What are the changes?

While we've made some important changes and improved our GCSEs, we haven't changed everything. Here you can see which aspects of GCSE Music are changing, and which will stay the same.

	What changes?	What stays the same?
Structure	Now unitised Now four units rather than three components, and more opportunities to take the units over the two-year course Examinations for units B353 and B352 can be taken in June Examinations for units B353 and B354 can be taken in January or June All units can be re-taken once.	Unit B354 is directly equivalent to the old component 3.
Content	Includes beatboxing, rapping, DJ-ing, dance music and sequencing Two new stimuli to choose from in Unit B353: a sequence of events and a poem.	Many aspects of the content are recognisable from the old specification, providing continuity.
Assessment	Unit B353 is externally assessed (old component 2 was internally assessed) Units B351 and B352 are controlled assessment (component 1 was coursework) Electronic submission of controlled assessments is encouraged.	Unit B354 remains exactly the same as the old Component 3.