Cambridge designs the syllabus for about 180 guided learning hours at AS Level. AS students study topics 1.1 to 5.5, examined in Paper 1 (Business Concepts 1) and Paper 2 (Business Concepts 2). This scheme of work and pacing guide gives the AS year 30 teaching weeks at about six hours a week. Every row links to the unit its lessons come from. The second year of the course has its own guide: Cambridge A Level Business 9609 scheme of work and pacing guide.
Each row is one lesson from the 9609 AS course unless it says “continued”. The lessons are editable PowerPoints with embedded video case studies, discussion questions and an exit ticket. They do not contain past paper questions; the review weeks are where you bring in the Cambridge specimen and past papers.
Week by week
| Week | Syllabus | Content | Lessons |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.1 | Enterprise: nature of business activity, entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs | Unit 1 lessons |
| 2 | 1.2 | Business structure | Unit 1 lessons |
| 3 | 1.3 | Size of business | Unit 1 lessons |
| 4 | 1.4 | Business objectives | Unit 1 lessons |
| 5 | 1.5 | Stakeholders in a business | Unit 1 lessons |
| 6 | Topic 1 | Review and Paper 1 Section A practice | Unit 1 lessons |
| 7 | 2.1 | Human resource management | Unit 2 lessons |
| 8 | 2.2 | Motivation | Unit 2 lessons |
| 9 | 2.3 | Management | Unit 2 lessons |
| 10 | Topic 2 | Review and Paper 1 Section B essay practice | Unit 2 lessons |
| 11 | 3.1 | The nature of marketing | Unit 3 lessons |
| 12 | 3.2 | Market research | Unit 3 lessons |
| 13 | 3.3 | The marketing mix: product and price | Unit 3 lessons |
| 14 | 3.3 | The marketing mix continued: place and promotion | Unit 3 lessons |
| 15 | Topic 3 | Review and Paper 2 data response practice | Unit 3 lessons |
| 16 | 4.1 | The nature of operations | Unit 4 lessons |
| 17 | 4.2 | Inventory management | Unit 4 lessons |
| 18 | 4.3 | Capacity utilisation and outsourcing | Unit 4 lessons |
| 19 | Topic 4 | Review | Unit 4 lessons |
| 20 | 5.1 | Business finance | Unit 5 lessons |
| 21 | 5.2 | Sources of finance | Unit 5 lessons |
| 22 | 5.3 | Forecasting and managing cash flows | Unit 5 lessons |
| 23 | 5.4 | Costs | Unit 5 lessons |
| 24 | 5.5 | Budgets | Unit 5 lessons |
| 25 | Topic 5 | Review and calculation practice | Unit 5 lessons |
| 26 | 1.1 to 5.5 | Mock exam: Paper 1 and Paper 2 under timed conditions, using the Cambridge specimen papers; mark against the specimen mark schemes and feed back the following week | Complete bundle |
| 27 to 30 | 1.1 to 5.5 | Revision by weakness from the mock: Paper 1 practice (four five-mark questions and one 20-mark essay from two) and Paper 2 practice (two 30-mark data questions) | Complete bundle |
Notes on the order
The order follows the syllabus. Unit 5 comes last because costs, cash flow and budgets draw on everything before them, and the calculation practice in week 25 sets students up for the data questions in Paper 2.
Lesson list and unit links: Cambridge AS Level Business 9609. Complete course: AS Complete Bundle, 19 lessons.
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Cambridge AS Level Business 9609 lessons. A Level 9609 scheme of work for the second year. Preparing students for the 9609 exams.