Geography

Course summary

Geography A Level provides students with the opportunity to study contemporary events that relate to their everyday life. Students have the opportunity to investigate the interaction between human and physical environments. Topics include water and carbon cycles, hazard management, contemporary urban environments, changing places and global governance. Case studies cover a range of scales and include issues from around the globe as well as close to home. There are four days of fieldwork, which is a central part of the scheme of work. By Year 13 A level students are capable of independent research so undertake their own fieldwork project on a topic of their choice. This is supervised by a geography teacher and can be on any agreed topic. Data can be collected during fieldtrips. Units of work include water and carbon cycles, hazards, coastal systems, global systems and global governance, changing places and contemporary urban environments.