Business Studies - BTEC National Extended Certificate (Equivalent to 1 A Level)

Course summary

Young people taking their first steps towards a new career need the right blend of technical and academic skills in order to become the highly skilled, work-ready individual’s employers and universities look for. This course offers an introduction to a vocational sector through applied learning with its basis of study of the business sector, including marketing, finance, promotion, innovation and the importance of stakeholders. This course is equivalent to one A Level Unit 1: Exploring Business. You will gain an overview of the key ingredients for business success, how businesses are organised, how they communicate, the characteristics of the environment in which they operate, and how this shapes them. This unit is internally assessed but externally moderated. Unit 2: Developing a Marketing Campaign A task is set by the exam board and completed under supervised conditions and is out of 70 marks. Students will receive a context two weeks before a supervised assessment period in order to carry out research. Unit 3: Personal and Business Finance This consists of 2 exams set by the exam board. Both are 2 hour written exams, one is out of 100 marks with the other out of 80 marks. Unit 8: Recruitment and Selection Process Students will explore how the recruitment process is carried out in a business. It will provide students with the opportunity to participate in selection interviews and review their performance.