GCSE Media Studies
- Teaching from: September 2017
- Exams from: June 2019
- Specification code: 8572
- QAN code: 603/2105/2
Our GCSE Media Studies offers you and your students an interactive and engaging course that aims to broaden students’ minds. You’ll cover all aspects of media including language, representations, industries and audiences, giving students both an overall and in-depth understanding of how media represents the world.
Our new topics offer a broad overview of the subject as well as a more detailed study of relevant and contemporary content. To support your teaching, we’ve designed a clear and straightforward specification and a range of resources.
Teaching resources
Plan
Prepare for your teaching year. Information, support and services to help you deliver the specification.
Teach
Teaching resources that you can use to plan your lessons and support your students’ learning.
Assess
Prepare your students for assessment. Specimen and past papers, mark schemes, example answers.
Key dates
- Coursework deadline for GCSE Media Studies (8572/C)
Schools and colleges may set their own internal deadlines - Exam for GCSE Media Studies Paper 1 (8572/1)
Series: June 2020
Start time: pm
Duration: 1h 30m - Exam for GCSE Media Studies Paper 2 (8572/2)
Series: June 2020
Start time: pm
Duration: 1h 30m
AQA do understand how hectic it is to be a teacher and they really keep us up to date and show their awareness.
Juliette McGirr,
Teacher
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Email: mediastudies@aqa.org.uk