Psychology GCSE

*IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM HOMEWOOD SCHOOL & SIXTH FORM CENTRE FOR SEPTEMBER 2024 APPLICATIONS*

Applications Open: - 22nd November 2023

Applications Close: - 19th January 2024

Entry Requirements: - Each course has its own entry requirements, please see course descriptions or the prospectus for details.

Option Blocks: - https://www.homewood-school.co.uk/119/options-blocks

Students must select a minimum of three courses, each from a different block

How to Apply: - Please apply via KentChoices.

Open Event: - 22nd November 2023 4pm - 7pm

Open Mornings: - Monday 13th November and Tuesday 14th November 2023, 9:15am - 11.15am

This is a full course GCSE taken across one year. Assessment is by final examination, split 50/50 across two exams. The course follows two units of study, with one exam for each. Unit one is “Making sense of other people” and covers aspects of non-verbal communication, development of personality, stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination and research methods. Unit two is “Understanding Other People” and covers aspects of learning, social influence, sex and gender, aggression and research methods.This course is a wonderful introduction to Psychology and supplements a number of other subjects across the humanities and sciences. The course is ideally suited to students wanting to continue their study at level 3 in a social science or humanity subject or who have an interest in psychology or how and why people are the way they are.

No formal entry qualifications are required for Level 2 courses.

It is a good foundation for making sense of other people and their behaviour and so links well to any course or career that deals with people. The science skills and knowledge gained also cross over to other science and social science subjects.