Nuffield Advanced Economics & Business course structure and content

This is about the 'classic' Nuffield Economics & Business course which ends June 2009.

At the start of the course, Nuffield AS level Economics & Business introduces students to the issues they meet in their own lives. It broadens out to encompass issues of national and then global significance and these dominate the A2 course.

Module content introduces concepts and theories as they are needed, so that students get repeated opportunities to practise the application of key ideas. Each module is built around questions which highlight the direction of investigation.

All concepts are taught in context, giving a concrete framework within which theory can be developed. Usually students start out with a case study which encourages them to mobilise relevant prior knowledge and explore possible ways of generalising.

The AS course

Module 1, Objectives:

• What do people want?
• What does business do?

Module 2, Efficiency:

• What makes firms effective?
• Do markets work?

Module 3, Change:

• What are the challenges?
• Which way forward?

The A2 course

Module 4, Competitiveness:

• What shapes the contest
• How competitive?

Module 4 is common to all, then two of the three options are taken.

• Option 1: What is the global future?
• Option 2: Can there be certainty?
• Option 3: Competition, conflict or consensus?

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More details of course structure and content
See the Edexcel specification, pages 13-26. Download this from the Edexcel website.

See also the student files and resources you can download from this website.