Junior Cycle Business Studies
In business, you will learn many life skills such as managing money, opening bank accounts, and how to set up and run your own business.
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The course is split into 3 parts:
- Personal Finance- Examining us as consumers and households, our needs, looking after our finances, budgeting, saving, insurance, making key decisions
- Enterprise- Examining a business, how they are set up to be successful, their needs, Marketing, Company Accounts, Ownership Structures etc..
- Economics- Examining our economy, the local, national, and international economy, how it is run in Ireland, trade between countries, taxes etc..
The following are some of the topics covered:
- Income and Expenditure
- Budgeting and Managing Money
- Insurance
- Your Consumer Rights
- Saving, Investing, and Borrowing
- Setting up a business
- Marketing
- Ireland, the EU, and Brexit
There is no practical exam in Business, but there is a group Classroom Based Assessment in 2nd Year and an individual 10% Classroom Based Assessment in 3rd Year.
Please note that a calculator is used in some of the topics and you will be expected to add, subtract, and do percentages.
