Geography

• Physical Geography:  Coastal Landscapes; Earth’s Life Support Systems
• Human Geography:  Changing Spaces, Making Places; Global Systems and Governance (Migration and Powers and Borders)
• Geographical Debates: Future of Food, Climate Change
• Geography Independent Investigation (NEA)

In Year 12, students will study Coastal Landscapes, an extension from the UK Physical Landscapes module taught in the GCSE. This allows students to build on prior knowledge and develop confidence in Geography A-Level. They then study Changing Spaces, Making Places as part of the Human interactions paper. Following this, students study the Future of Food, followed by Climate Change. Students will be able to evaluate their understanding of physical and human processes that shape these topics and create informative discussions surrounding the wider causes and impacts in these modules, as well as their synoptic links.

In Year 13, students continue their course with the Non-Examined Assessment. They conduct four days of fieldwork on their chosen topic and independent enquiry, and learn a range of skills which support them in collecting, presenting and analysing data. This creates links with the concepts they learnt in Year 12 and allows them to apply it to real-life situations. Alongside this, students study the module Earth’s Life Support Systems which breaks down the interaction between water and carbon cycles in varying scales. This is then followed by studying Global Systems and Governance, which is the final module – in which students study Migration and Powers and Borders, both being topical to current affairs in the news.

1. Physical systems – 1 hour 30 mins – 22% (66 marks)
2. Human interaction – 1 hour 30 mins – 22% (66 marks)
3. Geographical debates – 2 hour 30 mins – 36% (108 marks)
4. Investigative geography NEA – 20% (60 marks)

Grade 5+ in Geography

Geography is a highly valued qualification by universities and employers. It incorporates both sciences and the arts and shows a student’s wide range of analytical skills. There are a wide variety of career choices such as sustainability, urban planning, meteorology, the tourist industry, marketing, climate change and natural disaster management.