GCE/GCSE/ELW Specification and
Entry Codes
For 2015-2016
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CONTENTS
Page
GCE SPECIFICATIONS
GCE AS/A2 Double and Single Award Applied Specification and Option Codes
GCE AS/A2 Mathematics
GCE AS/A2 Cash-in Codes
GCE AS/A2 Assessment Unit Codes
GCE AS/A2 Assessment Unit Codes (New Specifications)
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7
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15
GCSE Specifications
GCSE Cash-in Codes: Including New Specification
GCSE Assessment Unit Codes
ELW Learning for Life & Work Specification
GCSE Sciences (Double Award)
GCSE Sciences (Single Award)
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19
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GCE/GCSE/ELW Series Codes and Entry Periods
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Note: Candidates taking CCEA GCE qualifications will not have January assessment opportunities.
GCE examinations will be held only during the summer series.
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NB: All this information will be available as base data through the CCEA website:
www.ccea.org.uk. Centres must download this data as certain essential parameters cannot be keyed
into the C2k Exams module and FEMIS.
GCE Double and Single Award Applied Specifications
Key:
Assessment
Unit Entry
Codes
A3B1
A3B2
A3B3
A3B4
A3B5
A3B6
A6B1
A6B2
A6B3
A6B4
A6B5
A6B6
A3H1
A3H2
Not Available
Specification Title
Assessment Unit Title/Option
AS
Applied Business
AS Unit 1: The Enterprising Business
AS Unit 2: The Enterprising Manager
AS Unit 3 (test): External Influences
on the Business Enterprise
AS Unit 4 (test): E-Commerce
AS Unit 5: Customer Service
AS Unit 6: Project Management
A2 Unit 7 (test): Finance
A2 Unit 8: Quality Management
A2 Unit 9: Enterprise in Practice
A2 Unit 10: Investing in People
A2 Unit 11: Marketing
A2 Unit 12 (test): The Global Market
AS Unit 1: Promoting Positive Care
AS Unit 2: Communication in Care
Settings
AS Unit 3 (test): Health and WellBeing
AS Unit 4: Child Development
AS Unit 5 (test): Adult Service Users
AS Unit 6: Holistic Therapies
AS Unit 14 (test): Understanding
Human Physiology
A2 Unit 7: Applied Research
A2 Unit 8: Monitoring Body Systems
A2 Unit 9 (test): Providing Services
A2 Unit 10: Health Promotion
A2 Unit 11: Supporting the Family
A2 Unit 12(test): Understanding
Human Behaviour
A2 Unit 15 : Human Nutrition &
Dietetics
A2
Applied Business
AS Applied
Health and Social
Care
A3H3
A3H4
A3H5
A3H6
A3H8
A6H1
A6H2
A6H3
A6H4
A6H5
A6H6
A6H7
Available
A2 Applied
Health and Social
Care
1A
January
2016
6A
June
2016
Note: Candidates taking CCEA GCE qualifications will not have January assessment opportunities.
GCE examinations will be held only during the summer series.
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NB: All this information will be available as base data through the CCEA website:
www.ccea.org.uk. Centres must download this data as certain essential parameters cannot be keyed
into the C2k Exams module and FEMIS.
GCE Double and Single Award Applied Examinations
Key:
Not Available
Available
Assessment
Unit Entry
Codes
Specification Title
Assessment Unit Title/Option
A3J1
AS
Applied ICT
AS Unit 1: Information and
Communication
AS Unit 2 (test): Software
Applications and Tools
AS Unit 3: Organisations and
Information Systems
AS Unit 4: Web Design
AS Unit 5: Spreadsheets for
Business Applications
AS Unit 6: Internet and Business
A2 Unit 7 (test): Investigating
Systems
A2 Unit 8: Database Development
A2 Unit 9: Website Design and
Management
A2 Unit 10: Multimedia
Technology
A2 Unit 11: Application Software
Development
A2 Unit 12: Visual Programming
A2 Unit 13 (test): Networking and
Communications
A2 Unit 14: Implementing a
Business Solution
A3J2
A3J3
A3J4
A3J5
A3J6
A6J1
A6J2
A6J3
A6J4
A6J5
A6J6
A6J7
A6J8
AS Single
Award
S9203
S9803
S9903
A2
Applied ICT
“Cash-in” Codes
AS Double A2 Single
Award
Award
S9204
A9206
S9804
A9806
S9904
A9906
1A
January
2016
6A
June
2016
Specification
A2 Double
Award
A9212
A9812
A9912
Applied Business
Applied Health & Social Care
Applied ICT
Note: Candidates taking CCEA GCE qualifications will not have January assessment opportunities.
GCE examinations will be held only during the summer series.
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NB: All this information will be available as base data through the CCEA website:
www.ccea.org.uk. Centres must download this data as certain essential parameters cannot be keyed
into the C2k Exams module and FEMIS.
Mathematics GCE AS and A2 Assessment Units
Key:
Assessment Unit
Entry Codes
AAMC1
AAMC2
AAMC3
AAMC4
AAMF1
AAMF2
AAMF3
AAMM1
AAMM2
AAMM3
AAMM4
AAMS1
AAMS4
Not Available
Specification Title
Mathematics
Available
Assessment Unit
Title/Option
1A
January
2016
6A
June
2016
Core Mathematics 1
Core Mathematics 2
Core Mathematics 3
Core Mathematics 4
Further Pure
Mathematics 1
Further Pure
Mathematics 2
Further Pure
Mathematics 3
Mechanics 1
Mechanics 2
Mechanics 3
Mechanics 4
Statistics 1
Statistics 2
Assessment Units C1, C2, F1, M1 and S1 are assessed at AS level. All other Units are assessed at A2
level.
See overleaf or refer to page 13 of the GCE Mathematics Specification on the CCEA website for
allowable combinations of these Assessment Units.
Note: Candidates taking CCEA GCE qualifications will not have January assessment opportunities.
