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ASApplied Business StudiesAS EconomicsAppliedGeorge Stephenson High School • Longbenton Community College • Seaton Burn CollegeQualification and exam board: AS/A2 GCE Single Award, EdexcelWhat will I learn?YEAR 1:You will complete the following 3 units:Unit 1 Investigating People at Work (Exam)Unit 2 Investigating Business (Coursework)Unit 3 Investigating Marketing (Coursework)You will learn about the way in which businesses recruit, motivate and developemployees. You will visit a business in order to gather examples of how itapproaches Human Resource Management. You will be given a grant to start upa business enterprise and you will write up a business plan based upon your idea.You will also produce a marketing assignment based upon a new product idea.YEAR 2:You will complete one compulsory unit (Unit 8 Business Development) and twoadditional optional units.Year 13 Business lessons are essentially activity based. The activities will involveinvestigations into different types of businesses and business situations. Theseinvestigations will include visiting a business and interviewing a guest speaker.You will also be expected to be able to work in a team to produce presentations.Qualification and exam board: AS/A2 GCE, OCRWhat will I learn?YEAR 1:You will study 2 units that cover both micro and macro-economics. You willgain an appreciation of the allocation of resources, the market model andwhat makes markets efficient or sees them fail. You will also see how levels ofmacro-economic activity are determined and also investigate key national andinternational economic indicators, policies and problems.YEAR 2:You will gain an understanding of the economics of work and leisure. You will alsolearn the conceptual framework for the understanding, analysis, and evaluationofmacro-economic performance in national, regional and global contexts.How will I be assessed?Assessment is by external examination in June during the course.Further informationThe following websites will help you to understand the kind of things wewill be looking at: www.economicsonline.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk/economyHow will I be assessed?Students will be continually assessed through projects, assignments, case studiesand coursework. A Portfolio of Evidence will be collected for each Unit. Units 1and 8 are externally assessed by Examinations. The qualification will be graded ona scale A* to E.Further informationGCE in Applied Business offers a practical approach to studying. Individualresearch within real world contexts is encouraged. Students are also givenopportunities to further develop communication and presentation skills17