Business
Business Administration (Professional)
OCR Level 2 Diploma
Business
BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma
This Diploma provides you with the knowledge, understanding and skills to enter a career in business or progress to Higher Education. The course will give you a broad understanding of business. You will study 18 units over the two years, these are varied and range from Marketing, Human Resources, Information Technology and Finance to Managing a Business Project or Event. You will develop a range of practical business skills and gain an in-depth knowledge of how businesses and the economy work. This qualification is equivalent to 3 A levels.
Included in the course are factory visits, specialist speakers, formal lectures, class activities, problem-solving exercises and assignments. There is also the possibility of a residential trip.
Business
BTEC Level 2 Diploma
This BTEC Diploma gives you the opportunity to develop skills, techniques and personal qualities essential for performance in working life and the business world. You learn by completing assignments that are based on realistic workplace situations. Included in the course are a number of visits to organisations such as Cadburys and the Bank of England. There is also the possibility of a residential trip.
The main areas studied include:< br /> * Business activities< br /> * Finance< br /> * On-line business< br /> * Sales and customer service< br /> * Business start-up
After leaving school, it took me a year to decide that I wanted to do Business and I knew that BCoT was the best place to go.
Initially I wanted to do something to do with accounting, but in the end I opted to do a course that is a bit more general, so that I can decide later what I want to specialise in.
As part of the course, we have looked at all aspects of Business, including marketing, finances and team development. I found the marketing and retail aspects of the course really interesting. We have also been on a number of trips, including visits to Cadbury World and a team-building exercise at Avon Tyrrell – and we might even be going to New York!
The course has a lot of practical work, which suits me. I found accounting quite difficult, but all I had to do was ask the tutors for extra help and they gave me the support I needed.
The atmosphere at BCoT suits me as it is not too stressful and I didn’t want to return to a ‘school’ environment. I’ve got really close to the students on my course and you spend a lot of time with people who have a lot in common with you.
I intend to try and get some work experience before deciding what I want to do for a career in the long term, but the Business qualification gives you access to lots of different industries.”
Key: entry requirements
Further Study 
GCSE Grades A-C
or other Level 2
GCSE Grades D
or other Level 1
GCSE Grades E 
and below
