1. Business Studies 0625

2. Aims of the syllabus
The syllabus is intended to encourage candidates to:
To provide through well-designed studies of experimental and theoretical science to all students, whether or not they will go on study science beyond this level;
To develop skills, relevant to study and practise science;
To stimulate students and create sustained interest in Physics in them;
To stimulate an interest to the impact of the Physics to the environment;
To promote an awareness that all the physical theories should be checked experimentally

3. Curriculum content 1. General physics 2. Thermal physics
3. Waves (including sound and light)
4. Electricity and magnetism
5. Atomic physics
Revision and Exam Practice

4. Assessment at a glance Paper Weighing
Paper 1 (Based on Core topics) minutes
40 Multiple choice questions
30%
Paper 3 (Based on extended topics) hour 15 min
Several structured questions
50%
Paper 3 (Based on Core and Extended topics) 1h15min
Two experimental tasks
20%

5. Assessment objectives
Each of the assessment objectives has different weight in the final mark:
AO1: Knowledge with understanding – 50% (papers 1 and 3)
AO2: Handling information and solving problems; - 30% (papers 1 and 3)
AO3: experimental skills and investigations; - 20% (paper 5)