List of Cambridge International Examinations Ordinary Level subjects

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The following is a list of GCE Ordinary Level subjects offered by Cambridge International Examinations (CAIE).You can choose from more than 40 subjects in any combination. [1]

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Cambridge O Levels, Cambridge IGCSE and/or Cambridge International Level 1 or Level 2 Certificates may be taken in the same examination session but certain combinations of subjects are not allowed as described below.

Cambridge O Levels are only available for centres in administrative zones 3, 4 & 5. [2]

Syllabus CodeSyllabus TitleAvailabilityNotesFurther Details
May & JuneOctober & NovemberPrivate candidates
CIE 1115 English Language (Caribbean)Yes Caribbean area only, candidates in the Caribbean area taking O Level English Language had to enter for this syllabus; last exam in 2010
CIE 1119 English Language (Malaysia)Yes Malaysia only
CIE 1120 English Language (Brunei)YesYes Brunei only, candidates in Brunei taking O Level English Language must enter for this syllabus
CIE 1123 English Language YesYesYesCannot be combined with syllabuses 0500, 0510 & 0511 (IGCSE), 0522 (Level 1/2 Certificate), 1115, 1119, 1120, 1124, 1125, 1126, 1127 & 1128 (O Level) link
CIE 1124 English Language (Seychelles)Yes Seychelles only, candidates in Seychelles taking O Level English Language had to enter for this syllabus; last exam in 2008
CIE 1125 English Language (Mauritius)NoYes Mauritius only, candidates in Mauritius taking O Level English Language must enter for this syllabus or syllabus 1126
CIE 1126 English Language (Syllabus B) (Mauritius)NoYes Mauritius only, candidates in Mauritius taking O Level English Language must enter for this syllabus or syllabus 1125
CIE 1127 English Language (Singapore)YesYesYes Singapore only, last exam in 2014
CIE 1128 English Language (Singapore)YesYesYes Singapore only, available from 2013
CIE 1135 Arabic as a Third Language (Singapore)YesYesNo Singapore only syllabus
CIE 1136 Bahasa Indonesia as a Third Language (Singapore)YesYesNo Singapore only syllabus
CIE 1201 Bahasa Melayu (Brunei)YesYes Brunei only
CIE 2010 Literature in English YesYesYesCannot be combined with syllabuses 0408 & 0486 (IGCSE) & 0476 (Level 1/2 Certificate) link
CIE 2014 Literature in English (Singapore)NoYesYes Singapore only; last exam in 2014 syllabus
CIE 2023 Malay Literature (Brunei)YesYes Brunei only
CIE 2047 Islamic Religious Knowledge (Brunei)YesYes Brunei only
CIE 2048 Religious Studies (Bible Knowledge)YesYesYesCannot be combined with syllabuses 0490 (IGCSE) & 2049 (O Level) link
CIE 2049 Religious Studies (Bible Knowledge) (Singapore)YesYesExclusive Singapore only syllabus
CIE 2055 Hinduism NoYesYes link
CIE 2056 Islamic Religion and Culture NoYesYesCannot be combined with 0493 (IGCSE) & 2058 (O Level) link
CIE 2058 Islamiyat YesYesYesCannot be combined with 0493 (IGCSE) & 2056 (O Level) link
CIE 2059 Pakistan Studies YesYesYesCannot be combined with syllabus 0448 (IGCSE) link
CIE 2065 Literature in English (Singapore)YesYesYes Singapore only; available from 2014 syllabus
CIE 2101Ulum al-Quran (Brunei)NoYes Brunei only
CIE 2102Hafaz al-Quran (Brunei)NoYes Brunei only
CIE 2103Tafsir al-Quran (Asas) (Brunei)NoYes Brunei only
CIE 2134 History (Modern World Affairs)YesYesYesCannot be combined with syllabuses 2162 & 2173 (O Level); first exam in 2015, to replace syllabus 2158 link
