A level Economics, soft subject?

[mad?]

English will be LOTS of reading and analysis. Economics does cover some of what she is interested in.

[Tinkers]

English will be LOTS of reading and analysis. Economics does cover some of what she is interested in.

Plus there’s coursework as well. Not sure if there is in economics

[kenyancowgirl]

Thank you very much for all your replies. They are very helpful.

I forgot to mention the other subjects are: FM, Maths and Physics.

Before I spark the 4 subjects debate, our school does not encourage 4 subjects but if a DC is choosing Further Maths then they will ask for a 4th subject. This is to ensure that DCs are covered for those Unis that do not recognise FM as a separate A level. Also, she can drop FM at A level if things become stressful.

Her English is consistently good, right form primary school. She loves reading and writes poems. However, she has this idea that the exams will not give her much creative freedom. They will mostly be content analysis type.

She is also very interested in Economics related topics - land, labour, capital, financial crisis, Brexit impact, gender pay gap, globalisation, monopolies, oligopolies .... But she wasn't sure if this is seen as a soft subject as compared to English Language. This is making the choice slightly harder.

Language or Literature? Because up thread you said Literature....! A lot of school do not offer English Language A level - only Literature, which is reading and analysis of texts - and a lot of wider reading. Economics currently is probably evolving daily, due to the impact of Trump, Brexit etc - this could make it interesting but also some of the topics could be quite challenging, as I'm not sure anyone knows what the actual impacts will be!

[Tinkers]

Unless the school has changed it in the last couple of years it’s literature.

[berks_mum]

Yes it is literature.