Economics

Assessment

Assessment will be by written examinations at the end of the two-year course. This will consist of three externally marked papers, each of two hours in length. Papers 1 and 2 will have 35% weighting each and paper 3 will have a 30% weighting. Paper 1 Markets and Business Behaviour This paper will assess microeconomics and questions will be drawn from Themes 1 and 3. Paper 2 The National and Global Economy This paper will assess macroeconomics and questions will be drawn from themes 2 and 4. Paper 3 Microeconomics and Macroeconomics Paper 3 will assess content across all four themes.