Economics

Course summary

In A-level Economics, you will study four themes. In the first year, you will study an introduction to markets and market failure and the UK economy – performance and policies. In the second year, you will study business behaviour, labour and the global economy. During the course, you will develop your analytical and evaluative skills. You will learn how to interpret graphs and how to manipulate numerical data. To do well on the open-response questions you will develop the ability to analyse competing arguments before arriving at an informed evaluative judgement which can be fully justified using the knowledge which you have assimilated over the two-year course and the information provided. Economics is an essay-based subject and the majority of the marks awarded at A level come from structured analytical and evaluative essay writing.