A level (2015) Economics B
The GCE A level (2015) Economics B specification has now been accredited.
The successor to the GCE (2008) Economics and Business qualification, the A level Economics B specification has origins dating back to the early 1990s and the Nuffield Project, which launched the A level in Economics and Business in 1994. One of the Project's original founders, Nancy Wall, played a big part in the development of the 2015 specification.
The A level Economics B specification is distinct because students are introduced to economic concepts through real-world business contexts.
In Year 12, the course aims to help students start to make sense of the world and the content of the first year can be assessed in 2 AS papers.
| Specification | Theme 1 Markets, consumers and firms |
Theme 2 The wider economic environment |
| AS assessment | Paper 1 Markets, consumers and firms |
Paper 2 The wider economic environment |
In Year 13, the course encourages a deeper and broader (global) appreciation of the economic and business world. The A level assessment, at the end of Year 13, assesses the whole 2 years.
Specification |
Theme 1 Markets, consumers and firms |
Theme 2 The wider economic environment |
Specification |
Theme 4 Making markets work |
Theme 3 The global economy
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A level assessment |
Paper 1 Markets and how they work |
Paper 2 Competing in the global economy |
A level assessment |
Paper 3 The economic environment and business |
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Paper 3 encourages students to engage in some independent research by releasing the context of the paper six months prior to the exam.
The AS and A level specifications are on the Economics B qualification page.
Kind regards,
Colin
