Level 2 Business Studies

Business Studies
GCSE - One-year course
The GCSE Business Studies full course helps candidates to gain a thorough understanding of the dynamics of business activity. The specifications cover a balanced range of topics, giving candidates a valuable insight into the way in which business operates in a modern day mixed economy.

Areas studied include:

Introduction to Small Business

• Spotting a business opportunity
• Showing enterprise
• Putting a business idea into practice
• Making the start-up effective
• Understanding economic context

Investigating Small Business

Building a Business

• Marketing
• Meeting customer needs
• Effective financial management
• Effective people management
• The wider world affecting business

Overall assessment for the course is through: a written examination; a multiple choice and objective test; and an internally assessed piece of written work completed under controlled assessment conditions.

Careers and Further Studies
Successful completion of this course provides a sound basis for candidates to progress either directly to employment within any sector of the economy or to proceed to further qualifications. Students could progress to A Level courses at SEEVIC College in any of the business disciplines â€" Business Studies, Accounting or Economics (with the prerequisite additional GCSEs). Alternatively, the vocational BTEC National Diploma in Business Studies is another popular route from the GCSE course.

General Entry Requirements
It is expected that students pursuing a programme of GCSE courses will have already achieved a grade C in at least three GCSE subjects and an average GCSE points score of 3.5.