A-Level curriculum and subject syllabuses

Overview

The A-Level curriculum focuses on 3 areas, namely Life skills, Knowledge skills and Subject disciplines.

Life skills ensure that students develop sound values, skills and dispositions to take them through life as responsible adults and citizens. It comprises the non-academic curriculum, for example:

• Character and Citizenship Education, including Key Student Development Experiences such as:
  • Co-Curricular Activities
  • Values in Action
  • Student Leadership Development programmes
• Physical Education

Knowledge skills seek to develop students’ thinking, process and communication skills. This will enable students to analyse information and express their thoughts and ideas clearly and effectively. It comprises skills-based subjects, such as:

• General Paper
• Knowledge and Inquiry
• Project Work

Subject disciplines ensure that students have a good grounding across different areas of study. It comprises subjects in the Languages, Humanities and the Arts, and Mathematics and Sciences domains. Some examples of subjects in each domain are:

• Languages
  • Mother Tongue Languages
  • Foreign Languages
• Humanities and the Arts
  • Art
  • China Studies in English
  • Economics
  • Geography
  • History
  • Literature in English
  • Management of Business
  • Mother Tongue Language & Literature
  • Music
  • Theatre Studies and Drama
• Mathematics and Sciences
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Computing
  • Mathematics
  • Physics
  • Principles of Accounting

Subject syllabuses