Welcome to IGCSE, GCSE Business Studies

Cambridge IGCSE

Syllabus code 0450

Candidates may either take 2 exam papers or 2 exam papers plus an additional coursework option.

Candidates take:

Paper 1 (1¾ hours)
Short-answer questions and structured/data response questions.
There will be no choice of questions.

50% of total marks.
If coursework option is chosen: 40% of total marks.

Paper 2 (1¾ hours)

Questions arising from a given case-study (not pre-released).
There will be no choice of questions.

50% of total marks.
If coursework option is chosen: 40% of total marks.

They may combine these exams with coursework:
Paper 3: Coursework (Centre-based assessment)*
Candidates will be required to submit a single piece of work of 3000–4000 words, which has taken about 20% of the course time for the subject as a whole. The assignment should be related to a particular business situation or problem, and should take the form of a response to a clearly formulated question.

20% of total marks.

*Teachers may not undertake school-based assessment without the written approval of CIE. 

 

Edexcel

GCSE Business Studies Subject code 1503

Students for this qualification must be entered for one of two tiers. The Higher Tier is targeted at grades A* to D, and the Foundation Tier is targeted at grades C to G. A safety net is provided for students entered for the Higher Tier in this specification, and an allowed Grade E can be awarded on the Higher Tier. Students failing to achieve grade E on the Higher Tier will be reported as unclassified. The terminal examination will be organised in the following way:

The last two questions of Foundation Tier and the first two questions of Higher Tier are common and represent a 40% overlap between Foundation Tier and Higher Tier.

The types of questions for each tier will be as follows:

Foundation Tier          –          Multiple choice/short answer/structured questions

Higher Tier                 –          Structured and open-ended questions.

Coursework will be differentiated by outcome; the assessment of the assignment will be related to marking criteria designed to award positive achievement. Coursework assignments are linked to each of the five sections in this specification

Relationship of assessment objectives to external assessment

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OCR

GCSE Business Studies J253

Unit A291: Marketing and Enterprise
25% of the total GCSE marks Controlled Assessment 60 marks	Candidates select one of the two Controlled Assessment tasks made available by OCR. Candidates submit one Controlled Assessment task in the form of a report. The report should comprise the three investigations for assessment. It is recommended that candidates spend up to 16 hours on the Controlled Assessment task: Up to ten hours on research/data collection Up to six hours writing a report.  This unit is internally assessed and externally moderated.
 Unit A292: Business and People
25% of the total GCSE marks Controlled Assessment 60 marks	 This question paper consists of two compulsory short-answer, data-response questions. Candidates answer both questions. This unit is externally assessed.
 Unit A293: Production, Finance and the External Business Environment
50% of the total GCSE marks 1 hr 30 mins written paper 90 marks	 This question paper consists of three compulsory questions based on the pre-released case study stimulus material. The pre-released case-study stimulus material is made available by OCR. A clean copy of the case study will be issued to candidates with the question paper. Candidates answer all three questions This unit is externally assessed.
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