Cambridge IGCSE Design & Technology 0445 - Version 2 - Syllabus for exams in 2024, 2025 and 2026

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Cambridge IGCSE Design & Technology 0445 syllabus outlines exam arrangements for 2024, 2025 and 2026, available in the June and November series. It explains Cambridge International’s educational pathway, aims, and the syllabus structure, including an overview of content, assessment objectives, compulsory components, specialist options, and project assessment for Component 2. It also provides guidance on command words, accessibility and equality, making entries, grade descriptions, and what students and teachers can do with results, plus updates specific to these years.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages45

Reading Time1 h 53 min

AccessFree to download

Why choose this syllabus?

Key benefits

Syllabus overview

Aims

Content overview

Assessment overview

Assessment objectives

Subject content

Common content: Product Design

Common content: Preparing your candidates for the project

Specialist option: Resistant Materials

Specialist option: Systems & Control

Specialist option: Graphic Products

Details of the assessment

Compulsory components

Specialist options

Project assessment for Component 2 Project

Command words

What else you need to know

Before you start

Making entries

Accessibility and equality

After the exam

How students and teachers can use the grades

Grade descriptions

Changes to this syllabus for 2024, 2025 and 2026

Syllabus ™ Cambridge IGCSE Design & Technology 0445 Use this syllabus for exams in 2024, 2025 and 2026. Exams are available in the June and November series. Version 2 For the purposes of screen readers, any mention in this document of Cambridge IGCSE refers to Cambridge International General Certification of Secondary Education. Why choose Cambridge International? Cambridge International prepares school students for life, helping them develop an informed curiosity and a lasting passion for learning. We are part of the University of Cambridge. Our Cambridge Pathway gives students a clear path for educational success from age 5 to 19. Schools can shape the curriculum around how they want students to learn – with a wide range of subjects and flexible ways to offer them. It helps students discover new abilities and a wider world, and gives them the skills they need for life, so they can achieve at school, university and work. Our programmes and qualifications set the global standard for international education. They are created by subject experts, rooted in academic rigour and reflect the latest educational research. They provide a strong platform for learners to progress from one stage to the next, and are well supported by teaching and learning resources. Our mission is to provide educational benefit through provision of international programmes and qualifications for school education and to be the world leader in this field. Together with schools, we develop Cambridge learners who are confident, responsible, reflective, innovative and engaged – equipped for success in the modern world. Every year, nearly a million Cambridge students from 10 000 schools in 160 countries prepare for their future with the Cambridge Pathway. School feedback: ‘We think the Cambridge curriculum is superb preparation for university.’ Feedback from: Christoph Guttentag, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions, Duke University, USA Quality management Cambridge International is committed to providing exceptional quality. In line with this commitment, our quality management system for the provision of international qualifications and education programmes for students aged 5 to 19 is independently certified as meeting the internationally recognised standard, [ISO 9001:2015. Learn more at www.cambridgeinternational.org/ISO9001](ISO 9001:2015. Learn more at www.cambridgeinternational.org/ISO9001) © Cambridge University Press & Assessment September 2021 Cambridge Assessment International Education is part of Cambridge University Press & Assessment. Cambridge University Press & Assessment is a department of the University of Cambridge. Cambridge University Press & Assessment retains the copyright on all its publications. Registered centres are permitted to copy material from this booklet for their own internal use. However, we cannot give permission to centres to photocopy any material that is acknowledged to a third party even for internal use within a centre. Contents Why choose Cambridge International? ........................................................................ 2 1 Why choose this syllabus? ........................................................................................ 4 2 Syllabus overview ....................................................................................................... 7 Aims 7 Content overview 8 Assessment overview 9 Assessment objectives 10 3 Subject content .........................................................................................................11 1 Common content: Product Design 11 2 Common content: Preparing your candidates for the project 15 3 Specialist option: Resistant Materials 17 4 Specialist option: Systems & Control 20 5 Specialist option: Graphic Products 26 4 Details of the assessment ....................................................................................... 30 Compulsory components 30 Specialist options

FAQs

For which exam years and series is this syllabus intended?

This syllabus is for exams in 2024, 2025 and 2026, with examinations available in the June and November series.

What main learning and assessment areas are covered?

It covers syllabus aims, content overview, assessment overview and objectives, followed by subject content including common and specialist options, and details of compulsory components and project assessment for Component 2.

Where can changes to the syllabus for 2024, 2025 and 2026 be found?

The document states that information about changes for these years is on page 44, with the latest syllabus identified as version 2 published April 2022.

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