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DRAMA AND THEATRE STUDIES
A LEVEL
ADVANCED LEVEL COURSES
This practical and busy course provides an
excellent opportunity to study drama and theatre
as part of our dynamic and thriving department.
You will extend your skills in the understanding
of theatre and how plays are constructed, as
well as the performance of drama. Varndean
Drama students find this course engaging
and challenging because it involves them in
something that is both creative, relevant and
academically rigorous. You will explore many styles
of performance and attend exciting and diverse
professional theatre productions throughout your
studies, many of which are in London. In addition
to performance skills, you will develop skills in
critical analysis, observation, interpretation and
communication.
Assessment: Unit 1: Theatre Workshop (20%) Adapt/create/perform original piece of theatre
with creative log; Unit 2: Text in Action (40%) - a)
Rehearse and perform scripted group piece and b)
Devise, refine and perform original theatre piece,
in response to stimulus, with accompanying written
report; Unit 3: Text in Performance (40%) - Written
examination on 3 set texts.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Standard Advanced Level entry requirements
Plus
Grade 5 in GCSE Drama (if taken) or a background of
successful experience in productions
ASSESSMENT
60% practical coursework, 40% written exam
ECONOMICS
A LEVEL
You only have to read a newspaper or watch
TV to realise how the economic system affects
our existence and future. In Economics, you will
study a range of issues, in micro, you will look at
issues like why some workers are paid very well
and some aren’t. You will look at markets that
work and ones that don’t work, some markets
work well, for instance the mobile phone market,
others don’t like the market for tobacco or
gambling. You will look at bigger national issues
in macro, like inflation, unemployment and the
standard of living. You will also investigate some
of the major international issues that we face, like
environmental damage, international development,
globalisation and trade. You will look behind some
of the headlines and slogans about things like
inequality, migration and our relationship with
Europe. Economics uses models and theories to
help us to understand these problems. To succeed
in economics, you will need a combination of
logical reasoning skills and the ability to read
material and synthesise meaning from the material.
It is probably true to say that after having studied
economics for A Level, you will have a different
view of the world that we live in, the problems that
we face and their possible solutions.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Standard Advanced Level entry requirements
Plus
Grade 5 in GCSE Maths
Grade 4 in GCSE English Language
ASSESSMENT
100% exam
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