CTEC Business (Extended Certificate)

Introduction – why choose this subject?

On this course students will study a variety of different topics to give them a real overview of the way businesses operate. It is an excellent course for students who are interested in business, the way businesses operate and want to avoid having the pressure of a significant number of examinations at the end of the course. It will give you an excellent understanding of a range of different areas of business, giving them an excellent basis for further study.

The coursework units build on core knowledge and allow students to be able to develop understanding in a number of areas such as marketing, communicating with customers and human resources. Support from teaching staff will ensure that students are able to achieve their potential in coursework units.

Students will develop a range of skills such as time management, independent working and research skills, that will serve you well at in further study at university and in the workplace.

Students who have studied Cambridge Technical Business at Allerton High have gone onto be successful at university studying in the following areas:

• Accounting and Finance
• Business Management and Entrepreneurship
• Counselling Psychology
• History and International Relations
• Interior Design
• Sports Business Management

A number of students have also taken up full-time employment and apprenticeship options in business, successfully building on the skills they have developed on this course.

How is the course examined?

Business CTEC is 50% exam based and 50% coursework.

Unit 1: The Business Environment – Written examination 2hrs

Unit 2: Working in Business – Written examination 90 mins

Unit 4: Customers and Communication – Coursework unit

Unit 5: Marketing and Market Research – Coursework unit

Unit 8: Introduction to Human Resources – Coursework unit

You will complete Unit 1 and Unit 4 in the first year of study and Unit 2, Unit 5 and Unit 8 in the second year of study.

Equipment

Revision Guide - Cambridge Technicals Level 3 Business ISBN: 978-1471874796

Lever arch file

Homework

Homework will be exam questions whilst studying exam units and completion of coursework tasks for relevant units.

Learning outside the classroom

Students have the opportunity to create a business via the LEAP programme