Geography at A-level

Welcome Year 11! This is your A-level preparation site.

We are delighted to hear that many of you will be continuing with your Geographical studies at A-level and we know that you will enjoy this as much as you have done at GCSE. Your course has prepared you especially well for your future studies as Barton Peveril, Peter Symonds and Richard Taunton College all follow the AQA specification (syllabus) and as a geographer at Mountbatten, you will have been exposed to a range of fieldwork techniques and locations over the last 5 years! It will also prove really useful for any of you prearing to take geography A-level at any other college. Geography will excite your mind, challenge your perceptions and stimulate your investigative and analytical skills.

Studying Geography will prepare you for Higher Education (University) as well as a range of careers including managerial roles, disaster management, epidemic management and preparedness, environmental scientist, surveyors, sustainable development professionals, coastal engineer, travel and tourism sector worker and town planning and many more exciting opportunities.

It will open up a range of university study options including Geography, Oceanography, Geology, Geographic Information Systems, Urban and Regional Planning, Demography, International Relations, Law, Environmental Science and various other courses. Or maybe you are simply interested in taking some time to further your understanding of the Geography you have studied at GCSE with us at The Mountbatten School?

There are number of things you can do:

1. Developing as a geographer – through general reading around / watching videos / listening to podcasts etc. to develop your geographical knowledge and understanding.

2. Preparing for the A-level course - starting to explore the topics and their foundations which will be studied in the A-level course using the transition projects we have provided for you below which are tailored to your course.

To be a great geographer you will remember that you need to develop the ability to think synoptically, being able to see the greater overview and how everything begins to link together. Geography is not just about studying people and landscapes; it is also the relationships that exist between people and their environment.

At GCSE you have covered a lot of the foundations of the underpinning concepts; physical processes and how they have shaped the landscape and the key human processes that shape our society. GCSE has provided a breadth of study, whereas A-Level will now enable you to gain greater depth by exploring topics in greater detail but also encouraging you to identify and explore the links between topics.

The best geographers at A-level keep reading the news and generally seek to improve their geographical understanding by engaging with geographical discussions regarding key issues. This site will help you to do all of this.