Description
This course comprises six modules including:
Introduction to organisations
The external environment
Marketing
Human Resource Management
Operations Management
Accounting and Finance
The aims of the course are similar to those of the standard level, except that it requires much greater analytical skills and depth of knowledge. Students will be required to read newspapers and business journals to keep updated on economic and business issues of the real world. Students have to complete a research project of 2000 words, studying a problem or problems encountered by an organisation.

Assessment
This course is both a credit course and assessed externally by the IBO at the end of the second year of study (as part of the IB Diploma programme or as a separate IB certificate). Assessment is by two examinations, paper 1 counting 40% and paper 2 counting 35% and research project counting 25%.