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HISTORY (0470) 03 How is the subject assessed? The students will sit three written papers at the end of the second year of studying the course. The three papers are: Paper 1: This paper lasts for two hours and students are expected to answer three questions from a possible six questions that they have studied. Two questions will need to be answered from the section looking at the Course Content and one question from the Depth Study. This paper is worth 40% of the total marks available. Paper 2: This paper will last for two hours and looks at the students ability to analyse, evaluate and make historical judgements based on a range of sources from a particular key question from the Course Content. The particular area of study is given to the students before they sit the paper. There are six questions in the paper and students have to answer all six questions. This paper is worth 33% of the total marks available. Paper 4: This paper is called the Alternative to Coursework paper. It lasts for one hour and students will be asked to answer one question from two questions. The content will be based on the Depth Study that the students study. This paper is worth 27% of the total marks available.
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2017-18 Course Guide
Without history, we have only ignorance … History is the most inescapable of subjects: we inherit it, we make it, and we are fated to become part of it … We cannot elude history, but we ignore it at our peril. Cicero argued that, ‘to remain ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child’. – McCartney, 2011, The Telegraph
04 What are the career opportunities if I study this course? History is a very useful subject for students to study at IGCSE. It is well regarded by the Russell Group of universities in the United Kingdom as a key subject for students to study as it encourages many transferable skills and independence of thought and study in students. Many employers today look for transferable skills and analytical skills that studying History develops in a student. Students who study History maybe looking for a job as a; advertising executive, analyst, archivist, broadcaster, editor, foreign service officer, intelligence agent, journalist, lawyer, legal assistant, personnel manager, researcher and teacher.
The CIE Course Syllabus and Sample Past papers can be found at the following address: http://www.cie.org.uk/programmes-and-qualifications/cambridge-secondary-2/cambridge-igcse/