GCE examinations will be held only during the summer series.
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NB: All this information will be available as base data through the CCEA website:
www.ccea.org.uk. Centres must download this data as certain essential parameters cannot be keyed
into the C2k Exams module and FEMIS.
“Cash-in” Code
A/AS
S2211
Specification Title
Mathematics
S2231
S2331
Pure Mathematics
Further Mathematics
A2211
Mathematics
A2231
A2331
Pure Mathematics
Further Mathematics
Assessment Units to be taken
C1, C2, M1
C1, C2, S1
On application
F1, F2, M1
F1, F2, S1
F1, M1, M2
F1, S1, S4
F1, S1, M3
F1, M2, S4
F1, M2, M3
F1, F2, M2
F1, F2, S4
F1, F2, M3
F1, M3, M4
C1, C2, C3, C4, M1, M2
C1, C2, C3, C4, M1, S1
C1, C2, C3, C4, S1, S4
On application
F1, F2, F3, M1, M2, M3
F1, F2, F3, M2, M3, S4
F1, F2, F3, M3, M4, S1
F1, F2, F3, M3, S1, S4
F1, F2, F3, M2, M3, M4
Centres wishing to enter candidates for an award in AS or A2 Level Pure Mathematics must make
application in writing to the Council.
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NB: All this information will be available as base data through the CCEA website:
www.ccea.org.uk. Centres must download this data as certain essential parameters cannot be keyed
into the C2k Exams module and FEMIS.
GCE Advanced Subsidiary (AS)/Advanced Level (A2) “Cash-in” Codes:
“Cash-in” Codes
AS
S3512
S1012
S3212
S1112
S4412
S5112
S5652
S3912
S5672
S4832
S4012
S3682
S3312
S2654
S5552
S5353
S7012
S1212
S4612
S5752
S8902
S0610
S0930
S0810
S0910
S0340
“Cash-in” Codes
A2
A3512
A1012
A3212
A1112
A4412
A5112
A5652
A3912
A5672
A4832
A4012
A3682
A3312
A2654
A5552
A5353
A7012
A1212
A4612
A5752
A8902
A0610
A0930
A0810
A0910
A0340
Specification Title
Art and Design
Biology
Business Studies
Chemistry
Economics
English Literature
French
Geography
German
Government and Politics
History
History of Art
Home Economics
Information and Communication Technology
Irish
Moving Image Arts
Music
Physics
Religious Studies
Spanish
Technology and Design
Software Systems Development
Journalism in the Media and Communications Industry
Sports Science and the Active Leisure Industry
Performing Arts
Environmental Technology
Note: Candidates taking CCEA GCE qualifications will not have January assessment opportunities.
GCE examinations will be held only during the summer series.
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NB: All this information will be available as base data through the CCEA website:
www.ccea.org.uk. Centres must download this data as certain essential parameters cannot be keyed
into the C2k Exams module and FEMIS.
GCE Advanced Subsidiary (AS) and GCE Advanced (A2) Assessment Units
Key:
Assessment
Unit Entry
Codes
AAA11
AAA12
AAA21
AAA22
AAB11
AAB12
AAB13
AAB21
Not Available
Specification
Title
Assessment Unit Title/Option
AS Art & Design
Coursework Portfolio
Externally set assignment
Personal Investigation
Externally set assignment
Molecules and Cells
A2 Art & Design
AS Biology
A2 Biology
AAB22
AAB23
AAT11
AAT12
AAT21
AAT22
AAC11
AS
Business Studies
A2
Business Studies
AS Chemistry
AAC12
AAC13
AAC21
Periodic Trends and Further Organic, Physical
and Inorganic Chemistry
Analytical, Transition Metals, Electrochemistry
and Further Organic Chemistry
Practical Assessment
AS Economics
Markets and Prices
The National Economy
Business Economics
The Global Economy
AAC23
A2 Economics
1A
January
2016
6A
June
2016
Organisms and Biodiversity
Assessment of Practical Skills in AS Biology
Physiology and Ecosystems
Biochemistry, Genetics and Evolutionary
Trends
Assessment of Investigational and Practical
Skills in Biology
The Competitive Business
Managing Business Resources
Making Business Decisions
The Changing Business Environment
Basic Concepts in Physical and Inorganic
Chemistry
Further Physical and Inorganic Chemistry and
Introduction to Organic Chemistry
Practical Assessment
A2 Chemistry
AAC22
AAE11
AAE12
AAE21
AAE22
Available
Note: Candidates taking CCEA GCE qualifications will not have January assessment opportunities.
GCE examinations will be held only during the summer series.
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NB: All this information will be available as base data through the CCEA website:
www.ccea.org.uk. Centres must download this data as certain essential parameters cannot be keyed
into the C2k Exams module and FEMIS.
GCE Advanced Subsidiary (AS) and GCE Advanced (A2) Assessment Units
Key:
Not Available
Available
Assessment
Unit Entry
Codes
AAL11
AAL12
Specification Title
Assessment Unit Title/Option
AS
English Literature
AAL21
AAL22
AAF11
AAF12
A2
English Literature
AS French
AAF21
AAF22
A2 French
AAG11
AAG12
AAG21
AAG22
AAJ11
AAJ12
AS Geography
AAJ21
AAJ22
A2 German
AAQ11
AS
Government &
Politics
The Study of Drama (internal assessment)
The Study of Poetry Written after 1800 and
the Study of Prose 1800-1945
The Study of Poetry 1300-1800 and Drama
The Study of Prose – theme based
Speaking (visiting examiner)
Listening, Reading and Extended Writing
(external examination)
Speaking (visiting examiner)
Listening, Reading and Extended Writing
(external examination)
Physical Geography
Human Geography
Human Interactions and Global Issues
Physical Geography and Decision-Making
Speaking (visiting examiner)
Listening, Reading and Extended Writing
(external examination)
Speaking (visiting examiner)
Listening, Reading and Extended Writing
(external examination)
The Government and Politics of Northern
Ireland
AAQ12
AAQ21A
AAQ21B
AAQ22A
AAQ22B
A2 Geography
AS German
A2
Government &
Politics
1A
January
2016
6A
June
2016
The British Political Process
Option A
Comparative Government:
The United Kingdom and the United States
of America
Option B
Comparative Government:
The United Kingdom and the Republic of
Ireland
Option A
Political Power
Option B
Political Ideas
Note: Candidates taking CCEA GCE qualifications will not have January assessment opportunities.
