Never before has there been a better, or more important, time to study A Level Geography. By dealing with vital and topical issues like climate change, migration, environmental degradation, social issues and natural hazards, A Level Geography is one of the most relevant and topical subjects you can study. The course is designed to excite your mind, challenge perceptions, and develop your investigative and analytical skills in preparation for your next steps beyond school. A Level Geography also enables you to develop a combination of other transferable skills - including problem-solving and critical thinking - that are highly regarded by universities and employers. What you will learn in Year 12: • Physical geography: coastal systems and landscapes (exploring the dynamic nature of coastal zones, their processes and landforms); and hazards (hazards in the lithosphere and atmosphere, including volcanic, seismic, wildfire and storm hazards) • Human geography: changing places (investigating our relationship with places and how/why places change); and global systems and global governance (exploring the complex nature of globalisation and the local, national and international impacts of increasing global interdependence) What you will learn in Year 13: • Physical geography: water and carbon cycles (investigating the magnitude and significance of these cycles at a variety of scales and their central importance to human populations) • Human geography: contemporary urban environments (exploring the processes of urban change in contrasting modern-day cities around the world and their environmental and social impacts) • Non-examined assessment of 3,000-4,000 words: this independent fieldwork investigation, based on a geographical topic of your choice, requires you to collect, present and analyse your own data Assessment: You will be assessed by examination (worth 80% of your A Level) and your non-examined assessment (your internally marked fieldwork report, worth 20% of your A Level). Looking ahead: A Level Geography takes you places and you may be interested to learn that graduates in geography have amongst the highest rates of graduate employment (source: Royal Geographical Society). Geography combines well with both arts and science subjects, and is well respected by universities. Geography graduates can be found in a range of careers. Obvious roles include working on sustainability and green issues, urban regeneration, energy supply, and managing climate change. However, an understanding of global systems economics can help a career in business, while considerations around issues of migration and development can help a career in law, human rights, or international relations.