How feasible would it be for me to teach myself the Econ A/S course in a year alongside 3A2s and another AS?
I already do Business Studies so hopefully would be at some sort of advantage in terms of understanding and economic understanding.
Is it the kindof subject that can be learnt through text-book and current affair reading or more like Maths(and probably loadsa others) that really need teacher explanation.
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(Original post by jumpunderaboat)
How feasible would it be for me to teach myself the Econ A/S course in a year alongside 3A2s and another AS?
I already do Business Studies so hopefully would be at some sort of advantage in terms of understanding and economic understanding.
Is it the kindof subject that can be learnt through text-book and current affair reading or more like Maths(and probably loadsa others) that really need teacher explanation.
business studies would help, but I think that self taught economics would be quite hard. -
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- 14-06-2004 16:05
(Original post by jumpunderaboat)
I'm taking the other AS as unis now look at you having 3A2s + an AS and the one I took this year went pretty badly plus its in Media which isn't that well respects. However if I took Econ it wouldn't be to benefit my UCAS form since most unis only accept Busi or Econ, but it would be because I really enjoy reading and learning about the subject and intend to do it at uni.
Chances are I won't do it as the workload for A2 is meant to be much bigger than AS, just thought I'd research the possibility.
I've recently just done citizenship AS (AQA) I know it sounds really lame like general studies etc, but providing you have basic political, sociology and law knowledge (and I MEAN basic!!) then you'll find it soo easy. Infact, about 60 people were entered in for it at my school not having studied it because so much of it is common sense. So anyway, if you are desperate for another AS (although it doesn't sound too creidble) thats certainly an easy option! -
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- 14-06-2004 16:40
Or Critical Thinking is a good one..
What universities are you thinking of? I have a C in graphic design as my fourth AS (and I'm going to king's college in september to do english !) I don't think they really care what your 4th is in to be honest - a big reason for the whole curriculum 2000 thing was to give people more breadth.
And I wouldn't worry about what your media grade is until you get your results. It's surprisingly easy to get As for AS level.
If you do really want to do economics though then the NEC may be a good place to start: http://www.nec.ac.uk/courses/product...ategory_id=493 If you get a good tutor (and seriously, change around until you get someone good!!) then that could work. Especially with a whole year, i imagine you'd do fine. -
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- 14-06-2004 16:42
Oh yes , i meant to add.. That although they may not be overly impressed by someone who has both econ and business - it WILL look good, particularly if you do it self-taught. I think that my uni offers were largely down to the fact that I do psychology like that. It's pretty impressive and definitely shows you are capable of independent study - a lot of people can't PROVE that like distance-learners/self-taught people can.
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