Geography
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith
Course summary
Why study Geography? An A-Level in geography encourages learners to apply geographical knowledge, theory and skills to the world around them. In turn, this will enable learners to develop a critical understanding of the world’s people, places and environments in the twenty-first century. Learners will develop both knowledge and understanding of contemporary geographical concepts, together with transferable skills that will enable them to progress to higher education and a range of employment opportunities. Features of the course: The human element of the course comprises of changing places and global governance. Changing places investigates how and different places change over time and the impacts this can have, global governance looks at how the impact and management global issues like migration. The physical side includes changing landscapes where we study glaciation and how different glacial environments have shaped certain parts of the world and how this has affected humans and also how humans are affecting it. Global systems investigates key physical cycles such the water cycle. As well as this, we study plate tectonics and the associated hazards. There are 4 compulsory day of fieldwork in which we do a range of human and physical data collection to prepare students for their coursework and consolidate work done in lessons.
Entry Requirements
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You must meet the following: Grade 6 in GCSE Geography
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Assessment
1 x 1 hour 45 minutes examination (component 1 – 20.5%) 1 x 2 hour examination (component 2 – 27.5%) 1 x 2 hour 15 examination (component 3 – 32%) 1 x independent investigation of 3000-4000 words (20%)
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