A' Level Economics (FULL AS/AS2)

A distance learning course is the ideal way to gain A' Level in Economics.

Whether you're looking to go on to further education, improve your job prospects or expand your knowledge, distance learning A Level Economics is a flexible and convenient course, which allows you to comprehensively prepare for the A Level Economics exam through home study.

What's more, because the distance learning A' Level Economics course is a fully comprehensive course, no prior knowledge is required.

Economics gives you a terminology and models to understand the world of money and finance, of employment, economic growth and international trade. You will need to get used to dealing with the specialist language of economics but you also need to be able to apply it to real life events. This course and the textbook will enable you to do this comprehensively but you will also find it useful to keep up to date by reading newspapers, journals like The Economist and by watching or listening to radio and television.

At the end of this stimulating Economics course, you will have a solid basis on which to build a career in banking, finance, or government. The Economics A level course will give you an in depth understanding of how economics impacts on societies across the globe as well as an appreciation of how a market economy influences national and international policy. A detailed analysis of the European Union will also help prepare our A level Economics students for a variety of career opportunities.
HOME STUDY SUPPORT

Your tutor will support you with your project formulation and give you guidance with appropriate topics and ideas.

You will be provided with comprehensive materials designed to provide you with everything required to complete your course of study. You will have your own personal tutor helping you with your course work and with any questions you may have. Plus you can contact a Student Advisors by email or phone for all the practical advice you may need – so we really are with you 100%.

Your tutor will give you various resource sites to visit and there is extra material in the Student Support Portal. In addition there are several supporting texts books for this course but again this depends on which approach you are following and which book best suits your individual needs

Further information can be obtained through Edexcel. The final assessment criteria and structure is the same regardless of which approach you choose.

It is recommend 180 guided learning hours for AS and 360 guided learning hours for A2.

COURSE RESOURCES

Throughout the course you will be referred to the following textbook which is specifically written for the syllabus that you are following. While the material covered in the book matches that in the course, you do need access to both in order to fully understand the concepts and terminology of economics. This book is essential for your course.

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.

COURSE ASSESSMENT

For each module there are two or three formal tutor-marked assessments which, when completed, should be sent to your tutor, via e-mail or conventional post. All of the information within the units is written in line with the requirements of the examination board specification and the demands of the examination.

All units are broken down into clear subject topics, and students should spend the amount of time studying for each topic as advised by their course tutor. Each topic module has been written for ease of understanding and topic coverage may be of different length and difficulty depending on the level of detail and information required. You will need to study the modules in the sequence provided.

The AS and A2 modules link together and assessment is all done by examination as there is no coursework option.

The A' Level Economics is divided into four comprehensive modules. Each module of the course corresponds to the examination unit. The lessons have been arranged to follow the syllabus and to provide for ease of understanding and topic coverage so may be of different length and difficulty.

Unit 1 has more theory and diagrams and you might wish to start on Unit 2 at the same time and work in parallel. Unit 3 and Unit 4 are both quite different topics and you might enjoy studying them in parallel

Module 1

• The Economic Problem and the Production Possibility Frontier
• Demand and Supply Analysis
• Market Failure
• Government Intervention and Government Failure

 
Module 2

• Introducing Macroeconomics and Measuring the Economy
• Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply
• Economic Growth
• Government Intervention and Constraints

Module 3

• The Firm, objectives, growth, revenue and costs
• Firms and the Market
• Competition
• Government Intervention

  
Module 4

• Globalisation and Patterns of Trade
• How International Trade is Recorded and Financed
• Growth and Development
• The Role of Government

 
Economics has a large amount of new terminology. You will be required to recognise and understand economic terms when you meet them and also to apply them to real life situations. Some of the terminology is used in ordinary language but in a quite different way in economics. You will also need to remember diagrams that explain economics, it is important to label your axes correctly and to be able to explain the diagrams in your own language. You may find it helpful to put your definitions and diagrams on index cards or the clipped together revision cards.

Educated to at least Grade C GCSE standard or above.