Business and Economics
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Business and Economics Summer Courses
Explore how businesses make decisions and economies respond to change with Atlas Summer Courses. Designed for students aged 13–15, our two-week Business and Economics summer course introduces the ideas behind markets, organisations, entrepreneurship and economic decision-making.
Through discussion, case studies and problem-solving, you'll investigate how businesses operate, why economies behave as they do and how decisions made by individuals, companies and governments can have wider consequences.
What's Included?
Your residential Business and Economics summer course includes academic teaching, accommodation, meals, a certificate on completion, airport transfer from Heathrow and insurance.
Choose from Plus, Superior and Premier packages, with accommodation and additional benefits varying by package.
Why Study Business and Economics Together?
Business and economics offer two closely connected ways of understanding how decisions are made.
Business explores how organisations operate, compete and grow, from developing new products and attracting customers to managing people and making strategic decisions. Economics looks at the bigger picture, examining how individuals, businesses and governments make choices when resources are limited.
Studying the subjects together allows you to consider both perspectives. A business might need to decide how much to charge for a product, for example, while economics can help explain how competition, consumer demand and changing market conditions influence that decision.
A Business and Economics summer course gives you the opportunity to explore these connections and begin thinking about the forces behind everyday commercial and economic decisions.
What Will You Study on a Business and Economics Summer Course?
There is no prescribed syllabus that every student follows. Atlas Summer Courses tutors create their own syllabi, drawing on their expertise while taking the interests, abilities and learning needs of their students into account.
Depending on your course, you could explore areas such as entrepreneurship, business strategy, marketing, competition, supply and demand, consumer behaviour and the role of governments in the economy.
You might consider questions such as:
- Why do some businesses succeed while others fail?
- How do businesses decide what to charge?
- What makes people choose one product over another?
- How does competition affect businesses and consumers?
- Why do prices rise and fall?
- What role should governments play in an economy?
This flexible approach allows tutors to explore their specialist areas while responding to the interests and progress of the group. Any syllabus shown on our website is therefore an example from a previous course rather than a guarantee of the exact topics you'll study.
How You'll Learn on a Business and Economics Summer Course
The Atlas Summer Courses Business and Economics summer course combines small-group seminars with independent study across the two-week programme.
24 hours of small-group seminars
You'll take part in eight seminars where you'll explore ideas through interactive discussion, case studies and activities. You may examine real-world business decisions, consider different economic scenarios and develop your own responses to the problems you're presented with.
12 hours of private study
Between seminars, you'll complete a small amount of independent work. Depending on your course, this could involve reading, researching a business or economic issue, working through a problem or preparing a presentation.
Together, these help you become more confident analysing information, developing your own ideas and explaining the reasoning behind your decisions.
Who Is the Business and Economics Summer Course For?
Our Business and Economics summer course for 13–15-year-olds is designed for students who are curious about how businesses work, why people make the economic choices they do and what influences success in a changing market.
It may particularly suit you if you enjoy discussing current events, solving problems, developing ideas or thinking about why businesses and economies behave in particular ways. You don't need to have studied business or economics before joining the course.
You'll develop skills including critical thinking, problem-solving, analysing information, decision-making, independent learning and communicating your ideas clearly.
If one area particularly interests you, you can also explore our economics summer courses.
Learn from Expert Tutors
Atlas Summer Courses tutors are experienced educators and subject specialists active across academia, industry and education.
They bring their own academic expertise and interests into their teaching and have the freedom to shape their syllabus around both their specialism and the students in their group. This means your course can introduce ideas, examples and approaches that go beyond a standardised curriculum.
Tutors are confirmed closer to the summer, so profiles on our website are examples of tutors who have previously taught with us rather than confirmation of who will teach your course.
Where Can Business and Economics Take You?
Business and economics can provide foundations for a wide range of subjects at university and beyond.
Students interested in these areas may go on to study business, economics, management, finance, marketing, entrepreneurship or related subjects.
The analytical, commercial and problem-solving skills developed through Business and Economics can also be valuable across careers in areas such as finance, consulting, entrepreneurship, management, marketing, technology and public policy.
A Business and Economics summer course gives you an opportunity to explore these interests at an earlier stage and discover which areas you might want to pursue further.
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FAQs about Our Summer Courses
No. You don't usually need to have studied your chosen subject before joining an Atlas Summer Courses summer course. Courses are designed for the relevant age group, and tutors can adapt their approach to the abilities, interests and experience of the students in their group.
There is no fixed curriculum that every student follows. Our tutors create their own syllabi based on their academic expertise and the interests and learning needs of their students.
This means the exact topics can vary between courses and years. Any syllabus or topics shown on our website are examples from previous courses and shouldn't be taken as a guarantee of exactly what you'll study.
Teaching depends on your age group. Students aged 9–12 and Scholars aged 12–14 learn through structured, interactive small-group classes. Students aged 13–15 combine small-group seminars with private study, while students aged 16–17 and 18–24 experience seminars, tutorials and independent study.
Across our programmes, teaching is designed to encourage active participation, questioning and independent thinking rather than simply listening to lectures.
Your course includes your academic programme, accommodation, meals and a certificate on completion, alongside the activities and experiences included within your programme.
What's included can vary depending on the programme, age group and package you choose, so we recommend checking the individual course details for the full inclusions before applying.
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