In today’s rapidly changing world the role of Geography is of paramount importance. We inhabit a dynamic world facing many challenges. Geographers develop an understanding of the causes, consequences, and management of local to global issues in both human and physical environments. In the first year of the course, you begin your study of A-level Geography through the physical geography theme of Glaciated Landscapes, and the human geography theme of Changing Places. At the end of the first year and into the second year, topics become increasingly synoptic converging physical and human aspects of the course, through the study of Water & Carbon Cycles, Global Migration & Governance of the Oceans, Weather & Climate, Ecosystems, and Tectonic Hazards. In addition, during the first year of the course, you will be required to undertake an ‘Independent Investigation’; a piece of fieldwork data-based coursework that you will design, collect, present and analyse data, and draw conclusions. In studying the above, you will develop extended evaluative essay writing skills, and analytical data and numeracy skills.