BTEC Business – Level 3 – Extended Certificate

Why study Business Studies?

The BTEC in Business is a dynamic, vocational course designed to give students practical, real-world insight into how contemporary organisations operate and succeed. Rather than just focusing on academic theory, students actively investigate how businesses meet customer needs by exploring the day-to-day operations of different departments and what makes a company competitive. Through realistic case studies and coursework assignments, students will assess how modern technology and innovation shapes business decisions and how their choices can impact stakeholders. This course is ideal for students who want to build highly transferable employability skills, by becoming proficient in delivering professional presentations, conducting applied research, analysing business data and solving real-world corporate problems.

Extra-curricular aspects of the course
There is an expectation that students will bring real examples of the business world into the classroom environment. This could be through first-hand work experience and/or through the knowledge of current affairs in the media.

Entry Requirements

Students who have studied GCSE Business are required to have achieved a grade 5. However, there is not a prerequisite to have studied Business at GCSE level to consider studying BTEC Business Studies. Where students have not studied GCSE Business, a grade 5 is desired in Mathematics and English.

Higher Education and Careers

Business is a perfect stand-alone option at university but equally lends itself well to other subject areas including Economics. Whether your interest is going on to Higher Education, an Apprenticeship or straight in to the world of work, Business will certainly help you along the way. Number crunching may be of interest to you and so specialising in Accounting or Banking is recommended. Additionally, you may be a creative student, wanting to apply your knowledge more to the Marketing and Advertising side of this qualification. Leadership may be your forte, in which case a management qualification would be suitable.

Equipment required for the course

Students will create a combination of hand written and word-processed documentation. As such, please ensure you have an A4 lever arch folder, lined paper, plastic wallets and page dividers. Students will be tested in text and numerical format and so in addition to have pens, please ensure you have a calculator, ruler and pencil. A laptop is also optional for the coursework elements of the course.

Assessment – BTEC