Business Studies
BUSINESS STUDIES AS and A2 LEVEL
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Four GCSE's A* - C including English Language and Mathematics
CONTENT
AS 2 Units
Unit 1 Planning & Financing a Business Unit 2 Managing a Business
A2 2 Units
Unit 3 Strategies for Success
Unit 4 The Business Environment &
Managing Change
ASSESSMENT
There are 4 external examinations.
Unit I will be taken in the January Series
at AS
Unit 2 will be taken in the June Series
at AS
Unit 3 will be taken in the January Series at A2
Unit 4 will be taken in the June Series
at A2
USEFULNESS FOR THE FUTURE
Studying Business provides students with the opportunity to explore a broad spectrum of career paths, strengthens their basic skills in numeracy and literacy enabling entry to a wide variety of higher education courses or employment.





