Financial Studies Level 3

Designed to encourage students to become responsibile borrowers, sensible savers, and have an appreciation of the need for financial planning throughout their life. This will be achieved by teaching them to apply appropriate solutions from the varied choices available within the evolving and competitive financial services marketplace. The course enables them to evaluate the impact of the changing regulatory and operating environment, technical changes and risk management on issues relating to financial capability. Equivalent to AS standard and 70 UCAS points available.