Leeds City College

About the course

This is a one year course giving you an introduction to all aspects of business. The course is equivalent to 4 GCSE’s at grade C.

What and how do you learn?

During the course you cover four core units:

• Business purposes.
• Business organisations.
• Financial forecasting for business.
• People in organisations.

You also cover optional units such as:

• Business enterprise.
• Working in business teams.
• Business online.
• Customer relations in business.

Qualifications needed to start

A BTEC Foundation Certificate in a related subject, or the equivalent of 1 GCSE at Grade C and 2 GCSEs at Grade D including Maths and English.

What’s next

A BTEC First Diploma is equivalent to 4 GCSEs at Grade C. It qualifies you to apply for more advanced courses and gives you a good preparation for employment. You may progress onto National Award / Certificate in Business Level 3 or into business related careers such as accounting, administration, customer service, finance, IT, personnel or sales.

How to apply/enrol

Please download, print, complete and return the FE application form below:
further education application form (PDF).

Please note that you must return your application form to the campus you wish to study at. Therefore if your course is offered at multiple sites, please take care to post it to the one you wish to attend as failure to do so may delay your application.

If you are experiencing problems or do not have a printer please contact us to request a copy by post. Please also visit our Frequently Asked Questions for answers to queries you may have.

Contact

(Park Lane) 0845 045 7275 / parklanecampus@leedscitycollege.ac.uk
(Keighley) 0153 568 5000 / keighleycampus@leedscitycollege.ac.uk
(Thomas Danby) 0800 096 2319 / 0113 249 4912 / danbycampus@leedscitycollege.ac.uk

More details

Start Date: September 2010