Does GCSE "Science" plus GCSE Additional Applied Science allow progression to AS Science courses?
Progression routes from this combination of courses are varied and, as with all progression routes, may depend on the course entry requirements requested by a particular college.
Since there is an optional element to the Additional Applied Science. modules studied, students might, for example, have taken no chemistry-based Applied modules.
Students definitely planning to do AS courses in pure sciences would be best advised to take GCSE Additional Science. This is particularly so if they may wish to study AS Physics.
However, students with an appropriate combination of modules who can demonstrate the level of organisation and effort required to achieve a strong grade in both GCSE Science and GCSE Additional Applied Science would be well-qualified to begin an AS course in Science, Biology, Chemistry or Physics. They may have missed some of the science content previously covered with Dual Award, but their appreciation of science and study skills would be much enhanced.
GCSE Additional Applied Science also provides an excellent basis for progression to AS Applied Science.
