Economics

Assessment

Assessment: The course is assessed through 3 exam papers. This is a mixture of short answer questions (often focused Maths based or interpreting data e.g. graphs and tables) and essay style questions. The essay questions will often require you to draw your own diagram to help explain your argument. Paper 1: Markets and market failure (microeconomic issues). A section of data response questions, and a section of essay questions. Paper 2: National and international economy (macroeconomic issues) Same question structure as paper 1. Paper 3: Economic principles and issues (a synoptic paper which can test any part of the A level).