12BSC - Business - 9609 AS Level
Subject Description
Teacher in Charge: Miss S. Lal, Mr A. Campbell.
12 Business - 9609 AS Level
Course Statement | The AS Business course provides a broad perspective of business activity giving an overview of the different areas of activity undertaken by businesses. This course prepares students for further tertiary study in the business, or developing an understanding of the areas within which they could work in a business. Students will learn how business managers respond to a dynamic changing environment. They will gain an understanding of how effective managers develop successful organisations and reflect on how successful businesses achieve their objectives. Study during the year covers the areas of business and its environment, human resource management, marketing, operations management and finance and accounting. |
Topics Covered: | • Business and its environment • Marketing decisions • Human Resource Management • Operations management decisions • Business finance and accounting |
Student Voice: |
Pathway
Course Skills
Reading, Comprehension and Writing
Computational
Communication and Collaboration
Problem Solving and Analysis
Reading, Comprehension and Writing
The student can expect to be reading articles for comprehension and writing paragraphs and essays.
Option Subjects with the Skill
- 11GEO - Geography (MCert)
- 11HEA - Health (MCert)
- 11PEA - Physical Education (MCert)
- 11MAO - Te Reo Maori (MCert)
- 11SPA - Spanish (MCert)
- 12CLC - Classical Studies - 9274 AS Level
- 12HIC - History - 9489 AS Level
- 13HIC - History - 9489 A2 Level
- 12VPS - Vocational Pathway Studies - NCEA Level 2*
- 11DRA - Drama (MCert)
- 10COM - Commerce
- 11COM - Commerce (MCert)
- 11SCI - Science (MCert)
- 11CHG - Challenge Course (MCert)
- 12ECE - Early Childhood Studies - NCEA Level 2*
- 12MAO - Te Reo Maori - NCEA Level 2
- 13GEC - Geography - 9696 A2 Level
- 12BIC - Biology -9700 AS Level
- 13BIC - Biology - 9700 A2 Level
- 13ENC - English Language - 9093 A2 Level
- 12ELC - Literature in English - 9695 AS Level
- 13ENG - English - NCEA Level 3
- 13MDS - Media Studies - NCEA Level 3
- 12ENG - English - NCEA Level 2
- 11MDS - Media Studies
- 12ENL - English (Literacy) - NCEA Level 2
- 12ODE -Outdoor Education - NCEA Level 2
- 12MUS - Music - NCEA Level 2
- 12SPA - Spanish -NCEA Level 2
- 12GEO -Geography - NCEA Level 2
- 12HIS - History - NCEA Level 2
- 12CLS - Classical Studies - NCEA Level 2
- 12TRT - Travel and Tourism - NCEA Level 2*
- 12HEA - Health - NCEA Level 2
- 13GEO - Geography - NCEA Level 3
- 13HIS - History - NCEA Level 3
- 13SOS - Social Studies - NCEA Level 3
- 13TRT - Travel and Tourism - NCEA Level 3*
- 13HEA - Health - NCEA Level 3
- 12GEC - Geography - 9696 AS Level
- 12ESL - ESOL - NCEA Level 2
- 12DRA - Drama - NCEA Level 2
- 12MDS - Media Studies - NCEA Level 2
- 12MAN - Mandarin - NCEA Level 2
- 13CNC - Chinese - 9868 A2 Level
- 12JAP - Japanese - NCEA Level 2
- 11MAN - Mandarin ( MCert)
- 13DRA -Drama -NCEA Level 3
- 13MAN - Mandarin - NCEA Level 3
- 13MAO - Te Reo Maori - NCEA Level 3
- 13SPA - Spanish - NCEA Level 3
- 13JAP - Japanese - NCEA Level 3
- 11JAP - Japanese (MCert)
- 12PEA - Physical Education - NCEA Level 2
- 13PEA - Physical Education - NCEA Level 3
- 13ODE - Outdoor Education - NCEA Level 3
- 11CHE - Chemistry (MCert)
- 12BIO - Biology - NCEA Level 2
- 13BIO - Biology - NCEA Level 3
- 12BUS - Business Studies - NCEA Level 2
- 12ECC - Economics - 9708 AS Level
- 12ECO - Economics - NCEA Level 2
- 13ECO - Economics - NCEA Level 3
- 11MUS - Music (MCert)
- 12ENC - English Language - 9093 AS Level
Computational
The student can expect to be using numbers and symbols to solve problems in context.
