The Business Department is part of the programme area of Business, ICT and General Education and offers a wide range of full, part time, distance learning and work based programmes in Business, Computing, Skills for Life and other areas.
We offer full time courses in Business and you can study at Levels 2 or 3 with progression routes being available throughout the programme area. These courses are the BTEC First Diploma in Business and the BTEC National Diploma in Business. Topics studied include:
- Exploring Business Activity
- Investigating Business Purposes
- Introduction to Marketing
- Effective People, Communication and Information
- Managing a Business Event
- Introduction to the Internet and e-Business
- Website Production and Management
- Digital Graphics and Computers
- Starting a Small Business
- Exploring Business Purposes
- Developing Customer Relations
- Investigating Financial Control
- Providing Business and Administration Support
- Business Communication
- People In Organisations
We also offer Business Studies at AS and A2. The majority of students attending these courses are aged 16-18. Our courses include trips to local companies and organisations and we always try and include a trip abroad - for the last two years students have had the opportunity to visit New York!
We offer a wide variety of part-time provision ranging from Entry Level to Level 4. Courses include Computerised Bookkeeping and Accountancy. We also offer a Level 4 HND in Business and Management on a part time 2-year option. Some of our part time courses are delivered in town centre locations in Weymouth (Colwell Centre), Poundbury (Enterprise Connection), Beaminster (Yarn Barton), Lyme Regis (LymeNet).
We are a LearnDirect Centre offering the full breadth of courses available. These include Skills for Life, Home and Office IT and Business & Management courses. These are delivered through the Internet and learners are able to study from home - just visiting one of our centres to take the assessments. By using this method learners are able to achieve qualifications quickly as they can manage their own learning time. We also offer English and Maths GCSE and A Levels through Distance Learning methods.
The programme area has a wide breadth of work based qualifications on offer from levels 1 to 5. The NVQs that can be studied include Retail, Customer Service, Business Administration, Team Leading and Management, Housekeeping, Multi-Skilled Hospitality, Prevention of MRSA and Cleaning and Learner Support. Assessment of these qualifications is solely achieved through workplace visits and we offer assessment through professional discussion for many of our subjects.
