Business – BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Business

This is a practical course that looks at real life situations and allows students to develop the skills and knowledge required in a modern day business. Students will study topics such as Marketing, Finance and Personnel by relating them to case studies of actual businesses and the problems they experience.

Course Specific Trips & Visits & Experiences

The College runs a number of educational experiences each year to enable students to bring their learning to life. These experiences include trips and visiting speakers.

Students have the opportunity to participate in a two day business event based on the ‘Dragons Den’ TV programme. This is run by an external consultant and is a great opportunity for students to develop their teamwork and entrepreneurial skills.

This course will prepare students for a degree or employment in Business Studies, Marketing, Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, or more general higher education courses. Increasingly, many students go on to do trainee management courses or apprenticeship schemes within companies in order to gain the skills, understanding and experience required for long term careers in business and related areas.

Students wishing to do BTEC Level 3 courses, need to have (or expect to achieve) at least four GCSE passes at Grade 4 or above with English and Mathematics at 3 or better (and a satisfactory school reference) in order to be accepted on a BTEC Level 3 Programme.

A Merit or higher at BTEC Level 2  will be accepted instead of GCSEs.

Students will enjoy this course if they:

• Prefer coursework
• Like doing presentations and pitches
• Would like to develop an understanding of how businesses work
• Are able to complete independent research

Students should have a general interest in how businesses work. They should also be comfortable with ICT and enjoy group work, problem solving, presentations, working with numbers and meeting deadlines.

This course is assessed by coursework. Students will complete a total of thirteen units of which, seven are mandatory. The points achieved on each unit will be added together to form an overall grade.

The exam board for this course is Pearson BTEC.