The CCEA GCE History specification develops advanced understanding of how the world became what it is today. It equips students with transferable and written skills, including critical thinking, analysis and debate.

Historians appreciate events and their consequences, helping us understand the past and the present.

This specification is available at two levels: AS and A2. Students can take the AS units plus the A2 units for a full GCE A level qualification. They can also choose to take the AS course as a stand-alone qualification.

In the AS units, students select one option from a choice of five, ranging from 1509 to 1945, and one from a choice of six, ranging from 1556–1943.

Students continuing to A2 study one option from a choice of five, ranging from 1625–2000, and another from a choice of four, ranging from 1558 to 1925.

The specification has four units:

• Unit AS 1: Historical Investigations and Interpretations
• Unit AS 2: Historical Conflict and Change
• Unit A2 1: Change Over Time
• Unit A2 2: Historical Investigations and Interpretations.