Last Updated: 17 November 2022
A-Level curriculum and subject syllabuses
A-Level curriculum and subject syllabuses is designed to give students the values and skills to take them through life as responsible adults and active citizens.
Overview
A-Level curriculum focuses on 3 areas, such as Life skills, Knowledge skills and Subject disciplines.
Life skills ensure that students receive sound values and skills to take them through life as responsible adults and citizens. It comprises of non-academic curriculum, for example:
- Co-Curriculum Activities
- Character and Citizenship Education
- Physical Education
- Values in Action
Knowledge skills seek to develop students’ thinking, process and communication skills. This will enable students to analyse information and express their thoughts and ideas clearly and effectively. It comprises of skills-based subjects, such as:
- General Paper
- Knowledge and Inquiry
- Project Work
Subject disciplines ensure that students have a good grounding across different areas of study. It comprises of Languages, Humanities and the Arts and Mathematics and Sciences. Learn more about each disciplines:
- Languages
- Mother Tongue Languages
- 3rd Languages
- Humanities and the Arts
- Art
- Economics
- Literature in English
- Geography
- History
- Music
- Theatre Studies and Drama
- Mathematics and Sciences
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Physics
- Mathematics
- Computing
Learn more about:
- Post-secondary landscape with our booklet on post-secondary education (1.97MB).
- Special programmes in junior colleges:
Subject Syllabuses
Chinese Language
- 2020 H1 Mother Tongue Language & Mother Tongue Language ‘B’ Syllabus (Pre-University) (English version) (1.1MB)
- 2020 H1 Chinese Language & Chinese Language ‘B’ Syllabus (Pre-University) (1.1MB)
- 2012 Chinese Language (Pre-University) Syllabus (2.4MB)
- 1994 H1 General Studies in Chinese (Pre-University) Syllabus (526KB)
Chinese Literature
- 2021 H2H3 Chinese Language & Literature (Pre-University) Syllabus (869KB)
- 2021 H2H3 Mother Tongue Language & Literature (Pre-University) Syllabus (English version) (701KB)
- 2014 H2H3 Chinese Language & Literature (Pre-University) Syllabus (2017 revised) (1.6MB)
China Studies in Chinese
- 2023 H2 China Studies in Chinese (Pre-University) Syllabus (2.7MB)
- 2016 H2 China Studies in Chinese (Pre-University) Syllabus (1.1MB)
Translation
- 2021 H2 Translation (Chinese) (Pre-University) Syllabus (2.5MB)
- 2015 H2 Translation (Pre-University) Syllabus (680KB)
Malay Language
- 2020 H1 Mother Tongue Language & Mother Tongue Language ‘B’ Syllabus (Pre-University) (English version) (1MB)
- 2020 H1 Malay Language & Malay Language ‘B’ Syllabus (Pre-University) (13.8MB)
Malay Literature
- 2021 H2H3 Mother Tongue Language & Literature (Pre-University) Syllabus (English version) (701KB)
- 2021 H2H3 Malay Language and Literature (Pre-University) Syllabus (9.5MB)
Tamil Language
Computing
- 2019 Pre-University H2 Computing (492KB)
Biology
- 2021 Pre-University H3 Biology (581KB)
- 2020 Pre-University H1 Biology (771KB)
- 2019 Pre-University H2 Biology (1MB)
Chemistry
- 2021 Pre-University H3 Chemistry (475KB)
- 2020 Pre-University H1 Chemistry (1.7MB)
- 2019 Pre-University H2 Chemistry (2.5MB)
Physics
- 2021 Pre-University H3 Physics (601KB)
- 2020 Pre-University H1 Physics (740KB)
- 2019 Pre-University H2 Physics (1.6MB)
Theatre Studies and Drama
Music
China Studies in English
- 2016 China Studies in English Syllabus (Pre-University) H1 (394KB)
- 2016 China Studies in English Syllabus (Pre-University) H2 (423KB)
Commerce
- 2018 Management of Business Syllabus (Pre-University) H2 (1.2MB)
- 2018 Principles of Accounting Syllabus (Pre-University) H2 (2.2MB)
Economics
- 2017 Economics Syllabus (Pre-University) H1 (2.9MB)
- 2022 Economics Syllabus (Pre-University) H1 (1.4MB)
- 2016 Economics Syllabus (Pre-University) H2 (1.7MB)
- 2022 Economics Syllabus (Pre-University) H2 (1.4MB)
- 2017 Economics Syllabus (Pre-University) H3 (1.5MB)
- 2023 Economics Syllabus (Pre-University) H3 (1.2MB)
Geography
- 2016 Geography Syllabus (Pre-University) H1 (1.3MB)
- 2016 Geography Syllabus (Pre-University) H2 (1.3MB)
- 2016 Geography Syllabus (Pre-University) H3 (1.2MB)
History
- 2017 History Syllabus (Pre-University) H1 (804KB)
- 2016 History Syllabus (Pre-University) H2 (8.5MB)
- 2016 History Syllabus (Pre-University) H3 (1.9MB)