Economics IGCSE

Oxford Home Schooling’s IGCSE Economics

Economics is a crucial subject in the modern world and economic issues fill the pages of our newspapers. It is vital to understand “the economy” and this Oxford Home Schooling course will give you all the tools you need to take part in informed debate and perhaps proceed to Economics A-level or put this knowledge to good effect in a business environment.

Syllabus

Oxford Home Schooling”s Economics IGCSE course is designed to prepare students for the Edexcel IGCSE in Economics (4EC0) for examination in June 2013 or later years.

Assessment

Assessment is by one 2-hour 30 minute examination.

Course Structure

The OHS course is designed to match the Edexcel 4EC0 specification divided into four modules, as follows:

A The Market System

• Demand and supply
• The role of the market in solving the economic problem
• The labour market

B Business Economics

• Production
• Competition
• Public and private sectors

C Government and the Economy

• Macroeconomic objectives
• Policies
• Relationship between objectives and policies

D The Global Economy

• Globalisation
• International trade
• Exchange rates

Please click on the link to the course introduction in the right hand sidebar for further details.

Within IGCSE Home Education there are the following subjects

• Accounting IGCSE
• Biology IGCSE
• Business Studies IGCSE
• Chemistry IGCSE
• Economics IGCSE
• English IGCSE
• English Literature IGCSE
• French IGCSE
• Geography IGCSE
• History IGCSE
• Human Biology IGCSE
• Maths IGCSE
• Physics IGCSE
• Science IGCSE
• Spanish IGCSE