Geography
You should, if you:
Want to understand and explain the world in which you live
Are concerned about worldwide issues such as development, famine, pollution, tourism and the economy
Enjoy exploring and investigating things around you
Enjoy developing your own point of view, supported by facts and evidence
Geographical Skills, such as map reading, interpreting graphs, and reading data and images.
A range of topical units, such as climate change, sustainable development, water shortages, global warming, and the global impact of tourism.
Other units on plate tectonics, rivers, economic change and settlement.
Study a variety of materials, discuss them and interpret them. The types of materials will include:
Textbooks, websites, fieldwork trips (local and national), maps, databases and spreadsheets, charts and graphs, photographs, documentaries, TV news broadcasts, newspapers and cartoons
Present your findings and point of view in notes, written answers, oral presentation and using ICT including GIS
Independent research of secondary data and group work
Fieldwork techniques and primary data gathering
The course will be assessed via external examinations, which will cover a wide range of Geographical knowledge and skills. A fundamental part of this assessment will be the use of Geographical fieldwork to collect, manipulate and analyse ‘real-world’ data based on two field trips that we will make during the three years.
