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What are the Easiest and least respected A levels?

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Reply 220
some unis say general studies and critical thinking are not included in their offer for entry requirements so i would say they are the least respected.
Original post by nlsmith3
I thought the 'ology' meant 'theory' so if that is correct 'biology' could be classed as a less respected subject? However, where would medical science be today without biology? Or as another example; psychology. Without the research that's been done we wouldn't have criminal profilers like paul britton who aided in catching some of the uk's most dangerpus murderers. Somehow the 'ology' ending subjects dont seem so un-respected do they...?


You put too much thought into that.
Reply 222
Original post by Oh my Ms. Coffey
You put too much thought into that.


A significant difference from your previous comments then... :/
Original post by nlsmith3
A significant difference from your previous comments then... :/


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Reply 224
Non-respected ones that are not the obvious (Media, PE, Art):

English Lit Lang combined (English Lit alone is very respected)
Sociology
Geography
Law
Original post by cuckoo99
i agree i may be wrong about the geology but i stand true to the fact that psychology is an application of biology as biology is the study of the body and the functioning of biological organism's. psycholgoy is the study of the mind. the functioning of Humans is dependent on the mind. thus the mind is part of the body. Though you can argue that psychology branches away from biology and science through its Sociology themes though all these social ideologies are apparant because of the way humans have developed via evolution. you can go on to say Biology is an application of Chemistry and Chemistry is an application of Physics and Physics is an application of MATHS. you treat the word application like it is a bad thing which is the thing i dont understand :s-smilie:?


No I understand you completely as you said Psychology is branches of may subjects e.g. Philosophy of the mind and the examples you've stated.

Additionally, I have no problem with the word application as it is important to take the theoretical and put it into the practical; as many fail at this process but from your previous quote that I quoted the context in which you used application implied the subjects are just a copy nothing more and I believe it is possible that both subjects Geology and Psychology can stand on their own and are more than just applications such as you sated Physics being an application of maths of Physics being a branch of it in the scientific sense compared to Statistics being a branch of Maths in a social sense.

Overall my problem was people tend to use application on this forum to imply it is just a weaker carbon-copy of a greater subject, rather than the subjects overlapping or helping to support the other.

My apologies if it appeared I appeared to have a problem with the use of the word application. As I have no problem with it at all :wink:
Original post by hannah60000
No I understand you completely as you said Psychology is branches of may subjects e.g. Philosophy of the mind and the examples you've stated.

Additionally, I have no problem with the word application as it is important to take the theoretical and put it into the practical; as many fail at this process but from your previous quote that I quoted the context in which you used application implied the subjects are just a copy nothing more and I believe it is possible that both subjects Geology and Psychology can stand on their own and are more than just applications such as you sated Physics being an application of maths of Physics being a branch of it in the scientific sense compared to Statistics being a branch of Maths in a social sense.

Overall my problem was people tend to use application on this forum to imply it is just a weaker carbon-copy of a greater subject, rather than the subjects overlapping or helping to support the other.

My apologies if it appeared I appeared to have a problem with the use of the word application. As I have no problem with it at all :wink:


Ah i see your point. I wasn't saying application was a bad thing lol though i am sorry if i mislead you. If i was saying that then i would be an idiot for taking Psychology A level lol. I Think what i was trying to lean towards in my first argument was that universities dont require that you study Geology to do it a university just like you dont need psychology to study psychology but if you want to do a chemistry degree you need chemistry A level.
Original post by Coke1
Non-respected ones that are not the obvious (Media, PE, Art):

English Lit Lang combined (English Lit alone is very respected)
Sociology
Geography
Law

Geography? Really?
I took compulsory ICT lessons and it was a complete waste of my time. So for that reason I'd say ICT and possibly General Studies, but I've never taken that one so I can't judge really.
Reply 229
Critical thinking is one of the least useful A levels, unless it's done as a 4th/5th choice. This is because many Uni's reject this subject as a 'proper' A level, so the grade won't even be considered by them. This is the least respected A level.
There is no easiest A level because it's so varied. Some would consider P.E as the easiest simply because they believe you just run around and get an A - which is obviously incorrect.
Some would consider Maths being the easiest because they are good at it and are probably predicted A* in Further Maths.
The easiest is dependant on the person.
Also, some people here have regarded subjects like accounting to be least respected. It is very helpful with other subjects like Economics and Maths if you want to go into accounting, but maybe alone it will be different and considered by Uni's offering accounting courses.
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Ooh you English people are so spoiled! You actually have a proper choice and then you complain about some being less "respected". :banana:
Original post by FatCharlie
Ooh you English people are so spoiled! You actually have a proper choice and then you complain about some being less "respected". :banana:


I presume you took the Bacaloriat?
Original post by MrHappy_J
I presume you took the Bacaloriat?


:colondollar: IB?
No, where I come from you study 2 500 points over a 3 year period, each course being 50/100 points. Obligatory courses include History, English, Swedish, Civics, Mathematics, Nature Science etc. And you can't take more than 250 points in any specific subject (other than Maths) so you need to study a whole bunch of different subjects that are totally unrelated to what you plan to study/outside your interests to be able to finish.
Reply 233
Original post by FatCharlie
:colondollar: IB?
No, where I come from you study 2 500 points over a 3 year period, each course being 50/100 points. Obligatory courses include History, English, Swedish, Civics, Mathematics, Nature Science etc. And you can't take more than 250 points in any specific subject (other than Maths) so you need to study a whole bunch of different subjects that are totally unrelated to what you plan to study/outside your interests to be able to finish.


Similar here in Germany, but I don't consider it to be a disadvantage. We can study whatever we want and only have to decide after we actually graduated from school whilst Britons need to make up their mind about half of their future when they are like 15/16 years old. I support the concept of a broad education instead of only 3-4 subjects of which some (like the ones listed in this thread) can prove to be totally useless later.
How useful would Maths, Physics and DT for A2, and Business for AS be for university? ( I'm planning on studying Civil Engineering)


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Reply 235
Original post by Lintu93
Biology ends in ology :erm:


Yeah, and psychology :saywhat:
Reply 236
Original post by CJM13
Literature is respected, but English language at A level isn't.


What?! Language really is. It is an incredibly hard a level apparently.
Hahaha at all the people negging because they are getting defensive about their subjects :lol: In the future take a subject where no-one can question the difficulty and how respected it is :tongue: e.g maths no-one can question it :smile:
Reply 238
I think;
Media studies - people assume it's easy, and you don't really need an A-level in media studies to actually succeed in a media career. I took media studies at GCSE, and there was about ten different theories to learn so I'm guessing there will be a lot more at A-level. You're also marked on creativity, so if you're a naturally creative person then it'll be pretty straight forward. You still have to analyse, evaluate and explain so I'm kind of on the fence about this one.
ICT - the basic kind of computing, not the complex. At the end of the day teenagers use computers on a day to day basis, so it's like a second nature to our generation.
Reply 239
Original post by Doskey
Genuinely interested as to why law, archaeology and anthropology would be bad, they seem quite 'respected' to me? Are they really easy at A-Level or something?


You posted this ages ago but may as well answer for anyone confused; subjects such as Law, Archaeology and Anthropology require extensive in-depth learning, and there quite simply isn't enough time in a 2 year A-Level course to study these specialist subjects at a high enough level. For this reason the courses themselves are quite limited in respect to the actual subject itself so Universities see them as less respected because the students don't have to work as hard as in other subjects. Any thoughts on Government & Politics? I'm doing my GCSEs and initially chose it to study this September but then changed it to Maths; perhaps GovPol isn't widely subscribed but I don't know if this makes it less respected?

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