IGCSE Biology

Syllabus

Oxford Open Learning’s Biology IGCSE course is designed to prepare students for the Edexcel IGCSE in Biology (4BI0) for examination in June 2012 or later years.

IGCSE Biology Course Structure

The OOL IGCSE Biology course is designed to follow the structure of the Edexcel 4BI0 specification and is divided into five modules, as follows:

• Cells and Organisms
• Plant and Animal Physiology A
• Plant and Animal Physiology B
• Inheritance
• Ecology and Food Production

The IGCSE Biology course enables students to develop a range of scientific skills as they work with diagrams, graphs, statistics, photographic images and online media.

Students should have internet access to carry out some of the research and lesson activities.  To find out more about the course click on the link to the course introduction in the sidebar to the right of this page.

Assessment

IGCSE Biology is by written examination. Paper 1 lasts two hours and is worth two-thirds of the marks. Paper 2 lasts one hour and is worth one third of the marks. There is no coursework and no practical examination.

For further details, read our blog about the course here, or click on the link to the course introduction to the right on this page.

Within this qualification there are the following courses

• IGCSE Accounting course
• IGCSE Biology course
• IGCSE Business Studies course
• IGCSE Chemistry course
• IGCSE Economics course
• IGCSE English course
• IGCSE English Literature course
• IGCSE French course
• IGCSE Geography course
• IGCSE History course
• IGCSE Human Biology course
• IGCSE Maths course
• IGCSE Physics course
• IGCSE Science course
• IGCSE Spanish course