Geography helps you to make sense of the world around you, whether you want to help prevent climate change and natural disasters, or improve quality of life and overpopulation, A level Geography will equip you to make a difference in the world. Year 12 Coastal Landscapes: A study of Earth surface processes, landforms and resultant landscapes within the conceptual framework of a systems approach. Changing Places: Making Spaces – an insight into the nature of places and the fluidity of their meanings and representations. Migration: Migration flows that occur at the global level, and the ways in which these influence people, places and institutions. Tectonics: A study of the inter-relationships between inequality, risk, adaptation, resilience mitigation and sustainability within the context of tectonics. Year 13 Earth’s Life Support Systems: A study of the inter-relationships between the land, oceans and atmosphere and how these create a number of issues when attempting to manage them. Power & Borders: A study of the way in which global governance underlie our own and other people’s lives across the globe. Disease Dilemmas: A study of the global patterns of disease and the issues in managing them. How will I be taught? In the classroom: Students will participate in class discussions, debates and tutorials. Students will produce essays, practice exam questions and interpret sources and data. At home: Students are expected to complete preparatory reading for the following lesson, wider research using academic sources and exam technique consolidation. In the field: We will complete fieldwork in an urban and non-urban setting. This typically involves at least one residential fieldtrip and several day trips. Additionally students will participate in a variety of workshops and lectures aimed at developing their skills towards higher-education and the world of work e.g. with world-leading tech company ESRI. What degree courses does this lead to? Outside of Geography typical pathways include Biological Sciences, Physical Sciences, Business and Administration, Social Studies, Computer Sciences and Architecture, Building and Planning. What career opportunities does this open up? You can embark on a career in a range of fields including those in the Education, Commerce, Industry, Transport, Tourism, Architecture, Town Planning and Public Sectors. However, as a cross disciplinary subject with a strong fieldwork element, Geography develops the transferable ‘soft skills’ of communication, problem-solving, teamwork and collaboration, adaptability, organization and conflict resolution that world-renowned employers, such as Google priorities.