GCE examinations will be held only during the summer series.
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NB: All this information will be available as base data through the CCEA website:
www.ccea.org.uk. Centres must download this data as certain essential parameters cannot be keyed
into the C2k Exams module and FEMIS.
GCE Advanced Subsidiary (AS) and GCE Advanced (A2) Assessment Units:
Key:
Not Available
Assessment Specification
Unit Entry Title
Codes
AS History
AAH111
AAH112
AAH113
AAH114
AAH115
AAH121
AAH122
AAH123
AAH124
AAH125
AAH126
A2 History
AAH211
AAH212
AAH213
AAH214
AAH215
AAH221
AAH222
AAH223
AAH224
AAD11
AAD12
AAD21
AAD22
AAN11
AAN12
AAN21
AAN22
AS
History of Art
A2
History of Art
AS
Home Economics
A2
Home Economics
Available
Assessment Unit Title/Option
1A
January
2016
6A
June
2016
(1 option from a choice of 5)
Option 1 England 1520-1570,
Option 2 England 1603-1649,
Option 3 England 1815-1868,
Option 4 Unification of Italy and Germany 1815-1871,
Option 5 Germany 1918-1945
(1 option from a choice of 6)
Option 1 Spain and Europe 1556-1592,
Option 2 The Ascendancy of France 1660-1714,
Option 3 Challenge and Crisis in Ireland 1821-1867,
Option 4 France 1815-1871,
Option 5 Russia 1903-1941,
Option 6 Italy 1914-1943
(1 option from a choice of 5)
Option 1 Anglo-Spanish relations 1509-1609
Option 2 Crown and Parliament in England 1603-1702
Option 3 Liberalism and Nationalism in Europe 18151914
Option 4 Unionism and Nationalism in Ireland 1800-1900
Option 5 Clash of Ideologies 1900-2000
(1 option from a choice of 4)
Option 1 England 1570-1603
Option 2 Ireland 1607-1691
Option 3 Ireland 1775-1800
Option 4 Partition of Ireland 1900-1925
Art
Architecture, Craft and Design
Art
Architecture, Craft and Design
Nutrition for Optimal Health
Priority Health Issues
Consumer Issues
Research-based assignment (coursework)
Note: Candidates taking CCEA GCE qualifications will not have January assessment opportunities.
GCE examinations will be held only during the summer series.
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NB: All this information will be available as base data through the CCEA website:
www.ccea.org.uk. Centres must download this data as certain essential parameters cannot be keyed
into the C2k Exams module and FEMIS.
GCE Advanced Subsidiary (AS) and GCE Advanced (A2) Assessment Units:
Key:
Not Available
Available
Assessment
Unit Entry
Codes
Specification Title
Assessment Unit Title/Option
AAP11
AAP12
AS Information &
Communication
Technology
A2 Information &
Communication
Technology
AS Irish
Components of ICT
Developing ICT Solutions (coursework)
AAP21
AAP22
AAI11
AAI12
AAI21
AAI22
A2 Irish
AAX11
AS
Moving Image Arts
AAX12
AAX21
AAX22
A2
Moving Image Arts
1A
January
2016
6A
June
2016
Information Systems
Approaches to Systems Development
Speaking (visiting examiner)
Listening, Reading and Extended Writing
(external examination)
Speaking (visiting examiner)
Listening, Reading and Extended Writing
(external examination)
Creative Production: Foundation Portfolio
(coursework)
Critical Response
Creative Production and Research:
Advanced Portfolio (coursework)
Critical Response and Specialisation
Note: Candidates taking CCEA GCE qualifications will not have January assessment opportunities.
GCE examinations will be held only during the summer series.
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NB: All this information will be available as base data through the CCEA website:
www.ccea.org.uk. Centres must download this data as certain essential parameters cannot be keyed
into the C2k Exams module and FEMIS.
GCE Advanced Subsidiary (AS) and GCE Advanced (A2) Assessment Units:
Key:
Not Available
Available
Assessment
Unit Entry
Codes
Specification
Title
Assessment Unit Title/Option
AAU11
AS
Music
Making and Appraising Music 1
Option A
core solo/ensemble performance +
composition task,
Option B
core solo/ensemble performance + multitracking task,
Option C
core solo/ensemble performance + sequenced
arrangement task,
Option D
core composition task + solo/ensemble
performance
Responding to Music 1 (Aural Perception)
A2
Music
Making and Appraising Music 2
Option A
core solo/ensemble performance +
composition task,
Option B
core solo/ensemble performance + multitracking task,
Option C
core solo/ensemble performance + sequenced
arrangement task,
Option D
core composition task +
solo/ensemble performance
Responding to Music 2 (Aural Perception)
AS Physics
Forces, Energy and Electricity
Waves, Photons and Medical Physics
Option A
Practical Techniques (Practical)
Option B
Practical Techniques (Alternative Practical)
Momentum, Thermal Physics, Circular
Motion, Oscillations and Atomic and Nuclear
Physics
Fields and their Applications
Option A
Practical Techniques (Practical)
Option B
Practical Techniques (Alternative Practical)
AAU12
AAU21
AAU22
AAY11
AAY12
AAY13A
AAY13B
AAY21
AAY22
AAY23A
AAY23B
A2 Physics
1A
January
2016
6A
June
2016
Note: Candidates taking CCEA GCE qualifications will not have January assessment opportunities.
