OCR Level 3 Business Studies is a prestigious, exciting, challenging and ‘real’ course that allows you to apply your understanding of business in a variety of ways: posters, reports, diagrams, role-play and organising and managing events. It brings the business world to life. You will visit many organisations to clarify your understanding of business; allowing you to apply ‘real’ examples to your work, ensuring you have every opportunity to meet your full potential.
This can lead to a career in the business world, giving you an underpinning knowledge of how the business you work for functions. Students have been highly successful at acquiring apprenticeships/employment directly from the course, it is a well sought after qualification by employers as it fully prepares you for the world of work. In addition to this – the course has the same UCAS points as A Levels so therefore gives you the same opportunities to access university courses.
All students will be offered extra support and guidance to ensure all learning and progress is consolidated.
5 GCSEs 9 – 4 including English and Mathematics.
• Unit 1: Business Environment (exam)
• Unit 4: Customers and Communications (coursework)
Single Award
• Unit 3: Business Decisions (exam)
• Unit 11: Accounting Concepts (coursework)
• Unit 2: Working in Business (exam)
The Examination Board for this course is OCR.
This qualification is a mixture of externally assessed examinations and internally set coursework.