Option Subjects with the Skill
- 10COM - Commerce
- 11COM - Commerce (MCert)
- 11SCI - Science (MCert)
- 12CHC - Chemistry - 9701 AS Level
- 12PYC - Physics - 9702 AS Level
- 13MSC - Mathematics - 9709 A2 Level
- 13BIC - Biology - 9700 A2 Level
- 13CHC - Chemistry - 9701 A2 Level
- 13MFC - Further Mathematics - 9231 A2 Level
- 13MAT - Mathematics (Calculus) - NCEA Level 3
- 12ENM - Engineering (Mechanical) - NCEA Level 2*
- 13MST - Statistics - NCEA Level 3
- 12MST - Statistics - NCEA Level 2
- 12MTC - Mathematics - 9709 AS Level
- 12CHE - Chemistry - NCEA Level 2
- 12PHY - Physics - NCEA Level 2
- 12MAT - Mathematics - NCEA Level 2
- 11CHE - Chemistry (MCert)
- 12ACC - Accounting - 9706 AS Level
- 12ACT - Accounting - NCEA Level 2
- 12BUS - Business Studies - NCEA Level 2
- 12ECC - Economics - 9708 AS Level
- 12ECO - Economics - NCEA Level 2
- 13ECO - Economics - NCEA Level 3
Communication and Collaboration
The student can expect for a substantial part of the course to communicate and collaborate with other students in the class.
Option Subjects with the Skill
- 11GEO - Geography (MCert)
- 11HEA - Health (MCert)
- 11PEA - Physical Education (MCert)
- 11MAO - Te Reo Maori (MCert)
- 11SPA - Spanish (MCert)
- 12CLC - Classical Studies - 9274 AS Level
- 12HIC - History - 9489 AS Level
- 13HIC - History - 9489 A2 Level
- 11DRA - Drama (MCert)
- 10COM - Commerce
- 11COM - Commerce (MCert)
- 11SCI - Science (MCert)
- 11CHG - Challenge Course (MCert)
- 12MAO - Te Reo Maori - NCEA Level 2
- 13GEC - Geography - 9696 A2 Level
- 12CHC - Chemistry - 9701 AS Level
- 13CHC - Chemistry - 9701 A2 Level
- 13ENC - English Language - 9093 A2 Level
- 12ELC - Literature in English - 9695 AS Level
- 13ENG - English - NCEA Level 3
- 13MDS - Media Studies - NCEA Level 3
- 12ENG - English - NCEA Level 2
- 11MDS - Media Studies
- 12ENL - English (Literacy) - NCEA Level 2
- 12ENM - Engineering (Mechanical) - NCEA Level 2*
- 12MUS - Music - NCEA Level 2
- 12SPA - Spanish -NCEA Level 2
- 12GEO -Geography - NCEA Level 2
- 12HIS - History - NCEA Level 2
- 12CLS - Classical Studies - NCEA Level 2
- 12TRT - Travel and Tourism - NCEA Level 2*
- 12HEA - Health - NCEA Level 2
- 13GEO - Geography - NCEA Level 3
- 13HIS - History - NCEA Level 3
- 13SOS - Social Studies - NCEA Level 3
- 13TRT - Travel and Tourism - NCEA Level 3*
- 13HEA - Health - NCEA Level 3
- 12GEC - Geography - 9696 AS Level
- 12DRA - Drama - NCEA Level 2
- 12MDS - Media Studies - NCEA Level 2
- 13DVV - Design and Visual Communication -NCEA Level 3
- 12MAN - Mandarin - NCEA Level 2
- 13CNC - Chinese - 9868 A2 Level
- 12JAP - Japanese - NCEA Level 2
- 11MAN - Mandarin ( MCert)
- 13DRA -Drama -NCEA Level 3
- 13MAN - Mandarin - NCEA Level 3
- 13MAO - Te Reo Maori - NCEA Level 3
- 13SPA - Spanish - NCEA Level 3
- 13JAP - Japanese - NCEA Level 3
- 12CHE - Chemistry - NCEA Level 2
- 12FDT - Food Technology - NCEA Level 2*
- 11JAP - Japanese (MCert)
- 13ODE - Outdoor Education - NCEA Level 3
- 10DRA - Drama
- 10DAN - Dance
- 13BIO - Biology - NCEA Level 3
- 12BUS - Business Studies - NCEA Level 2
- 12ECC - Economics - 9708 AS Level
- 12ECO - Economics - NCEA Level 2
- 11MUS - Music (MCert)
- 09DAN - Dance
- 09DRA - Drama
- 09ENT - Enterprise Studies
- 12ENC - English Language - 9093 AS Level
Problem Solving and Analysis
The student can expect to dig deeper to understand and explain concepts and ideas.
