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Advanced Level Business Entry Requirements
Examination Format
If you have not taken GCSE Business Studies, you need to have GCSE English Language at Grade 5 or above and GCSE Mathematics at Grade 5 or above. If you have taken GCSE Business Studies, you need to have achieved Grade 6 or above.
Component 1: Business Opportunities and Functions
You will need to keep up with current events by watching news programmes and business documentaries on television, as well as reading the business sections in the newspapers. You will need to communicate your ideas clearly and concisely in a logical way and show some creativity in answering discussion type questions. An enquiring mind and a good memory for facts and figures are a great advantage.
Course Content There are three components which are assessed in final examinations. Students will study: business opportunities and functions; business analysis and strategy; and business in a changing world. Work from each component underpins the work that follows to allow students to tackle longer synoptic essays and case studies at the end of the course. The topics are designed to equip students with an understanding of how to launch and manage the day to day running of a variety of different business structures. There is a strong focus on decision making within the business environment, with an emphasis on the practical implications of running a successful business.
2 hours 15 minutes, 80 marks, 33.3% of qualification Section A: compulsory short-answer questions Section B: compulsory data response questions Component 2: Business Analysis and Strategy 2 hours 15 minutes, 80 marks, 33.3% of qualification Compulsory data response and structured questions Component 3: Business in a Changing World 2 hours 15 minutes, 80 marks, 33.3% of qualification Section A: compulsory questions based on a case study Section B: one synoptic essay from a choice of three
