Business studies is an academic subject taught at higher

High school

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 level in Australia

Australia

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, Canada

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, Hong Kong

Hong Kong

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, India

India

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, Ireland

Ireland

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, New Zealand

New Zealand

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, Pakistan

Pakistan

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, South Africa

South Africa

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, Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

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, Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

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 and the United Kingdom

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, as well as at university

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 level in many countries. Its study combines elements of accountancy

Accountancy

Accountancy is the process of communicating financial information about a business entity to users such as shareholders and managers. The communication is generally in the form of financial statements that show in money terms the economic resources under the control of management; the art lies in...

, finance

Finance

"Finance" is often defined simply as the management of money or “funds” management Modern finance, however, is a family of business activity that includes the origination, marketing, and management of cash and money surrogates through a variety of capital accounts, instruments, and markets created...

, marketing

Marketing

Marketing is the process used to determine what products or services may be of interest to customers, and the strategy to use in sales, communications and business development. It generates the strategy that underlies sales techniques, business communication, and business developments...

, organizational studies

Organizational studies

Organizational studies, sometimes known as organizational science, encompass the systematic study and careful application of knowledge about how people act within organizations...

 and economics

Economics

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United Kingdom

Business studies can be taken as part of the General Certificate of Secondary Education

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 (GCSE) option for Year 10 and Year 11 at secondary school

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, or can be taken as part of a GCE Advanced Level

GCE Advanced Level

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 (A-level) course in Year 12 and Year 13 in further education

Further education

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. It includes a range of subjects, which give the student general understanding of the various elements of running a business. Subjects covered include, but are not limited to: Organisation, People in Business, Marketing

Marketing

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, Finance, Production, and the Business Environment.

University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge

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 considers Business Studies not to be a 'traditional academic subject', although taking Business Studies individually will not disadvantage students as long as it is identified as 'essential' or 'desirable' for the course being applied for. It is also suitable when applying for economics at university, if the college the candidate comes from does not offer the economics A-level individually.

Bangladesh

In Bangladesh School Level Education is total 10 years and then one has to do another 2 years college if he or she wants to go to university.Or after 10 years school one can do engineering diploma 3 or 4 years and then choose to get admission into university. During 10 years school in year 9 student allow to choose whether they want to do business studies or science or Arts, basically they choose it on the future career prospective, say a student want to be a Dr must has to choose science group, otherwise the student won't fullfill the requirements of admission into medical college after finishing 2 years college.So same for commerce. Like if in 9 year they focus on future business career then they should choose commere, where main subject will be, business study,geography in business, Accounting, management etc.

Nepal

Business studies is taught in Nepal

Nepal

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 at Budhanilkantha School

Budhanilkantha School

Budhanilkantha School, often referred to as BNKS, is a public boarding school in Nepal. It was founded by King Birendra in 1972.It located in Narayansthan, eight kilometres north of Kathmandu on the beautiful foothills of Shivapuri mountain...

where students have to study it in the EBS (Economics, Business Studies and Sociology) pack in A-Level.

India

In India, Business Studies is taught in 11th and 12th class (or grade) to the students of Commerce Stream.

Recently, Delhi University has started a new undergraduate course, namely, Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS).