HISTORY MATHEMATICS A Level Units % of A Level A Level Units % of A Level Unit 1 The Later Tudors 1547-1603: Elizabeth I, Mary Queen of Scots, the Spanish Armada, Revolts Paper 1 9MA0/01 Pure Mathematics 1 (2 hours, 100 marks) 33.3% 25% and Rebellions Paper 2 9MA0/02 Pure Mathematics 2 (2 hours, 100 marks) 33.3% Unit 2 South Africa 1948-99: Apartheid, Nelson Mandela and world reaction 15% Paper 3 9MA0/03 Statistics and Mechanics (2 hours, 100 marks) 33.3% Unit 3 The Middle East 1908-2011: Israel, Terrorism, The Gulf War and the “Arab Spring” 40% Unit 4 Personal Study. Independent research on a topic of your choice, with support and NB Students taking 3 other A levels can choose to take AS Mathematics in June of Year 12. There are two guidance from your teacher, to produce an extended essay. Current Year 13 students are papers: Pure Mathematics (62.5%) and Statistics and Mechanics(37.5%) and the course is taught alongside A 20% studying topics such as Hitler's rise to power, the Spanish Civil War, 18th Century piracy, the level in Year 12. beginning of the Cold War as well as the French Revolution Super-Curriculum Super-Curriculum Course Outline Course Outline History is a fascinating subject in its own right. We A Level Mathematics is aimed at students who enjoy the analytical We have made a number of visits to the University of We run a KS5 maths trip to Florence or hope students have enjoyed their GCSE courses and problem-solving aspects of GCSE Mathematics. Strong Gloucester in recent years. To access their library to Athens at October half-term. and want to have the opportunity to study it further. algebraic manipulation skills in GCSE topics such as quadratic support students with their learning as well as equations, surds, laws of indices and rearranging formulae are a attending the Heritage Conference organised by As strong mathematicians we value History explains why the world is like it is today and pre-requisite of the course. The mathematics course is divided Voices Gloucester. Here students take part in your help as Year 12 mentors for KS3 gives students an understanding of how societies into two separate areas: Pure and Applied. workshops with experts and have experienced lectures and 4. We encourage the most able to deal with problems and opportunities. by people such as Tracy Borman OBE. In addition to take part in the UK Senior Mathematics Pure mathematics extends GCSE as well as introducing new topics this we have established links with the local Challenge. Just think of the news at the moment: financial and includes: functions, coordinate geometry, sequences, series, Archaeology unit, Gloucester Archives and Museum to meltdown; worries about European power; crisis in trigonometry, exponentials, logarithms, calculus, vectors and show what History is like beyond the classroom. Each Subject Specific the Middle East; tense relations with Russia; the numerical methods. year we go to watch the musical ‘SIX’ about Henry VIII power of religion to cause conflict. and his wives at the Everyman Theatre. Students are Entry Requirements The applied elements of the course are statistics and Mechanics. also encouraged to take part in various History based All these things have happened before, and by Statistics includes data handling, modelling and probability. competitions such as the Great Debate organised by 7 or equivalent in Maths at GCSE. learning from the past we can understand how to Initially, the course reviews GCSE elements on data, averages and the Historical Association. We have also had a group of deal with the present. spread, as well as probability, but develops to look in detail at A level students take part in a prestigious project to GCSE Further Mathematics, or statistical distributions and hypothesis testing. Mechanics is help tell the stories of the diverse population of equivalent, is an advantage but is not usually new for most students although there are overlaps with Gloucester, culminating in an exhibition at the City essential. Careers Physics. The course covers: mathematical models in mechanics; Museum. The most recent focus was on the vectors, kinematics of a particle moving in a straight line; Kindertransport and its links to a house nearby the History is one of the most popular subjects for Contact dynamics of a particle moving in a straight line or plane; statics of school. students to study at university, and we have been a particle and moments. Mrs G Munro, ASL Mathematics & successful in helping many students to gain places Subject Specific Computing, at Oxbridge and other top universities over the Careers [email protected] years. Entry Requirements As well as being a very interesting and important History students are in demand for a variety of 6 or equivalent in History at GCSE. degree subject in its own right and leading to a careers in business, government, finance, the variety of careers, A Level Mathematics is a vital media and Law because of the skills they learn: Contact building block for many other subjects. A typical to sift information and decide what is reliable; • university course in medicine, geography, science, to reach informed judgements about major Mr N Salmon, Subject Leader for History & Politics psychology, economics, engineering and computer issues; [email protected] science, for example, will use knowledge and to present ideas coherently both orally and in techniques covered in A level Mathematics. The writing. course also provides students with the necessary skills to begin to explain the world around them in Also, many universities value History as an A Level an elegant and concise way. Research by the for students wishing to study medicine, as the Russell Group of leading UK universities states that above qualities, allied to excellence in Science, help students taking A Level Mathematics increase their to make students effective communicators and earnings by over 13%, compared with those of non- team-workers. mathematicians. In a nutshell ... A level Mathematics is enjoyable, interesting and highly valuable. 20 21