Geography

Course summary

In Year 12 the course is divided into 2 parts. In physical Geography you will study the water and carbon cycles and coastal landscapes and systems while in human geography you will study changing places and contemporary urban environments. Towards the end of Year 12 students begin to prepare for the independent investigation – this is your chance to conduct fieldwork and a full investigation into a topic of your choice. The Year 12 course includes a compulsory fieldwork trip, which will include a 3 day residential trip and a at least 1 local fieldwork day trip. It is vital that all students are aware of this when signing up for the course. In Year 13 you will study hazards as your physical Geography topic and global systems and governance as your human geography topic. It is also during Year 13 that students complete the write‐up of their independent project which they began in Year 12. Geography sits well with other humanities such as history, but works equally well with science based subjects. Many pupils and it complements biology and chemistry incredibly well and that skills in Math and English help with both papers for essay writing and completing your independent study. Geography is a well‐regarded subject for a range of university courses because of the wide variety of academic skills that students learn. It also equips you with a huge variety of transferable and highly desirable skills applicable to an array of careers, ranging from Management Consultancy, Finance and Engineering to Law and Business. Geography graduates consistently have one of the highest employment rates after graduation because of that wide mix of skills they have developed.