Business Studies

Course summary

The course is a two-year business qualification course, which prepares you for employment or higher education in this area. The course is divided into 13 units over two academic years. The course is a mixture of externally assessed examinations, which hold 42% of the total qualification. 58% of the course is internally assessed coursework. The nature of the course will enable you to develop other skills and personal qualities such as: personal time management, organisational and prioritising skills, team working skills, independent research skills, as well as key skills such as communication, numerical, and ICT. The vocational nature of the course means that you will be required to investigate and apply your knowledge to real businesses situations and gain appropriate work experience. How is the course taught? The course is taught over two academic years. In Year 12 learners will sit 2 Externally Assessed units and 5 Internally Assessed units. The 1080-GLH BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma extends and deepens the specialist workrelated focus from the BTEC Level 3 Diploma. There is potential for the qualification to prepare learners for appropriate direct employment in the vocational sector and it is suitable for those who have decided that they clearly wish to enter a particularspecialist area of work. It is broadly equivalent to three GCE A Levels. Some learners may wish to gain the qualification in order to enter a specialist area of employment or to progress to a higher education foundation degree, HND or other professional development programme.