COURSE:  GEOGRAPHY

Leader of Learning: Ms Maria Casamento

2 units for each of Year 11 and Year 12 / Board Developed Course.

EXCLUSIONS:  Nil.

Course Description:

• The Year 11 Course investigates biophysical and human geography and develops students’ knowledge and understanding about the spatial and ecological dimensions of Geography. Enquiry methodologies are used to investigate the unique characteristics of our world through fieldwork, geographical skills and the study of contemporary geographical issues.

• The Year 12 Course enables students to appreciate geographical perspectives about the contemporary world.  There are specific studies about biophysical and human processes, interactions and trends.  Fieldwork and a variety of case studies combined with an assessment of the geographers’ contribution to understanding our environment, and demonstrates the relevance of geographical study.

Course Content:

Year 11 Course:

The course comprises 4 focus areas and students are required to study all 4.

• Earths natural systems - the uniqueness and diversity  of the earth, processes, cycles and circulations connection natural systems and natural systems and land coverage.

• People, patterns and processes - human activity, population and resource consumption.

• Human-environment interactions - land use and land cover change.

• Geographical investigation - an individual geographical enquiry.

Year 12 Course:

The course comprises 3 focus areas and students are required to study all 3.

• Global sustainability - sustainability in the contemporary world

• Rural and urban places - rural and urban settlement, investigation of a rural and urban  place and a large city outside of Australia.

• Ecosystems and global biodiversity - investigating ecosystems.

Key concepts incorporated across all topics:

Change, Environment, Sustainability, Spatial and Ecological Dimensions, Interaction, Technology,  Management and Cultural Integration.

Course Requirements:

Students complete a Senior Geography Project (SGP) in the Year 11 Course and must undertake 12 hours of fieldwork in both the Year 11 and Year 12 Courses.  Students will be required to submit both oral and written geographic reports.