Home Our College Contact Us Learning Pastoral Care Pupils Parents Registration SIMS Parent App SchoolCloud Booking Policies Gallery Business Studies Key Stage 3 Key Stage 4 Key Stage 5 ‘A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts.’ Richard Branson Learn about the society in which you live and develop life-long skills of analysis, interpretation and decision making. Prepare yourself for the wider world and your future career. Key Stage 3 During Year 10 students study Business Enterprise. Introducing them to a taster of the main concepts of business - ownership, marketing, production, recruitment and finance. This course is delivered in a dynamic way – it’s interactive and encourages students to discover their entrepreneurial skills. Students get the opportunity to build upon their basic understanding of the business in the world around them. Key Stage 4 GCSE Applied Business Studies This is a course which is relevant to the business world around us. Students discover in detail the reasons why businesses operate in the way they do. This course is taught using a variety of teaching methods which engages students by relating their studies to their everyday lives. Content Business Start Up, Production, Finance, Marketing, Managing People, Business Growth and Business Plan. Assessment One controlled assessment worth 60% of the overall mark (continually completed throughout the two years). One external exam worth 40% of the overall mark (end of Year 12). Business Communication Systems Business Communication Systems is the study of both Business and ICT. It looks into the basic concepts of running a business and how ICT influences and develops business ideas. Students will look at the development of websites, spreadsheets, databases and how communication is used to develop business. Content: ICT Systems in Business; Using ICT in Business and Investigating ICT in Business. Assessment: Two exam papers - one written paper (40%) and one practical computer based exam (35%). One controlled assessment worth 25%. Key Stage 5 GCE Travel and Tourism This fun, exciting course is aimed at developing the understanding and skills needed to work in the ever growing travel and tourism industry. Content Introduction to travel and tourism industry (Exam) Customer Service Travel Destinations Event Management Guided Tour Tourism Development (Exam) Assessment Two year course with three units each year (one examination and two portfolios) GCE Applied Business This course looks in detail at the business world and helps students develop their own understanding of how businesses operate and business management. Content Enterprising Business Enterprising Manager External Influences on Business Enterprise (Exam) Enterprise in Practice Marketing Finance (Exam) Assessment Two year course with three units each year (one examination and two portfolios) Cambridge Technical Level 3 in Business (Extended Certificate) This course is equivalent to one A Level and has no terminal examinations. It consists of 5 units, 50% portfolio and 50% examination. This course gives you very hands on experience of the business world where students learn in a practical manner, gaining a better understanding of business with a clear element of computer based units. This course is a development from Business Studies and Business Communication Systems. Content The Business Environment (Exam) Customers and Communication Working in Business (Exam) Introduction to Human Resources Business Events Assessment 3 Portfolios and 2 examinations Professional Business Services Professional Business Services provides students with a better understanding of business services through active participation in the business environment. This course offers an excellent foundation for a career in; · Business Professional Service · Finance · Accountancy · Technology in Business · Project Management · Management and Leadership · Human resource management · Customer service · Self-employment The specification builds on the foundation laid by the GCSE Business Studies specification currently offered in school. You will learn to: The course is an industry-endorsed specification, appropriate for students wanting a bespoke business training program or apprenticeships as well as those seeking progression to relevant Higher and Further Education programs. These can be linked as part of the overall business course or as a foundation for; Business Professional Services, Project Management, Leadership and Management, Marketing, Accountancy, Customer Service and Human Resources to name but a few. Assessment The course is divided into 6 units: 2 portfolio units and 4 examinations (2 each year) Unit 1 (AS): Introduction to Professional Business Services – (Exam) 1 hour 30 mins Unit 2 (AS): Human Resource Services -this is 100% portfolio based on a pre-released case study and is externally moderated. Unit 3 (AS): Financial Decision Making—(Exam) 1 Hour 30 Minutes Exam Unit 4 (A2): Technology in Business—(Exam) 2 Hours Unit 5 (A2): Leadership and Management – (Exam) 2 Hours Unit 6 (A2): Project Management skills and Processes – 100% portfolio based and is externally moderated. Enrichment Visiting speakers from local businesses Year 10 Dragon’s Den Field Trips to local Businesses (Sixth Form) Year 11 trip to Tayto and Aunt Sandra’s Eye for Enterprise Programme (Year 13) Next Print | Sitemap © Dunclug College This website was created using 1&1 IONOS MyWebsite. Login