Head of Department: Mrs Martin
Qualification Available: AS and A2
Exam Board: AQA
SCHOOL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SIXTH FORM, GCSE ENGLISH GRADE C AND GCSE DOUBLE SCIENCE GRADES CC. A B grade in a D and T subject would be advantageous as well.
WHY STUDY FOOD TECHNOLOGY
- The Food Industry is a major employer throughout the world – offering a highly competitive and challenging agency offering a wealth of employment opportunities.
- AS/A2 Food offers opportunities to:
- Experience and develop your own ideas, creativity, practical design and technological capabilities.
- Develop an awareness about food products, their design manufacture and processing.
- Consider the social, moral and spiritual values that strengthen Design and Technology activities.
- Develop management skills through the responsibility for your own learning, setting of targets, reviewing and monitoring your own progress, planning, organisation and managing your own time and resources.
The course also aims to develop a wide range of practical skills in the handling and working with food.
COURSE CONTENT:
- At AS, candidates will have the opportunity to study nutrition, and designing and making in the human context.
- Knowledge of food science and of a wide range of materials and components used in the making of food products will be developed. Candidates will be given the opportunity to develop and solve problems relating to food design and making.
They will gain an understanding of industrial and commercial practices within the area of Food Technology.
Assessment: The AS specification
Unit 1 Topic list
- Macro and micro nutrients, measurement of energy and the importance of adequate water intake
- Dietary planning, BMI and health and health promotion
- the relationship between diet and health
- Social factors; the family, family patterns, family lifecycle, changes in family composition, culture, economics and work
- Dietary needs of individuals at different lifestages, special diets and lifestyles
- Food additives
- Environmental factors influencing food choices; organic food and sources of energy
- Mass media; advertising, television, magazines and the press
- Issues affecting the design of new food products
- Food safety and hygiene, food labelling and nutritional information
- Health and Safety.
Assessment
| Written Exam |
2 hours |
| Weighting |
50% of total AS / 25% of total A Level marks |
This paper is based primarily on Materials and Components.
Consisting of three sections:
- Section 1 contains compulsory limited response questions
- Section 2 offers a choice of one question from two
- Section 3 contains one compulsory question.
Unit 2: Coursework
| Coursework |
Approx 50 hours |
| Weighting |
50% of total AS / 25% of total A Level Marks |
Written design portfolio
Candidate Record Form and made outcome(s)
Coursework may take a number of forms, two smaller projects as a portfolio of work. Covering areas of designing and making, without the Industrial Application Section which is included in A2 coursework.