GCE examinations will be held only during the summer series.
12
NB: All this information will be available as base data through the CCEA website:
www.ccea.org.uk. Centres must download this data as certain essential parameters cannot be keyed
into the C2k Exams module and FEMIS.
GCE Advanced Subsidiary (AS) and GCE Advanced (A2) Assessment Units:
Key:
Not Available
Available
Assessment
Unit Entry
Codes
Specification
Title
AAR11
AAR12
AS
An Introduction to the Gospel of Luke
Religious Studies An Introduction to the Acts of the
Apostles
An Introduction to Old Testament
Covenant and Prophecy
The Christian Church in the Roman
Empire: Beginnings, Expansion and
External Pressure
The Origins of the Celtic Church in
Ireland and the Beginnings of its
Missionary Outreach
Religious Ethics: Foundations, Principles
and Practice
An introduction to Philosophy of Religion
An Introduction to the Study of Islam
A2
The Theology of the Gospel of Luke
Religious Studies A Study of Acts, Galatians and 1
Corinthians
The Covenant Community: Prophecy and
Renewal
The Continued Development of the
Christian Church in the Roman Empire to
AD 325
A Study of the Development and Impact
of the Celtic Church in the 5th, 6th and 7th
Centuries
Ethics and Society
Religious Belief and Competing Claims
Islam: Law, Tradition and Practice
AS
Speaking (visiting examiner)
Spanish
Listening, Reading and Extended Writing
(external examination)
A2
Speaking (visiting examiner)
Spanish
Listening, Reading and Extended Writing
(external examination)
AAR13
AAR14
AAR15
AAR16
AAR17
AAR18
AAR21
AAR22
AAR23
AAR24
AAR25
AAR26
AAR27
AAR28
AAK11
AAK12
AAK21
AAK22
Assessment Unit Title/Option
1A
January
2016
6A
June
2016
Note: Candidates taking CCEA GCE qualifications will not have January assessment opportunities.
GCE examinations will be held only during the summer series.
13
NB: All this information will be available as base data through the CCEA website:
www.ccea.org.uk. Centres must download this data as certain essential parameters cannot be keyed
into the C2k Exams module and FEMIS.
GCE Advanced Subsidiary (AS) and GCE Advanced (A2) Assessment Units:
Key:
Not Available
Available
Assessment
Unit Entry
Codes
Specification
Title
Assessment Unit Title/Option
AAV11A
AS
Technology &
Design
Product Design and Systems and Control
Option A
Electronic and Microelectronic Control
Systems
Product Design and Systems and Control
Option B
Mechanical and Pneumatic Control
Systems
Option C
Product Design
Coursework: Product Development
A2
Technology &
Design
Systems and Control Option A
Electronic and Microelectronic Control
Systems
Systems and Control Option B
Mechanical and Pneumatic Control
Systems
Option C
Product Design
Coursework: Product – System, Design
and Manufacture
AAV11B
AAV11C
AAV12
AAV21A
AAV21B
AAV21C
AAV22
1A
January
2016
6A
June
2016
Note: Candidates taking CCEA GCE qualifications will not have January assessment opportunities.
GCE examinations will be held only during the summer series.
14
NB: All this information will be available as base data through the CCEA website:
www.ccea.org.uk. Centres must download this data as certain essential parameters cannot be keyed
into the C2k Exams module and FEMIS.
GCE Advanced Subsidiary (AS) and GCE Advanced (A2) Assessment Units
(NEW SPECIFICATIONS)
For first award of AS Level in Summer 2014
Key:
Assessment
Unit Entry
Codes
AA1S1
Not Available
AA2S2
AA1J1
AA1J2
AA2JA
AA2JB
AA1L1
AA1L2
AA2LA
AA2LB
Available
Specification Title
Assessment Unit Title/Option
AS Software
Systems
Development
Introduction to Object Oriented
Development
(External written examination)
Event Driven Programming
(Internal assessment)
Systems Approaches and Database
Concepts (External written examination)
Implementing Solutions
(Internal assessment)
Journalism in Print
(External written examination)
Print Portfolio
(Internal assessment)
Cross-Platform Journalism and Digital
Interactivity (External written examination)
Online Print and Broadcast Feature
Portfolio (Internal assessment)
Fitness and Training for Sport
(Internal assessment)
The Active Leisure Industry: Health,
Fitness and Lifestyle
(External written examination)
Event Management in the Active Leisure
Industry (Internal assessment)
The Application of Science to Sports
Performance
(External written examination)
AA1S2
AA2S1
For first award of A Level in Summer 2016
A2 Software
Systems
Development
AS Journalism in
the Media and
Communications
Industry
A2 Journalism in
the Media and
Communications
Industry
AS Sports Science
and the Active
Leisure Industry
A2 Sports Science
and the Active
Leisure Industry
1A
January
2016
6A
June
2016
Note: Candidates taking CCEA GCE qualifications will not have January assessment opportunities.
GCE examinations will be held only during the summer series.
15
NB: All this information will be available as base data through the CCEA website:
www.ccea.org.uk. Centres must download this data as certain essential parameters cannot be keyed
into the C2k Exams module and FEMIS.
GCE Advanced Subsidiary (AS) and GCE Advanced (A2) Assessment Units
(NEW SPECIFICATIONS)
For first award of AS Level in Summer 2014
Key:
Assessment
Unit Entry
Codes
AA1P1
Not Available
Assessment Unit Title/Option
AS Performing Arts
Developing Skills and Repertoire
(Internally assessed, Externally moderated)
Planning and Realising a Performing Arts
Event (Externally set, Externally assessed)
Planning for Employment
(Internally assessed, Externally moderated)
Performing to a Commission Brief
(Externally set pre-release stimulus
material Externally assessed)
The Earth's Capacity to Support Human
Activity (External written examination)
Renewable Energy Technologies
(Internal Assessment)
Building and Managing a Sustainable
Future (External written examination)
Environmental Building Performance and
Measurement (Internal Assessment)
A2 Performing Arts
AA2PB
AA1E1
AS Environmental
Technology
AA1E2
AA2EA
AA2EB
Available
Specification Title
AA1P2
AA2PA
For first award of A Level in Summer 2016
A2 Environmental
Technology
1A
January
2016
6A
June
2016
Note: Candidates taking CCEA GCE qualifications will not have January assessment opportunities.
