IGCSE Economics

The IGCSE Economics distance learning course

Syllabus

Oxford Open Learning’s Economics IGCSE course is designed to prepare students for the Edexcel IGCSE in Economics (4EC0) for  examination in June 2012 or later years.

Assessment

Assessment is by one 2-hour 30 minute examination.

Course Structure

The Economics IGCSE course is designed to match the Edexcel 4EC0 specification and is 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

For further details, please click on the link to the course introduction in the right hand sidebar.

Within this qualification there are the following courses

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