Part Two - Yeovil College

A Level (Level 3)Business StudiesA Level (Level 3)ChemistryThis course will give you a goodunderstanding of the key operationalfunctions of Business and is ideal forstudents with an interest in the ‘real world’and current affairs. You will develop a criticalunderstanding of organisations, the marketsthey serve and their management in adynamic external environment.Entry RequirementsStandard entry requirements apply, including both GCSEEnglish and Maths at grade C or above.Course ExpensesRecommended textbooks – approximately £18.You will also need a trips fund.Trips/ResidentialThere are regular visits to significant local employers andinternational companies and an optional residential to aninternational business conference at Disneyland, Paris.Other destinations have included New York, Barcelonaand Berlin.Career Prospects/ProgressionYou can progress to university or apply for higher leveltrainee positions. Some students have gone on tobecome successful entrepreneurs.Chemistry underpins many other sciences,so is valued by many universities becauseit provides a firm foundation on whichthey can build. This course encompassesAtoms, Bonds & Groups, Chains, Energy& Resources, Rings, Polymers & Analysis,Equilibrium, Energetics & Elements andPractical Skills.Entry RequirementsStandard entry requirements apply. You need grade A*- Bin GCSE Maths and either GCSE Additional Science orGCSE Chemistry. The course is challenging and you mustbe inquisitive about Chemistry’s molecular world and itseffect on our lives.Course ExpensesConsumables – approximately £5. You will also need atrips fund.Career Prospects/ProgressionA Level Chemistry is required to study Chemistry atuniversity as well as other subjects such as BiologicalSciences, Medicine and Veterinary Science.Meet the Staff!Name: Alan Morris, MBiol, CBiol Teaches: BiologyI am a career teacher. At school, I found I got a kick out of simplifying and explaining things to otherstudents and, when I found out that I could do this as a career, I was in heaven. After reading for aconcurrent degree and certificate of education at London University, I taught for seven years inWorcester Royal Grammar School before moving to Sir John Colfox School in Bridport as Head ofBiology for a further 7 years. I then moved to Yeovil College. As an external examiner from 1975until 2008, I marked, wrote and finally became principle examiner for a number of different exam boardsincluding Oxford Locals, AEB, NEAB, AQA and OCR. My claim to fame being that I wrote the O Level exam papersat by one of my colleagues! Although I have had the opportunity to move into administration, my love for teachingand my subject has kept me in the classroom. I am a member of the Institute of Biology, have written articles fortheir publication and was one of their reviewers for new educational publications. I’ve also co-written revision booksfor Collins entitled ‘Do Brilliantly in Biology’.For further information call 01935 423921 or visit www.yeovil.ac.uk. Information correct at time of print. 89