GCE examinations will be held only during the summer series.
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NB: All this information will be available as base data through the CCEA website:
www.ccea.org.uk. Centres must download this data as certain essential parameters cannot be keyed
into the C2k Exams module and FEMIS.
GCSE SPECIFICATION “Cash-in” Codes
Key:
“Cash-in”
Codes
E799
G9030
G9032
G9040
G9050
G9060
G0310
G9070
G9090
G9110
G9120
G9140
G0920
G9250
G9270
G9290
G9300
G9310
G9320
G9321
G9322
G2335
G9360
G9370
G9380
G9420
G9421
G9422
G9460
G9461
G9490
G9500
G9510
G9550
G9551
G9552
G9560
G9580
G9581
G2652
G9590
Not Available
Available
Specification Title
1A
January
2016
ELQ Learning for Life & Work
Health & Social Care Single Award
Health & Social Care Double Award
Leisure & Tourism Single Award
Manufacturing
Construction and the Built Environment
Agriculture & Land Use
Art & Design
Biology
Engineering
Business Studies
Chemistry
Contemporary Crafts
Drama
Economics
English Language
English Literature
English
French (Full Course)
French (Short Course) (Speaking & Listening)
French (Short Course) (Reading & Writing)
Further Mathematics
Geography
Applied Business Single Award
Business & Communication Systems
German (Full Course)
German (Short Course) (Speaking & Listening)
German (Short Course) (Reading & Writing)
History (Legacy)
History (New) 1st Award 2016
Home Economics : Child Development
Home Economics
Hospitality
Irish (Full Course)
Irish (Short Course) (Speaking & Listening)
Irish (Short Course) (Reading & Writing)
Gaeilge
ICT(Full Course)
ICT (Short Course)
Applied ICT Double Award
Journalism Single Award
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6A
June
2016
NB: All this information will be available as base data through the CCEA website:
www.ccea.org.uk. Centres must download this data as certain essential parameters cannot be keyed
into the C2k Exams module and FEMIS.
GCSE SPECIFICATION “Cash-in” Codes
Key:
“Cash-in”
Codes
Not Available
Available
Specification Title
1A
January
2016
G9600
Mathematics
G9620
G9623
Learning for Life & Work Spec A (Linear)
Learning for Life & Work Spec B (Modular)
G9680
G9690
G9691
G9700
G9740
G9760
G9800
G9801
G9822
G9910
G9911
G9912
G9920
G9950
Motor Vehicle & Road User Studies
Moving Image Arts (Legacy – Resist only)
Moving Image Arts (Revised Linear Specification)
Music
Physical Education
Physics
Religious Studies Full Course
Religious Studies Short Course
Double Award Science
Spanish (Full Course)
Spanish (Short Course) (Speaking & Listening)
Spanish (Short Course) (Reading & Writing)
Single Award Science
Technology & Design
*Cash-in codes are required on completion of the specification
Please note: Certification is only available in the May/June Series
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6A
June
2016
NB: All this information will be available as base data through the CCEA website:
www.ccea.org.uk. Centres must download this data as certain essential parameters cannot be keyed
into the C2k Exams module and FEMIS.
GCSE SPECIFICATION ASSESSMENT UNITS
Key:
Not Available
Available
Entry
Codes
Specification Title
Assessment Unit Title/Option
GAL1
Agriculture & Land Use
Unit 1: Soils, Crops and Habitats
GAL2
Unit 2: Animals on the Land
GAL3
Unit 3: Contemporary Issues in
Agriculture and Land Use
(Controlled Assessment)
Controlled Assessment &
Externally Set Examination
All components
Unit 1: Cells, Living Processes and
Biodiversity
Unit 2: Body Systems, Genetics,
Microorganisms and Health
Unit 3: Practical Skills
Unit 1: Use of ICT
Unit 2: The Business Environment
Unit 3: E-Commerce (Controlled
Assessment)
Unit 1: Business Start Up
Unit 2:Business Development
(Externally Set Examination and
Controlled Assessment)
Unit 1: Structures, Trends, Chemical
Reactions and Analysis
Unit 2: Further Chemical Reactions,
Organic Chemistry and Materials
Unit 3: Practical Skills
Unit 1 : Construction Industry for the
21st Century
Unit 2: The Construction Craft Project
(Controlled Assessment)
Unit 3: Computer Aided Design in
Construction (Controlled Assessment)
All components
G9070
Art & Design
G9370
GBY1F
GBY1H
GBY2F
GBY2H
GBY3
GBC1
GBC2
GBC3
Applied Business
Biology
GBS1
GBS2
Business Studies
GCH1F
GCH1H
GCH2F
GCH2H
GCH3
GCB1
Chemistry
Business &
Communication Systems
Construction and the Built
Environment
GCB2
GCB3
G0920
Contemporary Crafts
(Linear Specification)
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1A
January
2016
6A
June
2016
NB: All this information will be available as base data through the CCEA website:
www.ccea.org.uk. Centres must download this data as certain essential parameters cannot be keyed
into the C2k Exams module and FEMIS.
