AS and A2 is separated parts of whole A-Level syllabus......

I completed my A-Levels in TARC.....so, I'll talk about the situation in TARC......

The lecturers completed teaching the AS syllabus using half a year, then 1 year for A2 syllabus.....

You will take A-Level exams twice, for your whole course........

Normally it's like dividing the syllabus to 2 parts.......and let you complete the 1st part and go for exam 1st.....then you can concentrate your study on the 2nd part......

So, AS is the 1st part and A2 is the 2nd part.......

I'll take Biology as an example......this subject have 5 papers to take in total.....
You will take 3 papers for AS, and the remaining 2 papers for A2.......

The grades you get in AS exam, will combine with A2 exam later on........and get the final grade....

So, it's unlike STPM, which you do the exam only 1 time......1 shot have to revise the whole syllabus........

By the way, STPM and A-Level syllabus is similar......
How similar, I don't know, I never take STPM before.....

This post has been edited by chungdavi: Apr 2 2009, 05:19 PM

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