Business Studies: Requirements

Candidates can choose to sit two exam papers or the two papers plus a coursework option.

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Paper 1: Short-answer questions and structured/data response questions. There will be no choice of questions.

Eligible for all grades.

Time: 1 ¾ hours

50% of total marks (40% of total marks if coursework option chosen)

Paper 2: Questions arising from a given case-study (not pre-released). There will be no choice of questions.

Eligible for all grades.

Time: 1 ¾ hours

50% of total marks (40% of total marks if coursework option chosen)
May combine above exams with coursework
Paper 3: Coursework

Candidates will be required to submit a single piece of work of 3000–4000 words, which has taken about 20% of the course time for the subject as a whole. The assignment should be related to a particular business situation or problem, and should take the form of a response to a clearly formulated question.

20% of the total marks
Weighting of assessment objectives
Objective (Without Coursework) Paper 1 Paper 2
AO1: Knowledge and understanding 35 ± 5 25 ± 5
AO2: Application 35 ± 5 25 ± 5
AO3: Analysis 15 ± 5 25 ± 5
AO4: Evaluation 15 ± 5 25 ± 5
Total marks 100 100
Weighting 50% 50%
Objective (With Coursework) Paper 1 Paper 2 Paper 3
AO1: Knowledge and understanding 35 ± 5 25 ± 5 15
AO2: Application 35 ± 5 25 ± 5 10
AO3: Analysis 15 ± 5 25 ± 5 15
AO4: Evaluation 15 ± 5 25 ± 5 10
Total marks 100 100 50
Weighting 40% 40% 20%
Paper 3: Coursework

Each candidate will be required to produce a single piece of work of 3000–4000 words. The work should be completed throughout the two-year course and not all at the end. Candidates should have received sufficient basic instruction in the course, and in the context of a particular syllabus theme, before they start their Coursework. This ensures that the Coursework topic is seen as a part of the syllabus.

Coursework should assess the outcome of a business investigation through the collection of data and analysis, interpretation and evaluation as a result of an individual enquiry. Teachers, having introduced the topic and techniques involved (which may include a skeleton outline of possible questions to be answered), will not be expected to prompt candidates. They may, however, give help and advice in response to legitimate questions raised by their candidates as a result of their study.

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