Geography

Course summary

Our A Level in Geography offers a broad and balanced curriculum where you will study a range of Human Physical topics. You will learn about the processes shaping the Coastlines of the world as well as how Climate change is beginning to affect them. At the same time you will by learning about how Urban areas have been shaped by Governmental policies and how we trying to solve the environmental problems affecting our cities and making our Urban areas Sustainable. At the end of year 12 you will undertake visits to both Coastal and Urban areas. We stay overnight in Liverpool and look how this amazing city has been shaped by past and present processes. In year 13 you will look at the Water and Carbon Cycle and how Global organisations try to manage our 'Global' area such as Antarctica. Finally you look at major Natural hazards facing our plant - From Earthquakes in Turkey to Wildfires in California, and Volcanoes in Iceland. Paper 1 focuses on Physical Geography. The three Physical Geography topics are 'Coasts' ,which is taught in Year 12, and then 'The Water and Carbon Cycle' and 'Hazards', which are both taught in Year 13. Paper 2 is the 'Human Geography' Paper. The three Human topics are 'Changing Places' and 'Contemporary Urban Environments' which are both taught in Year 12, and then 'Global Governance' which is taught in year 13. At then end of Year 12, pupils undertake Geography fieldwork, looking at the issues taught above, and practising the skills needed to complete their NEA. The NEA is the Independent Study which allows students to select their own choice a geographical issue to research. The topic will be decided in consultation with staff, and will be linked to the A level topics taught. Pupils will set themselves an enquiry question to research, and will then collect data, present the data, analyse it and reach conclusions