The Course - King Solomon High School

Business Education DepartmentAt Sixth form, the options available to students are Economics as wellas Business Studies.Business Studies - The CourseBusiness Studies is a subject which has been successfully taught in thedepartment for many years. The pass rate is often 100%, and a significantnumber of students attain C or above. It is concerned with examininghow businesses of various forms are run and how decisions are made.The AQA syllabus is used for assessment purposes. Students will, in thesummer term, write 3 units in their AS year, and another 3 units in theirA2 year. The last unit is a coursework unit, where the student is expectedto research a topic of their choice in order to arrive at some conclusions,taking account of the theory covered. The units are varied and include;Unit 1: Marketing and Accounting and FinanceUnit 2: People and Operations ManagementUnit 3External Influences and Objectives and StrategyUnit 4: Marketing and Accounting and Finance, People and OperationsManagementUnit 5: CourseworkUnit 6: External Influences and Objectives and StrategyWho teaches the course?The course is currently taught by Ms D. Twomey, Mrs S. Lidher, and MrS. Ngwenya.Sound writing skills and numeracy skills as well as research skills, areuseful for this subject.BUSINESS STUDIES