Get university-ready for a business, economics, or finance degree with this all-in-one A Level bundle. Earn up to 168 UCAS points!
A Level Business & Economics Bundle
OSC1538 / OSC1539 / OSC1540This bundle includes:
A Level Business Studies
A Level Economics
A Level Maths

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Planning to study business, economics, finance, or something similar at university? This A Level Business & Economics Bundle combines three subjects that work together brilliantly and are highly regarded by universities, helping you build the kind of knowledge and skills that expected in a degree setting.
You’ll learn how businesses operate, how economies behave, and how to make sense of data and trends using maths. If you’re aiming for a degree in a business or economics-related field, this bundle gives you the perfect foundation to hit the ground running.
This course is all online and fully flexible, so you can work through the course at your own pace, wherever and whenever it suits you.
Why choose this bundle?
- University-ready: This subject combo is highly regarded for degrees in business management, economics, finance, accounting, and related courses.
- Keeps your options open: Business, Economics, and Maths is a broad mix of subjects that opens up loads of career and academic paths.
- Real-world relevance: Each subject connects to everyday business and economic activity. You’ll learn how to think critically, interpret data, and understand how decisions impact markets and organisations.
- Study on your terms: With flexible online learning, no fixed start dates, and full tutor support, you can shape your study schedule around your lifestyle. Great if you're balancing work or other responsibilities.
- Coordinate geometry
- Quadratic functions
- Polynomials
- Further algebraic functions
- Differentiation
- Integration
- Sequences
- Trigonometry
- Indices and logarithms
- Series
- Transformations of functions
- Functions
- Algebraic fractions
- Vectors
- Binomial Series
- Exponential functions
- Proof
- Averages
- Variation
- Frequency tables
- Probability
- The binomial distribution
- The normal distribution
- Solving normal distribution problems
- Correlation
- Hypothesis Testing
- Sampling
- Kinematics
- Variable acceleration
- Forces and Newton’s laws
Edexcel specification code: 9ECO
This course covers syllabus A.
- The economic problem
- The allocation of resources in competitive markets
- Production and efficiency
- Market failure
- Government intervention in the market
- Measuring macroeconomic performance
- Aggregate demand
- Aggregate supply
- National income
- Economic growth
- Macroeconomic objectives and policy
- The firm: objectives, costs, and revenues
- Competitive markets
- Marketing strategies
- Concentrated markets
- The labour market
- Government intervention in the market
- International economics
- Poverty and inequality
- Emerging and developing economies
- The financial sector
- Role of the state in the macroeconomy
Specification code: 9BS0
- Meeting customer needs
- The market
- Marketing mix and strategy
- Managing people
- Entrepreneurs and leaders
- Raising finance
- Financial planning
- Managing finance
- Resource management
- External influence
- Business objectives and strategies
- Business growth
- Decision-making techniques
- Influences on business decisions
- Assessing competitiveness
- Managing change
- Globalisation
- Global markets and business expansion
- Global marketing
- Global industries and companies (multi-national corporations)
Exam details
- Type: written exam
- Duration: two hours
- Weighting: 33% of A Level
- Total marks: 100
- Assessment format: short, single-mark questions to multi-step problems
- Type: written exam
- Duration: two hours
- Weighting: 33% of A Level
- Total marks: 100
- Assessment format: short, single-mark questions to multi-step problems
- Type: written exam
- Duration: two hours
- Weighting: 33% of A Level
- Total marks: 100
- Assessment format: short, single-mark questions to multi-step problems
Exam details
- Type: written examination
- Duration: two hours
- Weighting: 35% of total
- Total marks: 100
- Assessed: any content from themes one and three
- Assessment format: multiple-choice and short-answer questions, data response questions and extended open-response questions
- Type: written examination
- Duration: two hours
- Weighting: 35% of total
- Total marks: 100
- Assessed: any content from themes two and four
- Assessment format: multiple-choice and short-answer questions, data response questions, and extended open-response questions
- Type: written examination
- Duration: two hours
- Weighting: 30% of total
- Total marks: 100
- Assessed: content from all four themes
- Assessment format: data response questions including one extended open-response question
Exam details
- Type: written exam
- Duration: two hours
- Weighting: 35% of A Level
- Total marks: 100
- Assessed: any content from themes one to four and from local, national, and global contexts
- Assessment format: data response questions including one extended open-response question
- Type: written exam
- Duration: two hours
- Weighting: 35% of A Level
- Total marks: 100
- Assessed: any content from themes two and three and from local, national, and global contexts
- Assessment format: data response questions including one extended open-response question
- Type: written examination
- Duration: two hours
- Weighting: 30% of A Level
- Total marks: 100
- Assessed: any content from all themes and from local, national, and global contexts
- Assessment format: data response questions including one extended open-response question
- For paper 3, there will be a pre-released context document sent to you by the exam centre once you are registered for the exam
This course takes approximately 360 hours per A Level to study and cover the course content. You will have two years to complete your A Levels. If you want to fast-track, the courses can be complete in under a year.