CIE 2138 History (World Affairs 1917 - 1991) (Singapore)YesYesYes Singapore only; last exam in 2013 syllabus
CIE 2158 History (World Affairs 1917 - 1991)YesYesYesCannot be combined with syllabuses 0470 (IGCSE), 2160, 2162 & 2173 (O Level); last exam in 2014, to be replaced with syllabus 2134 from 2015 link
CIE 2160 History (Central and Southern Africa)NoYes Central and Southern Africa only
CIE 2162 History (Mauritius)NoYes Mauritius only
CIE 2171 History (Brunei)YesYes Brunei only
CIE 2173 History (Singapore)YesYesYes Singapore only; last exam in 2014 syllabus
CIE 2174 History (Singapore)YesYesYes Singapore only; available from 2014 syllabus
CIE 2192 Combined Humanities (Singapore)YesYesYes Singapore only; last exam in 2015 syllabus
CIE 2204 Combined Humanities (Singapore)YesYesYes Singapore only; available from 2014; last exam in 2017 syllabus
CIE 2210 Computer Science YesYesYesCommon with syllabus 0478 (IGCSE); first exam in 2015, to replace syllabus 7010 link
CIE 2217 Geography YesYesYesCannot be combined with syllabuses 0460 (IGCSE), 2223 & 2230 (O Level) link
CIE 2223 Geography (Southern Africa)NoYes South Africa only
CIE 2230 Geography (Brunei)YesYes Brunei only
CIE 2235 Geography (Singapore)YesYesYeslast exam in 2014 syllabus
CIE 2236 Geography (Singapore)YesYesYesAvailable from 2014 syllabus
CIE 2251 Sociology YesYesYesCannot be combined with syllabus 0495 (IGCSE) link
CIE 2267 Combined Humanities (Singapore)YesYesYes Singapore only; available from 2017 syllabus
CIE 2281 Economics YesYesYesCannot be combined with syllabus 0455 (IGCSE) link
CIE 2284 Economics (Singapore)NoYesYes Singapore only; last exam in 2013 syllabus
CIE 3012 French (Singapore)NoYesYes Singapore only syllabus
CIE 3015 French YesNoYesCannot be combined with syllabus 0501 (IGCSE) link
CIE 3025 German NoYesYes link
CIE 3028 German (Singapore)NoYesYes Singapore only syllabus
CIE 3035 Spanish NoYesYesCannot be combined with syllabus 0502 (IGCSE) link
CIE 3158 Setswana NoYesYes link
CIE 3162 Swahili YesNoYes link
CIE 3180 Arabic NoYesYesCannot be combined with syllabus 0508 (IGCSE) link
CIE 3183 Arabic (Brunei)NoYes Brunei only
CIE 3186 Arabic (Singapore)NoYesExclusive Singapore only syllabus
CIE 3194 Hindi (Singapore)NoYesYes Singapore only syllabus
CIE 3195 Hindi Yes link
CIE 3196 Urdu (Singapore)NoYesYes Singapore only syllabus
CIE 3199 Gujarati (Singapore)NoYesYes Singapore only syllabus
CIE 3202 Nepali YesNoYes link
CIE 3203 Panjabi (Singapore)NoYesYes Singapore only syllabus
CIE 3204 Bengali YesNoYes link
CIE 3205 Sinhala YesNoYesCannot be combined with syllabus 3206 link
CIE 3206 Tamil YesNoYesCannot be combined with syllabus 3205 link
CIE 3215 Bengali (Singapore)NoYesYes Singapore only syllabus
CIE 3247 First Language Urdu YesNoYesCannot be combined with syllabus 3248 link
CIE 3248 Second Language Urdu YesYesYesCannot be combined with syllabus 3247 link
CIE 3249 Burmese (Singapore)NoYesYes Singapore only syllabus
CIE 3260 Thai (Singapore)NoYesYes Singapore only syllabus
CIE 3261 Japanese (Singapore)NoYesYes Singapore only syllabus
CIE 4016 Mathematics (Singapore)YesYesYes Singapore only; last exam in 2016 syllabus
CIE 4021 Mathematics (Syllabus A) (Mauritius)Yes Mauritius only
CIE 4024 Mathematics (Syllabus D)YesYesYesCannot be combined with syllabuses 0580 & 0581 (IGCSE), 4021, 4026 & 4029 (O Level) link
CIE 4026 Mathematics (Syllabus E) (Brunei)Yes Brunei only; last exam in 2010
CIE 4029 Mathematics (Syllabus D) (Mauritius)NoYesYes Mauritius only; cannot be combined with syllabuses 0580 & 0581 (IGCSE), 4021 & 4024 (O Level) syllabus [ permanent dead link ]
