Business Studies is an option at Key Stage 4.
Curriculum time: 5 hours over 2 weeks
Edexcel - GCSE Business Studies
The GCSE coiurse is made up of three different units.
- Unit 1 – Introduction to small business. (25% of the final mark). This part of the course is assessed through an external exam and is made up of multiple choice questions and objective questions.
- Unit 2 – Investigating small business (25% of the final mark). This part of the course is assessed through a single piece of coursework which is internally assessed and externally verified.
- Unit 3 – Unit 3 Building a business (50% of the final mark). This part of the course is assessed through an external exam.
Specification - http://www.edexcel.com/quals/gcse/gcse09/Business/Business/Pages/default.aspx