The only deadlines associated with this course are the A Level exam timetables. Please see the exams and assessments section for more information.
To achieve the A Level qualifications in this bundle, you must complete written exams. Please find below key information on adding your exams to your enrolment and exam centre locations.
Exams package or course-only option
When you enrol on your course, you will have the option to add your exams to your enrolment, or you can select the course-only option.
Choosing to add the exams package
If you choose to add your exams to your enrolment, all you need to do is contact us when you are ready to sit your exams, we will book and pay for them on your behalf. Please note that the A Level exam timetable typically takes place during May and June each year. You are advised to contact us well in advance of when you intend to sit your exams so that we can confirm your place with the exam board – cut-off dates apply.
The course-only option
If you do not add your exams to your enrolment, you will be responsible for booking and paying for your exams yourself. If you select this option, you must source and liaise with your chosen exam centre in order to book your exams, Open Study College will not be able to book your exams for you. In this instance, you are advised to contact AQA exam centres well in advance of their intended exam dates, as cut-off dates sometimes change.
Exam centre locations
Please find below a list of available exam centre locations for each A level subject:
Business studies, Economics, and Maths:
- Birmingham
- Bristol
- Doncaster
- Bolton
- Mitcham
- Taunton
- St Neots, Cambridgeshire
- High Wycombe
- Romford
This course will be studied entirely via distance learning, meaning you will complete your learning either from home or a place that suits you. Full tutor support will be available via email, so if you have any questions or need some guidance, your tutor will be here to help. Your course materials will include a series of self-assessment exercises and tutor-marked questions to allow both you and your tutor to monitor your progress.
The study method you choose depends on your personal learning style. Your options are:
- Study pack: if you choose the study pack option, you will be sent a set of printed course materials.
- Study online: if you choose this option, you will be sent your login details to our online portal through which you will access your course materials digitally. You can access your course via a desktop/laptop computer, tablet, or smartphone.
Upon successful completion of your exams, you will be awarded A Level qualifications in Business Studies, Economics, and Maths issued by Edexcel and AQA.
You will also receive UCAS points relevant to the grade you achieved to support your university application.
The final grade you achieve in your A Levels will be translated into UCAS points. Based on your grade, you will be awarded up to 56 points per A Level which can then be added together to reach the UCAS points you need to be accepted by your chosen university.
To help you achieve the best possible grade from home, we recommend that you complete the tutor-marked assessments included in your course materials. These are designed to provide you with detailed feedback to help you fine-tune your technique before you sit your exam. Completing your tutor-marked assessments will also help your tutor to provide you with a predicted grade if this is required for your UCAS application.
To find out more about Open Study College, the A Levels we offer and how they work, download our A Level prospectus.
FAQs
Yes, you will study the same courses, take the same exams, and get the same qualification. The only difference is that our courses are designed to be studied from home at your own pace, and you will receive full tutor support via email.
Yes, in order to achieve your A Level qualifications, you must complete the exams required by each course’s exam board. A Level exams take place during the summer exam period which typically falls in May and June each year.
For more information, please check the 'exams and assessments tab' in our extra information section.
If you select the course-only option when enrolling on your A Levels, you will need to book directly with the exam centre and pay for your exams yourself. We highly recommend researching your options before enrolling as costs can vary between centres. However, if you choose to add your exams to your enrolment, we will take care of booking and paying for your exams for you when you are ready.
You are still able to study our A Level courses abroad, however you must sit your exams within the UK at an official exam centre.
It's not a problem. We offer a course replacement service, so if you get into trouble and your course pack is lost or damaged, our Learner Services Team can provide you with a new set of materials for a one-time additional fee.
That's not a problem. We want to make sure you're 100% confident about enrolling on the course and starting your study. So, just give our team of education specialists a call on 0121 329 4656 and they'll do their best to help.
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