Geography

Assessment

Examinations are at the end of the second year. Component 1: (2 hours 30 minutes) Physical Geography paper (120 marks, 40% of qualification) Exam paper has three sections covering: Water and Carbon cycles (Section A), Coastal Systems and Landscapes (Section B), and Hazards (Section C). Component 2: (2 hours 30 minutes) Human Geography paper (120 marks, 40% of qualification) The Exam paper has three sections covering: Global Systems and Global Governance (Section A), Changing Places (Section B), or Population and the Environment (Section C). Component 3: Geography fieldwork investigation (60 marks, 20% of qualification) Students complete an individual investigation which must include data collected in the field. The individual investigation must be based on a question defined and developed by the student based on an issue or topic from the specification content.