Geography

Course summary

• Topic 1: Tectonic Processes and Hazards. Tectonic processes, a study of the causes of tectonic hazards, the impact of tectonic activity on people, and responses to tectonic hazards. • Topic 2: Landscape Systems, Processes and Change. An integrated study of processes, landforms and landscapes. A study of one landscape system and the physical and human processes influencing change over time and space. Option 2b: Coastal Landscapes and Change. • Topic 3: Globalisation A study of globalisation, its causes and consequences for different people and places. • Topic 4: Shaping Places A study of how and why places are shaped and changed, the meanings and identities attached to different places and the consequences for different people. Option 4a: Regenerating Places. • Topic 5: The Water Cycle and Water Insecurity Water cycle, human and natural factors that impact on water cycling, consequences for water security and future water conflicts. • Topic 6: The Carbon Cycle and Energy Security Carbon cycle, human and natural factors impacting on carbon cycling, the consequences for ecosystems and management strategies. • Topic 7: Superpowers Superpowers, the reasons for shifting economic and political power, the impacts of superpowers, influence of superpowers in governing the global commons. • Topic 8: Global Development and Connections Option 8a: Human Health and Development