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Course content

We use the AQA Economics specification. Full details of the course including past-papers can be accessed via the AQA website but an outline is provided below:

Unit 3:   Business Economics and the Distribution of Income:

• Firms Costs and Revenues
• Competitive & Concentrated Markets
• The Labour Market
• Government Intervention in the Market.

Assessment

• 2hr – 25% of A level
• One data-response question from a choice of two
• One essay from a choice of three

Unit 4:   The National and International Economy

• Growth of the Economy & Cyclical Instability
• Inflation & Unemployment
• Managing the National Economy
• The International Economy.

Assessment

• 2hr – 25% of A level
• One data-response question from a choice of two
• One essay from a choice of three

Teaching

As with most other subjects, the course is modular with the AS units being taken at the end of the first year. One of the two A2 modules will be taken in January of the Upper Sixth and the other at the end of the course.

Teaching throughout the course takes full advantage of the direct relevance of the subject to current developments and issues in the real world. Whatever the area of interest of the student, be it globalisation, the environment, inequality, the Eurozone or the City of London, Economics A level will cover much that is relevant, interesting and challenging.

Assessment

Assessment at both A2 and AS reflects the need to develop the skills the examiners are looking for, so frequent multiple-choice tests and data-responses are a regular feature of the course.