GCSE SPECIFICATION
Key:
Not Available
Available
Entry
Codes
Specification Title
Assessment Unit Title/Option
G9250
Drama
All components
G9270
Economics
All components
GEE1
Engineering
Unit 1: Engineering Design and
Graphical Communication
(Controlled Assessment)
Unit 2: Engineering Production
(Controlled Assessment)
Unit 3: Engineering Technology
Unit 1: Foundation: Personal Writing
and Reading Multi-Modal Texts
Unit 1: Higher: Personal Writing and
Reading Multi-Modal Texts
Unit 2: Foundation: Functional Writing
and Reading Non-Fiction
Unit 2: Higher: Functional Writing and
Reading Non-Fiction
Unit 3: Speaking and Listening
(Controlled Assessment)
Unit 4: Studying Literature and Writing
for Purpose (Controlled Assessment)
Unit 4: Studying Literature (Controlled
Assessment)
Unit 1: Foundation: The Study of Prose
Unit 1: Higher: The Study of Prose
Unit 2: Foundation:
The Study of Drama and Poetry
Unit 2: Higher:
The Study of Drama and Poetry
Unit 3: The Study of Linked Texts
(Controlled Assessment)
Unit 1: Speaking
Unit 2: Writing
Unit 3: Listening Foundation
Unit 3: Listening Higher
Unit 4: Reading Foundation
Unit 4: Reading Higher
GEE2
GEE3
GEG1F
English Language and
English
GEG1H
GEG2F
GEG2H
GEG3
GEG4
English Language
GEG5
English
GET1F
GET1H
GET2F
English Literature
GET2H
GET3
GFR1
GFR2
GFR3F
GFR3H
GFR4F
GFR4H
French
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1A
January
2016
6A
June
2016
NB: All this information will be available as base data through the CCEA website:
www.ccea.org.uk. Centres must download this data as certain essential parameters cannot be keyed
into the C2k Exams module and FEMIS.
GCSE SPECIFICATION
Key:
Not Available
Available
Entry
Codes
Specification Title
Assessment Unit Title/Option
GGE1
GGE2
GGE3F
GGE3H
GGE4F
GGE4H
G9560
German
Unit 1: Speaking
Unit 2: Writing
Unit 3: Listening Foundation
Unit 3: Listening Higher
Unit 4: Reading Foundation
Unit 4: Reading Higher
All components
GGG1F
Geography
Gaeilge
GGG1H
GGG2F
GGG2H
GGG3
GHC1
GHC2
GHC3
Home Economics:
Child Development
GHC4
GHE1
Home Economics
GHE2
GHE3
GHP1
GHP2
GHP3
Hospitality
(Single Award)
GHS1
Health & Social Care
(Single & Double Award)
GHS2
GHS3
GHS4
Unit 1 Foundation : Understanding Our
Natural World
Unit 1 Higher : Understanding Our
Natural World
Unit 2 Foundation : Living in Our
World
Unit 2 Higher : Living in Our World
Unit 3: Fieldwork Report
(Controlled Assessment)
Unit 1: Parenthood, Pregnancy and
Childbirth
Unit 2: Child Development (0–5 Years)
Unit 3: Controlled Assessment
Investigation Task
Unit 4: Controlled Assessment Short
Task
Unit 1: Diet and Health and Consumer
Awareness
Unit 2: Diet and Health
(Controlled Assessment)
Unit 3: Consumer Awareness
(Controlled Assessment)
Unit 1: The Hospitality Industry
Unit 2: Reception & Accommodation
Unit 3: Food & Drink
(Controlled Assessment)
Unit 1 : Working in Health & Social
Care
Unit 2 : Personal Development
Unit 3 : Health & Well Being
Unit 4 : Promoting Quality Care
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1A
January
2016
6A
June
2016
NB: All this information will be available as base data through the CCEA website:
www.ccea.org.uk. Centres must download this data as certain essential parameters cannot be keyed
into the C2k Exams module and FEMIS.
GCSE SPECIFICATION
Key:
Not Available
Available
Entry
Codes
Specification Title
Assessment Unit Title/Option
GHY1F
GHY1H
GHY2F
History
(Legacy Specification)
Unit 1 Foundation : Studies in Depth
Unit 1 Higher : Studies in Depth
Unit 2 Foundation : Outline Study
• The Cold War 1945–1991
Unit 2 Higher : Outline Study
• The Cold War 1945–1991
Unit 3: Investigative Study
(Controlled Assessment)
Unit 1 Foundation : Studies in Depth
Unit 1 Higher : Studies in Depth
Unit 2 Foundation: Outline Study
• The Cold War 1945-1991
Unit 2 Higher: Outline Study
• The Cold War 1945-1991
Unit 3: Investigative Study
(Controlled Assessment)
Unit 1: Speaking
Unit 2: Writing
Unit 3: Listening Foundation
Unit 3: Listening Higher
Unit 4: Reading Foundation
Unit 4: Reading Higher
Unit 1: Tools and Applications
(Controlled Assessment)
Unit 2: Using Multimedia and Games
Technology (Controlled Assessment)
Unit 3: Understanding ICT Systems in
Everyday Life and Its Implications for
Individuals, Organisations, Society and
the Wider World
Unit 1: Tools and Applications
(Controlled Assessment)
Unit 2: Understanding ICT Systems in
Everyday Life and Its Implications for
Individuals, Organisations, Society and
the Wider World
ICT Tools and Applications (test)
ICT in Organisations
ICT and Society
GHY2H
GHY3
GHT1F
GHT1H
GHT2F
History
(New Specification)
1st teaching Sept 2014
1st award 2016
GHT2H
GHT3
GIR1
GIR2
GIR3F
GIR3H
GIR4F
GIR4H
GIT1
Irish
ICT
(Full Course)
GIT2
GIT3
GIT1
ICT
(Short Course)
GIT4
GDJ1
GDJ2
GDJ3
Applied ICT
(Double Award)
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1A
January
2016
6A
June
2016
NB: All this information will be available as base data through the CCEA website:
www.ccea.org.uk. Centres must download this data as certain essential parameters cannot be keyed
into the C2k Exams module and FEMIS.
