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2012 Subject Combination

SUBJECTS OFFERED IN AJC FOR 2012 INTAKE

The following cells (marked with '+' ) are the subjects that are available to be offered in 2012:

II. CHOICE OF SUBJECTS

‘A’ Level Subjects Offered by Anderson Junior College

Disciplines	Subjects	H1	H2	H3
Knowledge Skills	General Paper (GP)	+
Knowledge Skills	Project Work (PW)	+
Languages	Mother Tongue (MT) [Chinese, Malay, Tamil]	+
Humanities & the Arts	Economics	+	+
	Geography	+	+
	History	+	+
	Literature in English	+	+	+
	General Studies in Chinese*	+
	Chinese Language & Literature*		+
	Malay Language & Literature		+
	Tamil Language & Literature		+
Mathematics & Sciences	Biology*		+
	Chemistry*	+	+	+
	Physics*	+	+	+
	Mathematics*	+	+	+

*Please see ‘Conditions for Choice of Subjects’ below for further details
There are also other H3 modules offered by MOE partners (e.g. NUS, NTU & SMU)

Conditions for Choice of Subjects

Subjects Offered	Conditions
H2 Mathematics	For students in the Science Stream, the student must have offered Additional Mathematics and preferably have obtained C6 or better in Additional Mathematics at the GCE 'O' Level Examinations. For students in the Arts Stream, the student must have offered Additional Mathematics and obtained a combined score of at most 4 in both Elementary Mathematics and Additional Mathematics at the GCE 'O' Level Examinations.
Physics, Chemistry & Biology	H2: Should preferably have obtained: B3 or better in the respective pure science subjects or A2 or better in the relevant combined science subjects H1(Phy & Chem): Should preferably have obtained: C6 or better in the respective pure science subjects or the relevant combined science subjects
H2 Chinese Language and Literature (H2 CLL)	Preferably Students with at least a C6 in Higher Chinese Students with no Higher Chinese, but have obtained at least an A2 in ‘O’ level Chinese, will have to sit for an aptitude test
H1 General Studies in Chinese (GSC)	Preferably Students with at least a C6 in Higher Chinese Students with no Higher Chinese but have obtained at least an A2 in ‘O’ level Chinese
Chinese Language ‘B’ (CLB)	To offer CLB, students must meet any of the following 2 criteria: Offered Chinese Language B Syllabus (CLB) in the GCE ‘O’ Level Examination Obtained D7, E8 or F9 for Chinese Language in the GCE ‘O’ Level Examination

Number of Subjects to Offer

In addition to GP, MTL* and PW, all students are to offer 3 H2 and 1 H1 content-based subjects, at least one of which is a subject from a contrasting discipline. (*Except those who have passed with at least a D7 in Higher Mother Tongue Language at ‘O’ level . Please refer to the Joint Admission Exercise Prospectus 2012 for further details of exemption.)

III. SUBJECT COMBINATIONS

A BOLD box indicates a contrasting subject.

The total number of units indicated includes compulsory subjects General Paper, Mother Tongue Language and Project Work.

** The counting of units is as follows: 2 units for each H2 subject, 1 unit for each H1 subject, i.e. General Paper, Project Work and Mother Tongue Language. One unit for MT Language will be included in the counting even if a student is exempted from taking the subject at the ‘A’ level examination.

* To offer H3, students must offer the same subject at H2. The following H3 subjects are offered: English Literature, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry.

Science Stream

	Units**	Code	H2	H2	H2	H1	H3
3 H2 1 H1 Norm	10	S 01a	Math	Phy	Chem	Econ	*
	10	S 01b				Eng Lit	*
	10	S 01c				Geog	*
	10	S 01d				Hist	*
	10	S 01e				GSC	*
	10	S 02a	Math	Chem	Bio	Econ	*
	10	S 02b				Eng Lit	*
	10	S 02c				Geog	*
	10	S 02d				Hist	*
	10	S 02e				GSC	*
	10	S 03a	Math	Phy	Bio	Econ	*
	10	S 03b				Eng Lit	*
	10	S 03c				Hist	*
	10	S 04a	Math	Phy	Econ	Chem	*
	10	S 04b				Eng Lit	*
	10	S 04c				Geog	*
	10	S 04d				Hist	*
	10	S 04e				GSC	*
	10	S 05a	Math	Phy	Geog	Chem	*
	10	S 05b				Eng Lit	*
	10	S 05c				Econ	*
	10	S 05d				GSC	*
	10	S 06a	Math	Chem	Econ	Phy	*
	10	S 06b				Eng Lit	*
	10	S 06c				Geog	*
	10	S 06d				Hist	*
	10	S 06e				GSC	*
	10	S 07a	Math	Chem	Eng Lit	Econ	*
	10	S 07b	Math	Chem	Eng Lit	Hist	*
	10	S 08a	Math	Chem	Geog	Econ	*
	10	S 09a	Math	Chem	MT Lang & Lit	Econ	*
	10	S 10a	Math	Phy	MT Lang & Lit	Econ	*

