Business Level 3 Extended Diploma
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Description
Get an in-depth knowledge of how business works with a qualification that’s highly valued by employers – the Extended Diploma in Business.
The course gives you highly transferable skills and provides excellent preparation for progression to career opportunities in finance, human resources, marketing and management, or for entry to higher education.
The course has core/mandatory units and optional units. The core units you cover are:
- the business environment
- business resources
- introduction to marketing
- business communication
In addition to these you take 12 optional units from a range which includes:
- creative product promotion
- business accounting
- internet marketing
-…
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Get an in-depth knowledge of how business works with a
qualification that’s highly valued by employers – the Extended
Diploma in Business.
The course gives you highly transferable skills and provides
excellent preparation for progression to career opportunities in
finance, human resources, marketing and management, or for entry to
higher education.
The course has core/mandatory units and optional units. The core
units you cover are:
- the business environment
- business resources
- introduction to marketing
- business communication
In addition to these you take 12 optional units from a range which
includes:
- creative product promotion
- business accounting
- internet marketing
- human resource management
- developing teamwork
- international business environment
- starting a small business
- health and safety
- event management
- supporting business projects
- recruitment and selection
This course develops and enhances your professionalism in a
business context. It develops personal skills alongside knowledge
acquisition and its practical application.
This BTEC course is a practical work and business-related course.
All units are assessed through written and oral assignments. There
are no exams. You ‘learn by doing’, i.e. completing projects and
assignments based on real businesses in the area.
Team activities, visits to local businesses, entrepreneur
competitions at university, visits to SAID Business School,
research tasks, presentations, volunteering opportunities,
discussions, debates and work placements are all part of the way
you learn.
There are two options to consider when starting a Level 3
Business course. These are:
- 90-credit Diploma – 1 year (equivalent to 1.5 A-levels)
- Extended Diploma – 2 years (equivalent to 3 A-levels)
Your entry qualifications and progression route will help us to
identify which is the most appropriate for you.
When you leave this course you will have improved and gained skills
in report writing, time management, team working, self-confidence,
decision making, ICT and more.
Applicants for a Level 3 programme will normally have:
- at least 4 GCSEs at grade C or above (including some subjects
related to the proposed area of study), and/or a completed Level 2
award
- the willingness to study for an additional Level 2 qualification
in English and/or maths
If you are interested in a Level 3 programme and have alternative
qualifications you would like us to consider, please contact us
with your details. Applicants will be invited to attend an
interview and complete an initial assessment. All students will
have their literacy and numeracy needs supported within the
programme.
Successful completion can lead to trainee management positions in business and commerce. Many individuals progress to higher education, either direct to university or through the HE programme at City of Oxford College (see the Foundation Degree in Business and Enterprise).
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