A-Level Economics offers an insight into how businesses, governments and individuals think and make decisions. Microeconomics is the study of individuals and businesses and how they behave as consumers and producers, and Macroeconomics considers the policies of Government and how the global economy has an effect on politics and ourselves.
To study A-Level courses, a student must secure five Grade 5s at GCSE (or vocational course Distinctions), including either English or Maths. To study a specific A-Level course, a student must secure at least a Grade 6 in that subject (or a similar specified subject/s). Please see individual course requirements.
Paper 1 (microeconomics) – Markets and business behaviour – An introduction to economics and economic thought, a study of how markets work and why they fail, economic problems and models, supply and demand, market structure, costs, revenues and profit, efficiency, game theory, mergers/takeovers and labour economics (35% of A-Level). Paper 2 (macroeconomics) – The national and global economy – This unit focuses on government policies, the economy and its indicators, financial markets and the economics of happiness, limitations of government, international trade and currencies, global and development economics, poverty and inequality and emerging economies (35% of A-Level). Paper 3 (synoptic) – covers both microeconomics and macroeconomics (30% of A-Level) Assessment is a mixture of multiple-choice, short answer, data response and essay questions.
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A-Level Economics offers an insight into how businesses, governments and individuals think and make decisions. Microeconomics is the study of individuals and businesses and how they behave as consumers and producers, and Macroeconomics considers the policies of Government and how the global economy has an effect on politics and ourselves.
To study A-Level courses, a student must secure five Grade 5s at GCSE (or vocational course Distinctions), including either English or Maths. To study a specific A-Level course, a student must secure at least a Grade 6 in that subject (or a similar specified subject/s). Please see individual course requirements.
Paper 1 (microeconomics) – Markets and business behaviour – An introduction to economics and economic thought, a study of how markets work and why they fail, economic problems and models, supply and demand, market structure, costs, revenues and profit, efficiency, game theory, mergers/takeovers and labour economics (35% of A-Level). Paper 2 (macroeconomics) – The national and global economy – This unit focuses on government policies, the economy and its indicators, financial markets and the economics of happiness, limitations of government, international trade and currencies, global and development economics, poverty and inequality and emerging economies (35% of A-Level). Paper 3 (synoptic) – covers both microeconomics and macroeconomics (30% of A-Level) Assessment is a mixture of multiple-choice, short answer, data response and essay questions.