GCSE SPECIFICATION
Key:
Not Available
Available
Entry
Codes
Specification Title
Assessment Unit Title/Option
GJR1
Journalism
(Single Award)
Unit 1: The Journalism Industry and
Skills for Journalism
Unit 2: Communication & Print
(Controlled Assessment)
Unit 3: Broadcast Media and
Communications (Controlled
Assessment)
Unit 1 : Introduction to Leisure and
Tourism
Unit 2: Customer Service in the Leisure
and Tourism Industry (Controlled
Assessment)
Unit 3: Marketing in the Leisure and
Tourism Industry (Controlled
Assessment)
Unit 4: Leisure & Tourism Destinations
(Controlled Assessment)
Unit 1: Employability
(Controlled Assessment)
Unit 1: Local and Global Citizenship
(Controlled Assessment)
Unit 1: Personal Development
(Controlled Assessment)
Unit 2: Employability
(Controlled Assessment)
Unit 2: Local and Global Citizenship
(Controlled Assessment)
Unit 2: Personal Development
(Controlled Assessment)
Unit 3: External Exam
GJR2
GJR3
GLT1
Leisure & Tourism
(Single Award)
GLT2
GLT3
GLT4
GLW1E or
GLW1L or
GLW1P
GLW2E or
GLW2L or
GLW2P
GLW3
Learning for Life &
Work (Spec A)
(Linear Specification)
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1A
January
2016
6A
June
2016
NB: All this information will be available as base data through the CCEA website:
www.ccea.org.uk. Centres must download this data as certain essential parameters cannot be keyed
into the C2k Exams module and FEMIS.
GCSE SPECIFICATION
Key:
Not Available
Available
Entry
Codes
Specification Title
Assessment Unit Title/Option
GLW1E or
Learning for Life &
Work (Spec B)
(Modular Specification)
GMT5F
Unit 1: Employability
(Controlled Assessment)
Unit 1: Local and Global Citizenship
(Controlled Assessment)
Unit 1: Personal Development
(Controlled Assessment)
Unit 2: Employability
(Controlled Assessment)
Unit 2: Local and Global Citizenship
(Controlled Assessment)
Unit 2: Personal Development
(Controlled Assessment)
Unit 4 : Local & Global Citizenship
(External Exam)
Unit 5 : Personal Development
(External Exam)
Unit 6 : Employability
(External Exam)
Unit 1: Manufacturing Design
(Controlled Assessment)
Unit 2 Manufacturing Production
(Controlled Assessment)
Unit 3: Manufacturing Technology
Unit 1: External written examination with
calculator (Foundation)
Unit 2: External written examination with
calculator (Foundation)
Unit 3: External written examination with
calculator (Higher)
Unit 4: External written examination with
calculator (Higher)
Unit 5: Completion Test (Foundation)
GMT6H
Unit 6: Completion Test (Higher)
GLW1L or
GLW1P
GLW2E or
GLW2L or
GLW2P
GLW4
GLW5
GLW6
GMA1
Manufacturing
GMA2
GMA3
GMT1F
Mathematics
GMT2F
GMT3H
GMT4H
GMF1
GMF2
Further Mathematics
Unit 1: Pure Mathematics
Unit 2: Mechanics and Statistics
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1A
January
2016
6A
June
2016
NB: All this information will be available as base data through the CCEA website:
www.ccea.org.uk. Centres must download this data as certain essential parameters cannot be keyed
into the C2k Exams module and FEMIS.
GCSE SPECIFICATION
Key:
Not Available
Available
Entry
Codes
Specification Title
Assessment Unit Title/Option
GMV1F
Motor Vehicle & Road
User Studies
Unit 1: Motor Vehicle and Road
User Theory (Foundation)
Unit 1: Motor Vehicle and Road
User Theory (Higher)
Unit 2 : Investigative Study
(Controlled Assessment)
Unit 3: Practical Riding Activity
(Controlled Assessment)
Unit 1 : Acquisition of Skills in Moving
Image Production (Controlled
Assessment)
Unit 2: Planning and Making a Moving
Image Product (Controlled Assessment)
GMV1H
GMV2
GMV3
GMX1
Moving Image Arts
GMX2
GMX3
G9691
G9700
Moving Image Arts
(new linear specification)
Music
G9740
Physical Education
Unit 3: Critical Response to Moving
Image Products
All components
All components
All components
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1A
January
2016
6A
June
2016
NB: All this information will be available as base data through the CCEA website:
www.ccea.org.uk. Centres must download this data as certain essential parameters cannot be keyed
into the C2k Exams module and FEMIS.
GCSE SPECIFICATION
Key:
Not Available
Available
Entry
Codes
Specification Title
Assessment Unit Title/Option
GRS1
Religious Studies
Unit 1 : The Christian Church through a
Study of the Catholic Church and One
Protestant Tradition
Unit 2: (Option A) :
The Christian Church with a focus on the
Catholic Church
Unit 2: (Option B) :
The Christian Church with a focus on the
Protestant Tradition
Unit 3 : The Revelation of God and the
Christian Church
Unit 4 : Christianity through a Study of
the Gospel of Matthew
Unit 5 : Christianity through a Study of
the Gospel of Mark
Unit 6 : World Religions: Islam
Unit 7 : World Religions: Judaism
Unit 8 : An Introduction to Christian
Ethics
Unit 9 : An Introduction to Philosophy of
Religion
Unit 1: Force and Motion, Energy,
Moments and Radioactivity
Unit 2: Waves, Sound and Light,
Electricity, and the Earth and Universe
Unit 3: Practical Skills
Unit 1: Speaking
Unit 2: Writing
Unit 3: Listening Foundation
Unit 3: Listening Higher
Unit 4: Reading Foundation
Unit 4: Reading Higher
GRS2A
GRS2B
GRS3
GRS4
GRS5
GRS6
GRS7
GRS8
GRS9
GPH1F
GPH1H
GPH2F
GPH2H
GPH3
GSP1
GSP2
GSP3F
GSP3H
GSP4F
GSP4H
Physics
Spanish
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1A
January
2016
6A
June
2016
NB: All this information will be available as base data through the CCEA website:
www.ccea.org.uk. Centres must download this data as certain essential parameters cannot be keyed
into the C2k Exams module and FEMIS.
