IGCSE Geography

Course work: 27.5% 60 marks. Teachers set one Centre-based assignment of up to 2000 words Centre-based assessment.

Paper 2: 1 hour 30 minutes Geographical Skills, 27.5%, 60 marks. Candidates answer all the questions. Externally assessed.

Paper 1: 1 hour 45 minutes Geographical Themes, 45%, 75 marks, weighted to 100 marks. Candidates answer three questions, each worth 25 marks. Candidates must answer one question from each section. Externally assessed.

Assessment

The assessment is made up of 3 parts:

Theme 1 Population and Settlement

Theme 2 The Natural Environment

Theme 3 Economic development

Theme 4 Geographical skills