Economics

Assessment

A-level assessment consists of three x 2 hour written exams taken at the end of the two-year course. These include: Paper 1: Short-answer, data response and essay questions on markets and business behaviour – this is the content you study in Theme 1 and Theme 3. (microeconomics) Paper 2: Short-answer, data response and essay questions on the national and global economy – this is the content you study in Theme 2 and Theme 4. (macroeconomics) Paper 3: The questions in the exam – data response and essay questions – cover concepts and theory from the whole course.