Option Subjects with the Skill
- 11GEO - Geography (MCert)
- 11HEA - Health (MCert)
- 11PEA - Physical Education (MCert)
- 13DTC - Design and Technology - 9705 A2 Level
- 12CLC - Classical Studies - 9274 AS Level
- 12HIC - History - 9489 AS Level
- 13HIC - History - 9489 A2 Level
- 11DRA - Drama (MCert)
- 10COM - Commerce
- 11COM - Commerce (MCert)
- 11SCI - Science (MCert)
- 12ECE - Early Childhood Studies - NCEA Level 2*
- 13GEC - Geography - 9696 A2 Level
- 12CHC - Chemistry - 9701 AS Level
- 12BIC - Biology -9700 AS Level
- 12PYC - Physics - 9702 AS Level
- 13MSC - Mathematics - 9709 A2 Level
- 13BIC - Biology - 9700 A2 Level
- 13CHC - Chemistry - 9701 A2 Level
- 13MFC - Further Mathematics - 9231 A2 Level
- 13MAT - Mathematics (Calculus) - NCEA Level 3
- 11MDS - Media Studies
- 12ODE -Outdoor Education - NCEA Level 2
- 12SPA - Spanish -NCEA Level 2
- 12GEO -Geography - NCEA Level 2
- 12HIS - History - NCEA Level 2
- 12CLS - Classical Studies - NCEA Level 2
- 12TRT - Travel and Tourism - NCEA Level 2*
- 12HEA - Health - NCEA Level 2
- 12TEX - Textiles - NCEA Level 2
- 13GEO - Geography - NCEA Level 3
- 13HIS - History - NCEA Level 3
- 13SOS - Social Studies - NCEA Level 3
- 13TRT - Travel and Tourism - NCEA Level 3*
- 13HEA - Health - NCEA Level 3
- 12GEC - Geography - 9696 AS Level
- 12DTC - Design and Technology - 9705 AS Level
- 12DRA - Drama - NCEA Level 2
- 12MST - Statistics - NCEA Level 2
- 12MTC - Mathematics - 9709 AS Level
- 13DVV - Design and Visual Communication -NCEA Level 3
- 13PRD - Product Design - NCEA Level 3
- 12MAN - Mandarin - NCEA Level 2
- 13DRA -Drama -NCEA Level 3
- 12CHE - Chemistry - NCEA Level 2
- 12PHY - Physics - NCEA Level 2
- 12FDT - Food Technology - NCEA Level 2*
- 12ADE - Art Design - NCEA Level 2
- 12APA - Art Painting - NCEA Level 2
- 12APH - Art Photography - NCEA Level 2
- 12DVV - Design and Visual Communication - NCEA Level 2
- 12MAT - Mathematics - NCEA Level 2
- 12PEA - Physical Education - NCEA Level 2
- 13PEA - Physical Education - NCEA Level 3
- 13ODE - Outdoor Education - NCEA Level 3
- 11CHE - Chemistry (MCert)
- 12BIO - Biology - NCEA Level 2
- 12ACC - Accounting - 9706 AS Level
- 12ACT - Accounting - NCEA Level 2
- 12BUS - Business Studies - NCEA Level 2
- 12ECC - Economics - 9708 AS Level
- 12ECO - Economics - NCEA Level 2
- 13ECO - Economics - NCEA Level 3
- 11MUS - Music (MCert)
Option Subjects with the Skill
Assessment Information
Paper | Description | Type | Weighting |
---|---|---|---|
Paper 13 | Short Answer and Essay | External | 40.00% |
Paper 23 | Data Response | External | 60.00% |
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