Advanced Higher Geography 2021/2022

Course overview

Advanced Higher Geography covers a wide range of areas bringing together your learning from everything you have done in Geography so far. Areas of study are:

Question Paper (50)

• Map Interpretation (20)

• Gathering and Processing Geographical Data (10)

• Geographical Data Handling (20)

Project-Folio:

• Geographical Study (60)

• Geographical Issues Essay (40)

Each of these areas have different mark grades for your course and the (number) is how many marks each section is worth towards your overall grade. This works out at the equivalent of

• Question paper 33%

• Geographycial Study 40%

• Geographical Issues Essay 27%

About Higher Geography

Advanced Higher Geography is a course carried out mainly in Scottish schools to develop the knowledge gained from Broad General Education, National 4 & 5 Geography and Higher Geography.

The course content is set out by the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) which also facilitates the end of year exam and submitted course work aspects of the subject.

This website should allow you to navigate through the subject material, completing tasks, checking your learning, and then challenging yourself with the end of unit assessments and SQA style questions. While you navigate through this course at your own speed you should seek assistance from a registered Scottish Geography teacher to keep you on track. Ideally, you would look for a weekly check-in just to ask any questions and prevent challenging sections from becoming overwhelming.