Sixth Form/College Options

[Pawf]

I'm currently studying:

• English Language
• German
• ICT
• Government and Politics

EDIT: All at A2 level

[Nixt]

Ive chosen to go to college and do;

Applied ICT
Physical Education & Sports Studies
Physcology
Sociology

I might however drop physcology because my cousin currently does it, and she said its basically a glorified science unit.

Oh I took the Psychology AS already and it's really good imo. The stress module is indeed basically science but I thought it was really good .

[Lµke]

Oh I took the Psychology AS already and it's really good imo. The stress module is indeed basically science but I thought it was really good .

Is there loads of 'sciencey' bits in the course? If theres only bits ill stick it out though.

[Hecktix]

Next year I'm staying on in school in the sixth form and studying:

- English Literature
- Performing Arts
- Pyschology
- Law

[Jamie!]

i'm going to 6th form next year and doing..

- physical education
- communications
- geography
- leisure & recreation

aswell as the compulsory ones.

[@K]

My 6th form choices are:
History
English Literature
IT
and
Government and Politics.

[Frodo13.]

History
Law
Business Studies
Goverment and politics...might change this to English lit though

[Nixt]

Is there loads of 'sciencey' bits in the course? If theres only bits ill stick it out though.

Well in the AS (for Psychology A, which is what I did) you start off with Cognitive and Developmental Psychology. So you do about the memory and how it works and things and then how we develop attachments as children, what problems failing to form these attachments cause etc. I don't think that that section is very 'sciencey' at all tbh.
Then you have physiological psychology and individual differences. This is the 'sciencey' bit really. You do all about stress and how the body reacts to stress, which is all biology basically - like the immune system, cardiovascular problems etc. Then, still in the stress bit, you learn about dealing with that stress, some being biological methods some being psychological methods.
For the individual differences bit, you learn about anorexia, bulimia and explanations and definitions of abnormality. Once again, some of this has biology in it but the rest are all psychological explanations and things.
Finally you do a section on Social Psychology and Research Methods. This is all about obedience to authority and conformity and things, not very 'sciencey' in terms of tradtional science at all. With the research methods part (i.e. the boring part), you learn how a psychologist properly conducts his study with the appropriate methods etc.

Overall, it has quite a bit about biology but it's interesting I think. Of course, psychology is a science so you have to expect a few things with traditional sciences but I think most people would enjoy it if they are ready to remember a lot of facts and details.

edit: lol at essay.

[Lµke]

Well in the AS (for Psychology A, which is what I did) you start off with Cognitive and Developmental Psychology. So you do about the memory and how it works and things and then how we develop attachments as children, what problems failing to form these attachments cause etc. I don't think that that section is very 'sciencey' at all tbh.
Then you have physiological psychology and individual differences. This is the 'sciencey' bit really. You do all about stress and how the body reacts to stress, which is all biology basically - like the immune system, cardiovascular problems etc. Then, still in the stress bit, you learn about dealing with that stress, some being biological methods some being psychological methods.
For the individual differences bit, you learn about anorexia, bulimia and explanations and definitions of abnormality. Once again, some of this has biology in it but the rest are all psychological explanations and things.
Finally you do a section on Social Psychology and Research Methods. This is all about obedience to authority and conformity and things, not very 'sciencey' in terms of tradtional science at all. With the research methods part (i.e. the boring part), you learn how a psychologist properly conducts his study with the appropriate methods etc.

Overall, it has quite a bit about biology but it's interesting I think. Of course, psychology is a science so you have to expect a few things with traditional sciences but I think most people would enjoy it if they are ready to remember a lot of facts and details.

edit: lol at essay.

Thanks for that Garion, i think i'll take it now, because im quite good at biology due to me taking science at GCSE, and also PE.

+rep.

[Virgin Mary]

English lang
English lit
Maths
Biology
Chemistry
History
Communication studies
Drama
Performance studies