Geography

Assessment

For the A Level course, candidates study a combination of elements from the units found in Year One as well as an additional two units that will investigate human and physical Geography in more detail as well as the interactions between them both: Unit 1: Physical Systems (Coasts and Earth Systems), this unit is worth 24% of the A Level course and is assessed via a 1 hour 45-minute written exam Unit 2: Human Interactions (Changing Spaces, Migration and Power and Borders), this unit is worth 24% of the A Level course and is assessed via a 1 hour 45-minute written exam Unit 3: Geographical Debates (Climate Change and Hazardous Earth), this unit is worth 32% of the A Level course and is assessed via a 2 hour 30-minute written exam Unit 4: Investigative Geography (An independent field study based on the Coasts topic) this unit is worth 20% of the A Level and is assessed via a 3000-4000-word piece of coursework.