Geography - A Level

Many students choose Geography because of the scope it provides for studying a wide range of current themes and issues, the important insights it offers for understanding our contemporary worlds, and the opportunity to put this knowledge into practice through fieldwork. Geography is seen as a “facilitating subject” for entry to university and has a level of difficulty associated with this. The course builds on GCSE Geography topics and incorporates skills in essay writing, data analysis, map interpretation, information technology, fieldwork and personal research. Our aim is to provide students with the highest quality education and to equip students with a wide range of skills to prepare them for a rewarding and successful career. We seek to provide these within a stimulating, supportive, and friendly department.

AS Year
Unit 1 – Changing Landscapes
SECTION A – Coastal Landscapes
SECTION B – Tectonic Hazards

Unit 2 – Changing Places
SECTION A – Changing Places
SECTION B – Fieldwork Investigation in Physical and Human Geography

A2 Year
Unit 3 – Global Systems and Global Governance
SECTION A – Global Systems – Water and Carbon Cycles
SECTION B – Global Governance: Change and Challenges – Processes and patterns of global migration and global governance of the Earth’s oceans
SECTION C – 21st Century Challenges

Unit 4 – Contemporary Themes in Geography
SECTION A – Tectonic Hazards
SECTION B – Contemporary Themes in Geography – Economic Growth and Challenge: China and Energy Challenges and Dilemmas

Unit 5 – Independent Investigation
Non-exam assessment: 3000 – 4000 words based on the collection of both primary data and secondary information.

Compulsory field visits support and underpin all topics as a requirement for the coursework required by the new specification. Students will be required to plan, data collect, analyse and evaluate data they collect in an independent manner.