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Level 3 BTEC Applied science extended diploma - What is the exam structure?

Title says it all. I am currently tutoring a student in this subject but I am unfamiliar with the exam structure. I am only tutoring the externally assessed units (1,3,5,7). He is currently in Year 12, and I want to prepare a resource for him and future students. I can see the exam dates on the pearson site, but which exams will he sit in year 12 vs year 13? Thanks.

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Original post by metdog

Pearson don't dictate in what year each exam is taken. However, what most colleges do is have their students sits the exams for external units 1 and 3 in year one, and for external units 5 and 7 in year two.

This is because units 1 and 3 are common to both the Foundation Diploma and the Extended Diploma. So if they take the same approach with the internal (coursework-based) units (i.e. cover the units which are shared between both qualifications in year one), then after year one the student has achieved a Foundation Diploma which then becomes an Extended Diploma after year two. If the college covers the units in a different order, then year one produces no qualification in its own right.

To be sure that your student's college is taking this approach, they'll need to check with their college.

I assume you've already seen it, but the specification is here.