A Level in Business

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Attendance: Full Time

Course level: 3

Location: City Learning Quarter, Paget Road Campus

Course code: Q0114

Start dates:

01/09/2025

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Is this course right for me?

Business makes the world go around and whatever your chosen career you will inevitably require some knowledge of business. If you have ambition, if you wish to join a global company, or one day start your own business then this A Level is the right choice for you.

A Level Business is an inter-disciplinary subject that brings together the study of marketing, finance, HRM and operations. We investigate entrepreneurs, leadership and organisational culture along with the external business environment including economic factors and globalisation. You will use current case studies of real life business to which you will be able to apply the concepts and theories that you learn.

If you would like to learn a subject that is interesting, alive, always changing and full of surprises and in the news every day, which has relevance to all our lives, then choose business!

We have a 100% A2 success rate on this course and excellent feedback from our past students. In fact, some of our past students have gone on to become teachers, bankers and accountants. Some of our past students have progressed on to study Politics at Bristol University, Marketing at Birmingham City University, Business and Management at Aberystwyth University and Finance at Loughborough. While you are on this course you will have the opportunity to visit A Level Student Conferences.

Please note – when applying for any A level on our website, this submits your application for the full A level programme. You only need to apply for one subject – your other subject choices will be discussed at interview.

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Course details

Entry Requirements:

To access this course you are required to have:

Five or more GCSEs at Grade 4 or above, including English and maths
The required QoE score

What will I learn?

During this course you will study:

What is a business?
Managers, leadership and decision making
Decision making to improve marketing, operational, financial and human resource performance
Analysing the strategic position of a business
Choosing strategic direction
Strategic methods- how to pursue strategies
Managing strategic change

What skills will I gain?

By studying this course you will:

Develop an active rather than passive understanding of core areas of business & entrepreneurship including finance, HRM, marketing, customer service, emerging markets, globalisation and migration
Develop the ability to ask relevant and significant questions about all aspects of business and to research them
Develop your confidence as an effective and independent learner with an ability to think critically and reflectively with an enquiring mind
Develop your use and understanding of business terms, concepts and skills and the ability to write extended responses to business questions
Improve your ability to make links and draw comparisons within and/or across different areas of business
Improve your research, analytical, critical reasoning, presentation, verbal and written skills
Gain valuable team working and communication skills by taking part in class debates and presentations
The practical application of business concepts and reinforcing understanding of theories and concepts

How will I be assessed?

You will be assessed by three exams in year one and two.

What can I do next?

The skills you will learn from this course will enable you to:

Pursue a career in finance, marketing, accounting, civil service, education, human resource management, operations management, banking and retail
Progress on to Higher Education, apprenticeships and employment