Product Description

A Level in Economics makes you familiarized with diagrams that describes economics and acquaint with variegated terms related to economics. While pursuing this online course, you will go through two modules, comprising four lessons each. The first unit consists of greater number of theory and diagrams. Students have the option of commencing the second unit alongside the first one.

The courseware has been prepared such that is closely related to the text book and has references to various websites, which have been selected after extensive research. After completing a lesson, you will be able to comprehend the meaning of the terms written at the end of the study material. Based on the assessment completion and evaluation, the understanding level of the student is assessed. You must give the test and send it to the tutor for assessment.

The home study modules provided by us correspond to the examination units. The study material follows the curriculum religiously and varies in length or difficulty level so that you can comprehend the topic easily. Experts suggest that you should pen down all definitions and diagrams on index cards or clipped revision cards.

Entry Requirements
Basic English reading and writing skills, as full tutor support is given.

Whats Included
Learning documentation, Online Resources and Tutor support for 2 years.

Course Study Format
Course will be delivered online.

Courseware Support
The biggest advantage of studying with us is that using your unique student account, you can immediately access the course materials online and submit all the question papers to the tutor online. On submission of question papers, you will immediately, receives the email containing the results and feedback.

Study Hours
Study hour is dependent upon the dedication and grasp towards the learning concepts mentioned in the course material. Furthermore, at the end of each lesson there is a question paper that needs to be completed and returned to the tutor.

Learning Hours
Approximately 360 hours.

Assessment Method

The Examination:
The course is examined in below components:
Unit 1: Competitive markets how they work and why they fail
Duration: 1 hr 30 minutes

Unit 2: Managing the Economy
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Unit 3: Business Economics and Economic Efficiency
Duration: 1 hr 30 minutes

Unit 4: The Global Economy
Duration: 2 hours

Exams would need to be carried out at an approved examination centre. Please contact us for assistance.

Exams
Exam vouchers supplied with our courses must be used within the duration of your course. Exam Vouchers become invalid once the course has expired.

Module 1
Lesson 1 The Economic Problem and the Production Possibility Frontier
Lesson 2 Demand and Supply Analysis
Assignment A
Lesson 3 Market Failure
Lesson 4 Government Intervention and Government Failure
Assignment B
Module 2
Lesson 1 Introducing Macroeconomics and Measuring the Economy
Lesson 2 Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply
Assignment A
Lesson 3 Economic Growth
Lesson 4 Government Intervention and Constraints
Assignment B
Module 3
Lesson 1 The Firm, objectives, growth, revenue and costs
Lesson 2 Firms and the Market
Assignment A
Lesson 3 Competition
Lesson 4 Government Intervention
Assignment B
Module 4
Lesson 1 Globalisation and Patterns of Trade
Lesson 2 How International Trade is Recorded and Financed
Assignment A
Lesson 3 Growth and Development
Lesson 4 The Role of Government
Assignment B

Job Prospects
Become fully trained and substantially improve the chances of employment or earn more money!

Qualification NVQ Level 3
Fully recognised UK Qualification. On completion of this course you will be awarded with a Diploma, which is an NVQ Level 3 qualification. It will be awarded by a UK accredited body.

Certificates
Upon completion of the course, you can download the completion certificate as well as any other qualifications you have been awarded.

A Level in Economics
Course Completion Certificate

*Please note, unless stated otherwise or included in package, our online courses only offer course completion certificates ( £10 fee) and in all cases official testing (at a charge made by testing centre) is required to gain officially certified recognised qualifications.

Award
On completion of this course you will earn an A Level in Economics.
Economics (Fifth Edition) Edexcel
Student Book
Alain Anderton Pearson
ISBN 1405892285
This textbook covers both AS and A2 economics, so you will only require this particular textbook.

Course Information
Please note that the registration to the On Campus student community and licence to print the study materials is included in the course fee. The licence is only for you print, therefore you have to ensure proper availability of cartridge and papers to print the full course materials, if required.

You need to have either of the following packages to access the On Campus area:
• Windows: Windows 98, 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7 – Acrobat Reader 4.0 and above
• Macintosh: Mac OS X, Mac OS 9.2 – Acrobat Reader 4.0 and above

In the student ‘On Campus’ you can also be a take part of the student chat room and forums, as part of our online student community.

Once enrolled to the online programme, the username and password to access the On Campus area will be sent within 5 working days.

Students are required to arrange and pay for their examinations and manage the course work element, if the subject requires. Students must check the relevant examination board website for further information and final examination sitting dates for the specification.

Textbooks
This course is self-contained so you will not need to use any extra textbooks. However, you may find useful to read other books on this subject:
Economics (Fifth Edition) Edexcel
Student Book
Alain Anderton Pearson
ISBN 1405892285
This textbook covers both AS and A2 economics, so you will only need this one textbook.

You can also contact the tutor if he/she feels the need to practice more in any of the areas covered in this course.