A Level Geography provides you with a dynamic, contemporary and exciting opportunity to engage with the world around you. Reading Materials / Resources: Any pre- reading about topics is highly recommended. Students invited to taster day will be given a reading list for the Summer holidays. Career Opportunities: A Level Geography is a means of entry to both Science and Arts courses in colleges and universities. Many employers welcome the study of A Level Geography. Specific careers involving Geography include: - Environmental Consultancy - Regeneration Officer - Government Policy Officer - Journalism - Tourism - Teaching and Surveying - Cartography - Town Planning Concern for the environment has risen sharply in many walks of life. Geography provides a particular insight into work geared to the protection and appreciation of both rural and urban environments.
Students require a minimum of a grade 5 in 7 different subjects at GCSE (or equivalent), including a minimum of a grade 6 in Geography as well as grade 6s in English (Literature or Language) and Mathematics. A minimum of seven grade 5s in full course GCSE subjects. Must obtain at least a grade 6 at GCSE in a relevant subject for the subjects being considered for A Level. Must have achieved grade 5 in English and Mathematics GCSE. A Level Mathematics requires a grade 7 at GCSE.
Examination – 80%, NEA 20% Units Studied: Unit 1 – Physical Systems (24% of A Level – 1 Hour 30 Minute Examination) Landscape Systems: You will study ONE of the following; Coastal Landscapes, Glacial Landscapes or Drylands. You will focus on examining the following aspects: a) Factors affecting the land b) Landform Development c) The influence of Climate Change d) The Impact of Human Activity In addition to this you will study the Earth’s Life Support Systems to include: • Importance of water and carbon to life on earth • Case studies of Tropical Rainforest and Arctic Tundra • Change over time • Links and interdependence between the cycles Unit 2 – Human Interactions (24% of A Level – 1 Hour 30 Minute Examination) Changing Spaces; Making Places: a) Two contrasting places at a local scale b) How place is understood and represented c) Economic Change and Social Inequality with players involved d) Place making processes in creating places In addition to this you will study Global Connections to include: An increasingly interconnected world with patterns, unequal flows, challenges and geopolitics, studied through: • Global Systems: Option A – Trade in the contemporary world or Option B – Global Migration • Global Governance: Option C – Human Rights or Option D – Power and Borders Unit 3 – Geographical Debates (32% of A Level – 2 Hour 30 Minute Examination) This Unit contains five topics: • Climate change • Disease Dilemmas • Exploring Oceans • Future of Food • Hazardous Earth You will study TWO of the Debates. There will be a mixture of short medium and extended response questions in this paper. Unit 4 – Investigative Geograph
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A Level Geography provides you with a dynamic, contemporary and exciting opportunity to engage with the world around you. Reading Materials / Resources: Any pre- reading about topics is highly recommended. Students invited to taster day will be given a reading list for the Summer holidays. Career Opportunities: A Level Geography is a means of entry to both Science and Arts courses in colleges and universities. Many employers welcome the study of A Level Geography. Specific careers involving Geography include: - Environmental Consultancy - Regeneration Officer - Government Policy Officer - Journalism - Tourism - Teaching and Surveying - Cartography - Town Planning Concern for the environment has risen sharply in many walks of life. Geography provides a particular insight into work geared to the protection and appreciation of both rural and urban environments.
Students require a minimum of a grade 5 in 7 different subjects at GCSE (or equivalent), including a minimum of a grade 6 in Geography as well as grade 6s in English (Literature or Language) and Mathematics. A minimum of seven grade 5s in full course GCSE subjects. Must obtain at least a grade 6 at GCSE in a relevant subject for the subjects being considered for A Level. Must have achieved grade 5 in English and Mathematics GCSE. A Level Mathematics requires a grade 7 at GCSE.
Examination – 80%, NEA 20% Units Studied: Unit 1 – Physical Systems (24% of A Level – 1 Hour 30 Minute Examination) Landscape Systems: You will study ONE of the following; Coastal Landscapes, Glacial Landscapes or Drylands. You will focus on examining the following aspects: a) Factors affecting the land b) Landform Development c) The influence of Climate Change d) The Impact of Human Activity In addition to this you will study the Earth’s Life Support Systems to include: • Importance of water and carbon to life on earth • Case studies of Tropical Rainforest and Arctic Tundra • Change over time • Links and interdependence between the cycles Unit 2 – Human Interactions (24% of A Level – 1 Hour 30 Minute Examination) Changing Spaces; Making Places: a) Two contrasting places at a local scale b) How place is understood and represented c) Economic Change and Social Inequality with players involved d) Place making processes in creating places In addition to this you will study Global Connections to include: An increasingly interconnected world with patterns, unequal flows, challenges and geopolitics, studied through: • Global Systems: Option A – Trade in the contemporary world or Option B – Global Migration • Global Governance: Option C – Human Rights or Option D – Power and Borders Unit 3 – Geographical Debates (32% of A Level – 2 Hour 30 Minute Examination) This Unit contains five topics: • Climate change • Disease Dilemmas • Exploring Oceans • Future of Food • Hazardous Earth You will study TWO of the Debates. There will be a mixture of short medium and extended response questions in this paper. Unit 4 – Investigative Geograph
