Extended essay (new specification)
This section of the site covers Extended Essays in Economics and interdisciplinary extended essays in Economics. The pages cover the Extended Essay process and aim to help students and teachers at each stage, including choosing a topic, formulating a research question, conducting research, and writing the essay.
This section of the site covers Extended Essays in Economics and interdisciplinary extended essays in Economics. The pages cover the Extended Essay process and aim to help students and teachers at each stage, including choosing a topic, formulating a research question, conducting research, and writing the essay.
It is made up of the following sections:
Approaching the new extended essay guide
This page covers the new extended guide for first teaching in 2025 and first examination in 2027.
How to write an excellent extended essay in Economics
This page sets out how to write an excellent extended essay in Economics. It includes the research question, introduction, research method, main body of the essay, conclusion and presenting the essay.
How to write an interdisciplinary extended essay in Economics
An interdisciplinary extended essay involves integrating knowledge, concepts, theories, perspectives, or methods in one subject with another diploma subject to answer a research question. An interdisciplinary...
Working with the extended essay marking criteria
This page outlines the marking criteria for the new Economics extended essay (first examination 2027) to show how students can write their essays to achieve the highest possible mark for each criterion.
Student guide to the extended essay process in Economics and interdisciplinary extended essay in Economics
This page is an introductory guide for students to the extended essay process in Economics and the interdisciplinary extended essay in Economics
Extended essay presentation checklist
You should not submit the final version of your extended essay to your supervisor until they have completed the following checklist. Completing each of the following tasks may be worth a significant number...
The Economics extended essay and approaches to learning (ATL)
The extended essay guide now includes all five ATL skills: thinking, communication, social, self-management, and research. Supervisors are expected to monitor the ATLs through the essay supervision process....