GCSE SPECIFICATION
Key:
Not Available
Available
Entry
Codes
Specification Title
Assessment Unit Title/Option
GTD1
Technology & Design
Unit 1 : Technology & Design Core
Unit 2: Systems and Control (Option 1)
Electronic & Microelectronic Control
Systems
Unit 2: Systems and Control (Option 2) :
Mechanical and Pneumatic Control
Systems
Unit 3: Product Design
GTD2A or
GTD2B
GTD3
GTD4
GTD5A or
GTD5B
Unit 4 : Design Assignment
(Controlled Assessment)
Unit 5: Design Project (Option 1) :
Systems Design and Manufacturing
(Controlled Assessment)
Unit 5: Design Project (Option 2) :
Product Design and Manufacturing
(Controlled Assessment)
For GCSE Technology and Design four units are required for entry.
Three units are compulsory and one from two optional units is compulsory.
Candidates must enter for Units 1, 2, 4 & 5 or Units 1, 3, 4 & 5
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1A
January
2016
6A
June
2016
NB: All this information will be available as base data through the CCEA website:
www.ccea.org.uk. Centres must download this data as certain essential parameters cannot be keyed
into the C2k Exams module and FEMIS.
ENTRY LEVEL SPECIFICATION
Key:
Not Available
Available
Entry
Codes
Specification Title
Assessment Unit Title/Option
ELL1E or
ELL1L or
ELL1P
ELL2E or
ELL2L or
ELL2P
ELL3
ELL4
ELL5
ELQ
Learning for Life & Work
(Controlled Assessment)
ELQ
Learning for Life & Work
(Controlled Assessment)
ELQ
Learning for Life & Work
Unit 1: Employability
Unit 1: Local and Global Citizenship
Unit 1: Personal Development
Unit 2: Employability
Unit 2: Local and Global Citizenship
Unit 2: Personal Development
Unit 3 : Local and Global Citizenship
Unit 4 : Personal Development
Unit 5 : Employability
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1A
January
2016
6A
June
2016
NB: All this information will be available as base data through the CCEA website:
www.ccea.org.uk. Centres must download this data as certain essential parameters cannot be keyed
into the C2k Exams module and FEMIS.
GCSE Module and Option Codes
GCSE Sciences (Double Award)
Entry
Codes
Specification Title
Assessment Unit Title/Option
GSD1F
GSD1H
GSD4F
GSD4H
GSD2F
GSD2H
GSD5F
GSD5H
GSD3F
GSD3H
GSD6F
GSD6H
Double Award
(Biology)
GSD7
Unit 4:
Practical Skills Unit
*Cash-in
Unit 1: Living Processes and
Biodiversity
Unit 2: Body Systems, Genetics,
Microorganisms and Health
Unit 1: Structures, Trends and
Chemical Reactions
Unit 2: Further Chemical Reactions,
Organic Chemistry
Unit 1: Force and Motion, Energy,
Moments, and Radioactivity
Unit 2: Waves, Sound and Light,
Electricity, and the Earth and
Universe
Practical Skills
G9822
*
Double Award
(Chemistry)
Double Award
(Physics)
Cash-in codes are required on completion of the specification
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BA
November
2015
3A
February
2016
6A
June
2016
NB: All this information will be available as base data through the CCEA website:
www.ccea.org.uk. Centres must download this data as certain essential parameters cannot be keyed
into the C2k Exams module and FEMIS.
GCSE Sciences (Single Award)
Key:
Not Available
Available
Entry
Codes
Specification Title
Assessment Unit Title/Option
GSS1F
GSS1H
Unit 1: Biology
GSS2F
Unit 2: Chemistry
Section A: Staying Alive
Section B: Human Activity and
Health
Section A: Chemical Patterns
and Our Environment
Section B: Materials and Their
Management
Section A: Electricity, Waves
and Communication
Section B: Fossil Fuels, Road
Transport and Safety,
Radioactivity, and Earth in
Space
Practical Skills
GSS2H
GSS3F
Unit 3: Physics
GSS3H
GSS4
G9920
*
Unit 4:
Practical Skills
Unit
*Cash-in
Cash-in codes are required on completion of the specification
30
BA
November
2015
3A
February
2016
6A
June
2016
The GCE/GCSE/ELW Series Codes and Entry Periods are:
Examination
GCSE Single Award Science November Units
GCSE Double Award Science November Units
GCSE Single Award Science Cash-in for certification
GCSE English Language/English
GCSE Mathematics
GCSE Learning for Life & Work Spec B (Modular)
EDI Series Code
Entry Periods
BA
17 September
–
4 October
1A
7 – 21 October
3A
7 - 31
January
GCSE English/Mathematics and GCSE Learning for Life &Work Spec B Cashin for certification
GCSE Single Award Science March Units
GCSE Double Award Science March Units
GCSE Single Award Science Cash-in for certification
GCSE May/June Examinations
GCSE Cash-in for certification
GCE A/AS May/June Assessment Units
GCE A/AS Cash-in for certification
GCSE Double Award Science May Units
GCSE Single Award Science May Units
GCSE Science Cash-in for certification
7 - 21
February
6A
# Centres awaiting January 2016 results may submit re-sit entries for the June series by 21 March 2016 and these
candidates will not incur late entry fees.
* Centres awaiting March DAS/SAS results may submit re-sit entries for the June series by 22 April 2016 and these
candidates will not incur late entry fees.
Centres may submit entries once base data is posted on web.
In the case of Very late Entries that will require additional question papers, contact Entries to confirm if your request is
manageable
Note: Candidates taking CCEA GCE qualifications will not have January assessment opportunities. GCE
examinations will be held only during the summer series.
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