	Units**	Code	H2	H2	H2	H2	H1	H3
4H2	11	S 11a	Math	Phy	Chem	Econ		*
	11	S 12a	Math	Chem	Bio	Econ		*
	11	S 13a	Math	Phy	Chem	MT Lang & Lit		*
	11	S 14a	Math	Chem	Bio	MT Lang & Lit		*
	11	S15a	Math	Chem	Econ	Geog		*
	11	S16a	Math	Chem	Econ	Hist		*
	11	S17a	Math	Chem	Econ	MT Lang & Lit		*
4H2 1H1	12	S 18a	Math	Phy	Chem	Bio	Econ	NIL
	12	S 18b	Math	Phy	Chem	Bio	GSC	NIL
	12	S 19a	Math	Phy	Chem	MT Lang & Lit	Econ	NIL

Arts Stream

	Units**	Code	H2	H2	H2	H2	H1	H3
3H2 & 1H1 Norm	10	A01a	Econ	Geog	Eng		Math	*
	10	A01b	Econ	Geog		MT Lang & Lit	Math	*
	10	A01c	Econ	Geog	Math^		Chem	*
	10	A01d	Econ	Geog	Math^		Phy	*
	10	A02a	Econ	Hist	Eng		Math	*
	10	A02b	Econ	Hist		MT Lang & Lit	Math	*
	10	A02c	Econ	Hist	Math^		Chem	*
	10	A02d	Econ	Hist	Math^		Phy	*
	10	A03a	Econ	Eng	Math^		Chem	*
	10	A03b	Econ	Eng	Math^		Phy	*
	10	A03c	Econ	MT Lang & Lit	Math^		Chem	*
	10	A03d	Econ	MT Lang & Lit	Math^		Phy
	10	A04a#	Econ	Geog	Hist		Math	*
4H2	11	A05a	Econ	Geog	Eng	Math^		*
	11	A05b	Econ	Hist	Eng	Math^		*
	11	A05c#	Econ	Geog	Hist	Math^		*

^ Arts students who wish to read H2 Math as a contrasting subject must have:
- offered both Elementary Mathematics and Additional Mathematics at O-Level;
- obtained a distinction (A1 or A2) for either subject; and
- obtained a combined score of 4 or better for both subjects.

# Students who wish to offer a H2 Geog-Hist combination must have:
- offered both History and Geography, as an elective or pure subject, at O-Level; and
- obtained a grade of B3 or better for both Combined Humanities (History or Geography Elective) and Pure History or Geography.

* Please see Criteria for Students to Offer Subjects at H3 Level for further details.
(c) Criteria for Students to Offer Subjects at H3 Level
Application for H3 modules will open after the Promotional Examination results are released.
Students who wish to offer the SMU H3 Course, NUS H3 Course, NTU H3 course or MOE H3 modules in JC 2 must meet ALL of the following criteria:

JC1 Promotional Examination	Must have obtained a grade ‘A’ in the pre-requisite H2 subject(s). Must have obtained a least a Grade ‘B’ in all other H2 subjects. Must pass all other subjects.
JC1 mid-year common test	Must have obtained at least a Grade ‘B’ in the prerequisite H2 subject(s). Must pass all other subjects.
GCE ‘O’ Level Examination	Must have obtained the following results at one sitting: - Distinction in the relevant subject, and - Distinctions in 4 specified subjects.
Total number of units	The maximum number of academic units is 12.
Other criteria	The number of H3 subjects to be offered by each student is capped at 1. Students who are waiting for the selection results of the NUS/NTU/SMU H3 modules may apply for the MOE H3 module. They should drop the MOE H3 module once they are selected for the NUS/NTU/SMU H3 module. As stipulated by the institutions offering the H3 module.

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