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Key Stage 4

CCEA GCSE Business and Communication Systems

Study of this subject allows students to gain practical ICT skills and an understanding of how they are used to enhance business activities, particularly through e-commerce.  It will help to develop a lifelong interest in and enjoyment of business subjects that could potentially lead to related further study and employment.  Study of BACS will help pupils to understand how business is changing because of digital technology and how software applications can be applied to enhance business through digital solutions. 

Students must take at least 40 percent of the assessment (based on unit weightings) at the end of the course as terminal assessment.
 
Content
Assessmentessment
Unit 1: Software Applications for
Business
External computer-based examination - 2 hours
Students complete tasks using a range of software applications
Unit 2: The Business Environment
External written examination - 1 hour
Structured questions
Unit 3: Developing Digital Solutions
Controlled assessment
Students project manage and develop a digital solution for a given problem within a business context.
Teachers mark the tasks, and CCEA moderate the ​ results.
Unit 1: Software
Applications for Business
Unit 2: The Business Environment
Unit 3: Developing Digital Solutions
​File management
Common software
application
tasks
Word processing software
Spreadsheet software
Database software
Presentation software
Web authoring software
Web browsing software
Internet searching
Email software
 
Types of business ownership
Stakeholders
Communication
Digital trading
Recruitment
Selection
Training
Implications of digital technology for
business and customers
Marketing
Market research
Marketing mix

Planning and research
Using software
applications
Evaluation


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St Patrick's Academy
Ballinderry Road
Lisburn
​Co. Antrim
BT28 1TD
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