x, y) plane

› Binomial expansion

› Differentiation

› Integration

› Vectors

• FP2 FP2: Further Pure Mathematics 2 — 7 classes

› Inequalities

› Series

› Further complex numbers

› First order differential equations

› Second order differential equations

› Maclaurin and Taylor series

› Polar coordinates

• FP3 FP3: Further Pure Mathematics 3 — 6 classes

› Hyperbolic functions

› Further coordinate systems

› Differentiation

› Integration

› Vectors

› Further matrix algebra

20

Psychology

5 chapters

• E Developmental psychology

• F Criminological psychology

• G Health psychology

• H Clinical psychology

• I Psychological skills

21

Spanish

9 chapters · 30 classes

• 1 Understanding and spoken response

• 2 Youth matters — 4 classes

› Family relationships and friendships

› Peer pressure and role models

› Music and fashion

› Technology and communication

• 3 Lifestyle, health and fitness — 4 classes

› Food and diet

› Sport and exercise

› Health issues

› Urban and rural life

• 4 Environment and travel — 4 classes

› Tourism, travel and transport

› Natural disasters and weather

› Climate change and its impact

› Energy, pollution and recycling

• 5 Education and employment — 4 classes

› Education systems and types of schooling

› Pupil/student life

› Volunteering and internships

› Jobs and unemployment

• 6 Technology in the Spanish-speaking world — 3 classes

› Scientific advances

› Technological innovations

› Impact on life and environment

• 7 Society in the Spanish-speaking world — 4 classes

› Migration

› Equality

› Politics

› Customs

• 8 Ethics in the Spanish-speaking world — 3 classes

› Beliefs

› Law and order

› Moral issues

• 9 Set topics, literary texts and films — 4 classes

› Geography topic

› History topic

› Literary texts (literature)

› Films

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

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