A level Economics AQA

A level Economics AQA

Easter Revision Course Dates 2025

• Week 1: Monday 31 March – Friday 4 April
• Week 2: Monday 7 April – Friday 11 April
• Week 3: Monday 14 April – Friday 18 April

(Good Friday is 18 April; Easter Monday is 21 April 2025)

Boards

AQA 7136

Length of Course

35 hours

Times

9am to 5pm daily

This course is board-specific for the AQA specification (7136) and is for Year 13 students only. Exam technique practice will focus on both qualitative and quantitative evaluation of evidence.

Correct application of the economics toolkit will be emphasised throughout. This process involves identifying issues, defining key economic terms, developing application of a theoretical framework and effectively evaluating the overall argument.

The course will cover the following:

• Economic methodology and the economic problem
• Price determination in a competitive market
• Production, costs and revenue
• Competitive and concentrated markets
• The market mechanism, market failure and government intervention in markets
• The measurement of macroeconomic performance
• How the macroeconomy works: the circular flow of income, AD/AS analysis, and related concepts
• Economic performance: unemployment, inflation, economic growth
• Macroeconomic policies and conflicts
• Individual economic decision making
• Perfect competition, imperfectly competitive markets and monopoly
• The labour market
• The distribution of income and wealth: poverty and inequality
• Financial markets and monetary policy
• Fiscal policy and supply-side policies
• The international economy