Course Overview

The course looks at all the important aspects of the current UK business environment – covering topics such as marketing, accounting and finance. You’ll also find out more about the management of people and operations, external influences affecting business and the importance of objectives and strategies.

Pre-requisites

Because it is a fully comprehensive course, there is no prior learning required for candidates wishing to enrol on the ICS Business Studies A Level course.

Key Topics

• Marketing and Accounting and Finance
• People and Operations Management
• External Influences, Objectives and Strategies

Qualification

A Level in Business Studies

Support

As a ODLC student you will have your own personal tutor helping you with your course work and with any questions you may have.  Plus you can contact our Student Advisors by email or phone for all the practical advice you may need – so we really are with you 100%.

What's more, you'll have access to the ODLC online Student Community, where you can interact with other students, browse our resource library and manage your account.

Assessment

Once you've enrolled on your chosen course(s), you'll receive all the information you need to arrange your own exams, including details of syllabuses, exam boards and dates. Exams are held in various parts of the UK.

Exams take place in January and June with the deadlines for submitting coursework being 1st October and 1st February respectively. Please note that exam fees are additional to course fees.

NB:  To be able to sit your exams in June 2007 the deadline for submitting coursework is the 1st of February 2007, if you have any questions about examinations please call 0800 056 3983.

What our Students Say

"I studied two A levels with ODLC to help me get to university – it was convenient for me because my school didn't offer courses I wanted to do and I'm not tied down to a rigid way of studying. The textbooks were easy to find, and the coursework is very self-explanatory." Leon Williams, ODLC Graduate. Shrewsbury.

Your Future Prospects 

Whether your goal is to go on to Higher Education or you are keen to make a start in your chosen career, studying A Levels with ODLC will help make these choices available to you in the future.