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  • A Level Business Studies

    A Level Business Studies

Course Summary

The Business A Level Course considers how businesses, local, national or international, operate – and the effect of the external business environment. As well as this, students will have the opportunity to study business functional areas, where tasks are differentiated into specialist areas, such as Human Resources, Finance, Marketing and Operations Management.

In Year 2, the main emphasis will be on business strategy: its nature, development and implementation, plus a critical evaluation in the context of specific organisational and business situations to solve problems and make decisions. This also includes all aspects of the globalisation of business in today’s modern world.

Overall, this course will help students to develop their key skills analytical and evaluative skills, which are highly prized by higher education and employers.

Careers / Progression

This course is particularly applicable to any student who wishes to pursue a career in any business-related areas at university, as it is one of the most popular degree choices in UK Universities, or straight into employment. A Level business will be helpful to those seek routes into Accountancy, Marketing, Human Resource Management, Public Relations and Retail Management or even teaching

Entry Requirements

Grade 5 in Business Studies if taken.

Examination Board

Edexcel

Assessment

Component

%age 

Content

Paper 1

35

A 2 hour written paper covering:

  • Theme 1 People, Marketing
  • Theme 4 Global

Paper 2

35

A 2 hour written paper covering:

  • Theme 2 Business Activities & Decisions
  • Theme 3 Business Strategy

Paper 3

30

A 2 hour written paper covering:

  • The Competitive Business Environment covers content across all 4 Theme.
  • The paper will focus on an industry which will be identified in a pre-release document issued during Year 13.

Careers / Progression

This course is particularly applicable to any student who wishes to pursue a career in any business-related areas at university, as it is one of the most popular degree choices in UK Universities, or straight into employment. A Level business will be helpful to those seek routes into Accountancy, Marketing, Human Resource Management, Public Relations and Retail Management or even teaching