Business Studies A Level

The Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in Business is structured into the four themes detailed above and consists of three externally examined papers.

Students are introduced to business in Themes 1 and 2 through building knowledge of core business concepts and applying them to business contexts to develop a broad understanding of how businesses work. Breadth and depth of knowledge and understanding, with applications to a wider range of contexts and more complex business information, are developed in Themes 3 and 4, requiring students to take a more strategic view of business opportunities and issues.

Students are encouraged to use an enquiring, critical and thoughtful approach to the study of business, to understand that business behaviour can be studied from a range of perspectives and to challenge assumptions.

Business combines comfortably with a range of both arts and science subjects, but it works particularly well with Maths, English, Government and Politics, Psychology, and Sociology.

In this course, students will develop transferable skills that support higher education study and the transition to employment, including numeracy, communication, an understanding of the business environment and commercial awareness.

Students can progress from this qualification to:

• higher education courses such as business management, business administration, accountancy and finance, human resource management, marketing, retail management, tourism management and international business
• a wide range of careers ranging from banking, sales, product management and general management to working in public sector organisations or charities.