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ZIMSEC A-Level Economics
Syllabus topics
78 topics and subtopics in the 2015-2022 syllabus, examined from 1 Jan 2018.
- 1
Tools of Economic Analysis
Form 5 (competency matrix 8.1.1). Not listed among the topics of Paper 3.
- 3
Demand Theory
Form 5 (competency matrix 8.1.3: demand and elasticity) and Form 6 (8.2.1: utility and indifference curve theories).
- 4
Supply Theory
Form 5 (competency matrix 8.1.4) and Form 6 (8.2.2: growth of firms and small and medium enterprises).
- 5
Theory of the Firm
Form 5 (competency matrix 8.1.5) and Form 6 (8.2.3).
- 6
Theory of Distribution
Form 5 (competency matrix 8.1.6) and Form 6 (8.2.4). The matrix also lists interest rate determination (Loanable Funds and Liquidity Preference theories) here…
- 7
Government Intervention in the Economy
Form 5 (competency matrix 8.1.7) and Form 6 (8.2.5).
- 7.1 Sources of market failure
- 7.2 Taxation and subsidies
- 7.3 Price controls, production quotas and buffer stock
- 7.4 Direct provision and regulation
- 7.5 Privatisation, commercialisation and nationalisation
- 7.6 Wages legislation, incomes policy and land reform
- 7.7 Strengths and weaknesses of solutions to market failure
- 7.8 Central planning and decision-making in Zimbabwe
- 7.9 Cost-benefit analysis
- 8
International Trade
Form 5 (competency matrix 8.1.8) and Form 6 (8.2.6).
- 9
Measurement of Economic Performance
Form 5 (competency matrix 8.1.9) and Form 6 (8.2.7).
- 10
Money and the Price Level
Form 5 (competency matrix 8.1.10) and Form 6 (8.2.8).
- 11
Macroeconomic Problems and Policies
Form 5 (competency matrix 8.1.11) and Form 6 (8.2.9).
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Examination skills
Not a content topic of the syllabus: this node is ours, from the assessment objectives and the skill distribution (knowledge and understanding, interpretation…
About this syllabus
The ZIMSEC A-Level Economics syllabus (Forms 5-6) has eleven topics. Form 5 covers the tools of economic analysis (research techniques, averages and data presentation), economic resources, enterprise and business organisation, demand, supply and elasticity, production costs, the theory of the firm and market structures, rewards to the factors of production, market failure and government intervention, international trade, national income measurement, money and banking and macroeconomic problems. Form 6 adds utility and indifference curve theory, growth of firms and small enterprises, profits, efficiency and price discrimination, theories of distribution, cost-benefit analysis and central planning, the balance of payments, terms of trade and exchange rates, national income determination and aggregate demand and supply, interest rates and inflation, and macroeconomic objectives and policies, with emphasis on Zimbabwe.
How you are assessed
Continuous assessment (assignments, theory tests and a practical assignment) carries 30%. The examination carries 70%: Paper 1 multiple choice (40 items, 1 hour 30 minutes, 20%), Paper 2 data response (two compulsory questions of 20 marks, 1 hour 15 minutes, 20%) and Paper 3 theory essays (12 questions, answer 4, 3 hours, 100 marks, 30%).
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