CIE 4037 Additional Mathematics YesYesYesCommon with syllabus 0606 (IGCSE) link
CIE 4038 Additional Mathematics (Singapore)YesYesYes Singapore only; last exam in 2014 syllabus
CIE 4040 Statistics NoYesYes link
CIE 4047 Additional Mathematics (Singapore)YesYesYes Singapore only; available from 2014 syllabus
CIE 4048 Mathematics (Singapore)YesYesYes Singapore only; available from 2016 syllabus
CIE 4049 Additional Mathematics (Singapore)YesYesYes Singapore only; available from 2021 syllabus
CIE 4345 Accounting (Namibia)Yes Namibia only
CIE 5014 Environmental Management YesYesYes link
CIE 5038 Agriculture NoYesNo link
CIE 5054 Physics YesYesYesCannot be combined with syllabuses 0652, 0653 & 0654 (IGCSE) & 5129 (O Level) link
CIE 5057 Physics (Singapore)YesYesExclusive Singapore only; last exam in 2014 syllabus
CIE 5058 Physics (with Coursework) (Singapore)YesYesNo Singapore only; last exam in 2014 syllabus
CIE 5059 Physics (with Coursework) (Singapore)YesYesNo Singapore only; available from 2014; Coursework to be phased out from 2018 (to replace one-time practical assessment) syllabus
CIE 5064 Physics (Singapore)YesYesExclusive Singapore only; available from 2014; last exam in 2017 syllabus
CIE 5067 Chemistry (Singapore)YesYesExclusive Singapore only; last exam in 2014
CIE 5070 Chemistry YesYesYesCannot be combined with syllabuses 0652, 0653 & 0654 (IGCSE) & 5129 (O Level) link
CIE 5072 Chemistry (with Coursework) (Singapore)YesYesNo Singapore only; last exam in 2014 syllabus
CIE 5073 Chemistry (with Coursework) (Singapore)YesYesNo Singapore only; available from 2014; Coursework to be phased out from 2018 (to replace one-time practical assessment) syllabus
CIE 5074 Chemistry (Singapore)YesYesExclusive Singapore only; available from 2014; last exam in 2017
CIE 5076 Science (Physics, Chemistry) (Singapore)YesYesYes Singapore only; available from 2014 syllabus
CIE 5077 Science (Physics, Biology) (Singapore)YesYesYes Singapore only; available from 2014 syllabus
CIE 5078 Science (Chemistry, Biology) (Singapore)YesYesYes Singapore only; available from 2014 syllabus
CIE 5090 Biology YesYesYesCannot be combined with syllabuses 0653 & 0654 (IGCSE), 5096, 5125, 5126, 5129 & 5130 (O Level) link
CIE 5094 Biology (with Coursework) (Singapore)YesYesNo Singapore only; last exam in 2014 syllabus
CIE 5096 Human and Social Biology YesYesYesCannot be combined with syllabuses 0608, 0610, 0653 & 0654 (IGCSE), 5090, 5129 & 5131 (O Level) link
CIE 5100 Biology (Singapore)YesYesExclusive Singapore only; last exam in 2014 syllabus
CIE 5108 Biology (Singapore)YesYesExclusive Singapore only; available from 2014; last exam in 2017 syllabus
CIE 5116 Science (Physics, Chemistry) (Singapore)YesYesYes Singapore only; last exam in 2014 syllabus
CIE 5117 Science (Physics, Biology) (Singapore)YesYesYes Singapore only; last exam in 2014 syllabus
CIE 5118 Science (Chemistry, Biology) (Singapore)YesYesYes Singapore only; last exam in 2014 syllabus
CIE 5124 Science (Physics, Chemistry)Yes link
CIE 5125 Science (Physics, Biology)Yes link
CIE 5126 Science (Chemistry, Biology)Yes link
CIE 5129 Combined Science YesYesYesCannot be combined with syllabuses 0608, 0610, 0620, 0625, 0652, 0653 & 0654 (IGCSE), 5054, 5070, 5090, 5096 & 5131 (O Level) link
CIE 5130 Additional Combined Science NoYesYeslast exam in 2007 link
CIE 5131Science for All
CIE 5158 Biology (with Coursework) (Singapore)YesYesNo Singapore only; available from 2014; Coursework to be phased out from 2018 (to replace one-time practical assessment) syllabus
CIE 5999 Drama (Singapore)YesYesNo Singapore only syllabus
CIE 6010 Art PartialYesPartialCannot be combined with syllabus 0400 (IGCSE); last exam in 2014, to be replaced with syllabuses 6089 and 6090 from 2015 link
CIE 6030WoodworkNoYesexpired link
CIE 6031 Art (Singapore)YesYesExclusive Singapore only syllabus
CIE 6040MetalworkNoYesexpired link
CIE 6043 Design and Technology NoYesNo link
CIE 6050 Fashion and Fabrics NoYesNoCannot be combined with syllabuses 0638 & 0649 (IGCSE); to be replaced with syllabus 6130 after 2013 link
CIE 6053 Music (Singapore)YesYesNo Singapore only; last exam in 2014 syllabus
CIE 6055 Higher Music (Singapore)YesYesNo Singapore only; last exam in 2014 syllabus
CIE 6065 Food and Nutrition YesYesNoCommon with syllabus 0648 (IGCSE) link
CIE 6075Home ManagementNoYeslast exam in 2007 link
CIE 6080 Physical Education (Singapore)YesYesNo Singapore only syllabus
CIE 6082 Food and Nutrition (Singapore)YesYesNo Singapore only; last exam in 2014 syllabus
CIE 6085 Music (Singapore)YesYesNo Singapore only; available from 2013 syllabus
CIE 6086 Higher Music (Singapore)YesYesNo Singapore only; available from 2013 syllabus
CIE 6087 Food and Nutrition (Singapore)YesYesNo Singapore only; available from 2013 syllabus
CIE 6089 Art and Design (Brunei)YesYesYes Brunei only; cannot be combined with syllabuses 0400 (IGCSE) and 6090 (O Level); first exam in 2015, to replace syllabus 6010
CIE 6090 Art and Design YesYesYes Bangladesh, The Maldives, Mauritius and Pakistan only; cannot be combined with syllabuses 0400 (IGCSE) & 6089 (O Level); first exam in 2015, to replace syllabus 6010 link
CIE 6123 Art (with Coursework) (Singapore)YesYesNo Singapore only syllabus
CIE 6124 Higher Art (Singapore)YesYesNo Singapore only syllabus
CIE 6130 Fashion and Textiles NoYesNoAvailable from 2014, replacing syllabus 6050; cannot be combined with syllabuses 0638 & 0649 (IGCSE) link
CIE 7010 Computer Studies YesYesPartialCommon with syllabus 0420 (IGCSE); last exam in 2014, to be replaced with syllabus 2210 from 2015 link
CIE 7017 Computer Studies (Singapore)YesYesNo Singapore only; last exam in 2014 syllabus
CIE 7048CDT: Design and CommunicationNoYesNoavailable from 2009 link
CIE 7051 Design and Technology (Singapore)YesYesNo Singapore only syllabus
CIE 7085 Business Studies (Singapore)YesYesYes Singapore only syllabus
CIE 7090 Commerce (Singapore)YesYesExclusive Singapore only; last exam in 2012 syllabus
CIE 7092 Principles of Accounts (Singapore)YesYesYes Singapore only; last exam in 2015 syllabus
CIE 7094Bangladesh StudiesYesFutureYesCannot be combined with syllabus 0449 (IGCSE) link
CIE 7096 Travel and Tourism NoYesPartialCannot be combined with syllabus 0471 (IGCSE) link
CIE 7100 Commerce YesYesYesCannot be combined with syllabus 7101 link
CIE 7101Commercial StudiesNoYesYesCannot be combined with syllabuses 0598 (IGCSE), 7090 & 7100 (O Level) link
CIE 7707 Accounting YesYesYesCannot be combined with syllabuses 0452 & 0614 (IGCSE), 4345, 7092 & 7175 (O Level).The Cambridge O Level Principles of Accounts 7110 syllabus has been

revised and now has a new title and code: Cambridge O Level Accounting 7707. The last examination series for Cambridge O Level Principles of Accounts 7110 will be November 2019. [3]

link
CIE 7115 Business Studies YesYesYes link
CIE 7175 Principles of Accounts (Singapore)YesYesYes Singapore only; available from 2015 syllabus

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