BTEC Level 3 Business (Single)

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Entry Requirements: See website for individual subject requirements.

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These are exciting courses which will give you a background into the world of business and will provide plenty of opportunities to look at businesses first hand. This pathway is a vocational based approach to learning with emphasis on practical based activities underpinned by core business theories.

These courses will give you a background into the world of business and will provide plenty of opportunities to look at businesses first hand. Assessment is a mixture of coursework and external exams. The coursework is collected using assignments built around scenarios. They will include report writing, role plays, interviews, business letters and presentations. The final grade is given in a Pass, Merit, Distinction and Distinction* in line with BTEC guidelines.

Employers and professional bodies that have worked with BTEC to provide this qualification include:

Barclays
John Lewis
Let’s Talk Shop
Npower
Peter Jones Foundation

The Diploma is designed to be the part of a 16 – 19 study programme. This programme may include other BTEC Nationals or A Levels to support progression to higher education courses in business areas before entering employment. This qualification can also be used to progress to Higher Apprenticeships.

The Extended Certificate is for learners who are interested in learning about the business sector alongside other fields of study, with a view to progressing to a wide range of higher education courses, not necessarily in business-related subjects. It is designed to be taken as part of a programme of study that includes other BTEC Nationals or A Levels.

Developing a Marketing Campaign
Personal and Business Finance
Principles of Management

Other mandatory units which will be coursework based will include:

Exploring Business
Managing an Event
International Business

Other optional units on offer to study are:

Recruitment and Selection Process
Investigating Customer Service
Market Research
The English Legal System
Work Experience in Business

Two exams in Developing a Marketing Campaign and Personal and Business finance and two coursework units on Understanding Business and Recruitment and Selection.

Merit in BTEC or grade 5 in GCSE business. Students do not have to have studied business at KS4 but will need a grade 5 in GCSE English and GCSE maths.