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AS
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Business
• Third level
– Fourth level
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Yes, if you enjoy:
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• Communicating and explaining ideas
– Second level
• Exploring
• Thirdand
levelpresenting alternative courses of action
– Fourth level
• Thinking strategically
and making decisions
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• Working with numbers to solve business problems
• Keeping up to date with national and international
business news
• Learning about the world of business through research
and investigation
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What
did GCSE
Business?
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•• If
you studied
Business
and enjoyed it, you are
likely to enjoy the A level too
– Second level
• There• is
some
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leveloverlap in core content but you will learn
– Fourth
level depth at A level
content in
greater
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• You will still learn about real businesses but you will
focus more on strategic thinking and the global world in
which businesses operate
• There is no controlled assessment but there is a
pre-released research task for A level so you can
investigate an industry or market in which businesses
operate
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What
didn’t
do GCSE
Business?
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• You
don’t need
to have studied Business at GCSE to do
– Second
level
the A• level
– you will be introduced to all the core
Third level
content – Fourth level
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• It is more important that you are interested in
business… you might want to start your own business
one day, be interested in the world around you, explore
how businesses work and consider the challenges
businesses face
• A level Business helps you to understand all of this and
more!
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What
I learn?
• In Theme 1 you will learn about dynamic markets,
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social media and online retailing, innovation and
entrepreneurship
– Second level
• Third
level
• Theme
2 introduces
you to business finance, the impact
– Fourth level
of economic» uncertainty
on businesses and the
Fifth level
competitive environment
• In Theme 3 you will moving from functions to strategy,
exploring business decision-making, small business
survival, managing change and scenario planning
• Theme 4 explores global business, investigating
overseas markets, cultural and social differences and
the impact of multinationals
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How
I beMaster
assessed?
For A level you will study all four themes and will sit three
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exams at the end of your course:
– Second
levelresponse and essay questions, and
• Paper
1 has data
• Third
focuses
on level
Theme 1 and Theme 4 content
– Fourth level
Fifth level
• Paper 2 has »data
response and essay questions, and
focuses on Theme 2 and Theme 3 content
• Paper 3 has a pre-released context so you will
investigate an industry or market in which businesses
operate before your exam. The data response and essay
questions in the exam are linked to the context
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How
I beMaster
assessed?
For AS you will study Theme 1 and Theme 2 and will sit
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two exams at the end of your course:
– Second
levelresponse questions focusing on
• Paper
1 has data
• Third
level
Theme
1 content.
There is also an essay question that
– Fourth level
asks you to »make
connections between Theme 1 and
Fifth level
Theme 2 content
• Paper 2 has data response questions focusing on
Theme 1 content. There is also an essay question that
asks you to make connections between Theme 1 and
Theme 2 content
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What
I doMaster
after the
course?
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Business prepares you for progression to further study or
the –
world
of work:
Second
level
• Third level
• Transferable
skills like making decisions, solving
– Fourth level
problems, numerical
» Fifth level skills, understanding the business
environment and commercial awareness are relevant to
university and employment
• You might want to study a degree in business
management, accountancy, tourism management or
international business
• You might progress to a career in banking, sales,
product management or for charity
• There are many possibilities!
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You
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stylesBusiness by:
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the Edexcel
– Second
level website to find our more about
AS and
A level
• Third
level Business
– Fourth level
• Search online
for Business courses at university to find
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out more about where an A level in Business can take
you
• Find out what is happening in the world of business by
watching business programmes and reading business
news
• Speak to your Head of Business who will advise you
what to do next
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• Third level
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