Geography

Geography provides a powerful context within which to develop competencies essential for the acquisition of advanced thinking skills necessary for further education, work, and everyday life. It enhances students awareness of how the world around them works on natural and human levels.

Preliminary topics studied include:

• Earth's Natural Systems

• People, Patterns and Processes

• Human- Environment Interactions

• Geographical Investigation 

HSC topics studied include:

• Global Sustainability

• Rural and Urban places

• Ecosystems and Global Biodiversity 

Geography HSC assessment programs will consist of a maximum of four assessment tasks and will require students to be assessed on their knowledge, skills, inquiry, and communication skills. Topics, task weightings, and specific requirements for each course are distributed to students at the commencement of study via their Assessment Handbook.

There is an external examination for students undertaking the course, which consists of a three-hour written examination made up of multiple-choice questions, short answer questions, and extended response questions.

Geography includes key competencies to enhance student learning, such as collecting, analysing, and organising information, and communicating ideas and information. These reflect core processes of geographical inquiry and are explicit in the objectives and outcomes of the syllabus.

During their Preliminary studies, students will be required to complete a Geographical Investigation and must undertake 10 hours of fieldwork in both the Preliminary and HSC courses. Students will be required to submit both oral and written geographic reports during Stage 6.