Applied Business

The AQA Level 3 Certificate in Applied Business will give students the opportunity to learn and understand the fundamental business and entrepreneurial knowledge and skills associated with working within a business enterprise.

Students will understand the way in which any venture in business (big or small) is a function of the relationship between its people, its marketing, its finance and its ability to deliver operationally upon its commitments.

Students will undertake a programme of assessment designed to assess not only their business knowledge and understanding, but also the way in which this knowledge and understanding can be applied to shape their practical skill in thinking and realising their own plans about business. For those who wish their learning to be practical and active, making use of their own business imagination, then the Certificate in Applied Business is a highly relevant qualification.

Year 12 culminates in Unit 3 Entrepreneurial Opportunities, which brings together key elements from units 1 and 2 into a practical, synoptic assessment of the learner’s readiness for entrepreneurial activity and opportunity. This practical unit can be used as the seed for further study in the Extended Certificate (via the Business proposal unit) or as the basis for the learner’s own initial business venture.

Year 13 makes is practical and hands on were students get to apply their knowledge and organise and event and write a business plan. Both these units are assessed through written coursework. The final unit is an exam which focuses on motivation, leadership and management.

A level Business is a practical course and in recent years students have had the opportunity to visit New York to learn about business in other countries. An exciting and practical course, a break down the study programme is below.

If you have any questions, please speak to Mr Danson or email p.danson@gateacre.org