EXTENDED CERTIFICATE IN BUSINESS

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EDEXCEL

 

Overview

Whether you see yourself as an entrepreneur, someone who wants to work for one of the world’s largest organisations as a CEO, or just an individual who would like to know more about the world of business, then this course could be for you!

 

Why Choose This?

Business is a platform to apply for many related degree courses including business and management, marketing, accountancy, economics and IT based degrees. Studying business can support you when applying to work or study abroad, or for combined degrees in international relations and languages.

 

Alternatively, students can find paid employment in organisations such as KPMG or apply for apprenticeships including business administration.

 

Areas of Study & Assessment

Unit 1: Exploring Business

Coursework

This unit is worth 25% of the course

 

Unit 2: Developing a Marketing Campaign

Controlled Assessment Task

This unit is worth 25% of the course.

 

Unit 3: Personal and Business Finance

Examination

This unit is worth 33% of the course

 

Unit 8: Recruitment and Selection Process

Coursework

This unit is worth 17% of the course

 

What Our Students Say

I chose to study business simply because it was one of the subjects that I had a lot of interest for.  The course gave me an understanding of how businesses operates in terms of decision making, being cost effective, marketing etc. and allowed me to recognise, in real life, strategies businesses use and their purpose.  The amount you can learn in business is extensive, the way businesses run is changing constantly as people are finding better ways to operate and better ideas to adapt existing products/services as well as identifying new customer needs. What I enjoyed most about business studies was learning how important decision making was to keep a business successful and how entrepreneurs use various strategies to save their struggling business.  I am currently studying architecture and I believe that business has helped to recognise how I can create designs that cater the needs of the consumers and how architects may use certain aspects in designs to market to their consumer as a USP.