Geography

Assessment

There is a range of teaching styles from seminars, presentations, and lectures and students are expected to have an awareness of contemporary issues in the news. The Level course is linear with 3 terminal exams; one for the physical topics, one for the human topics, and a synoptic investigation paper which are all 2 hours 15 mins. Within each paper, there will be a mixture of shorter questions (between 1 and 8 marks) moving up to longer 12 and 20-mark extended prose questions. In addition, students must complete a piece of fieldwork consisting of a minimum of four days’ work in the field. This geographical investigation will be marked in school and should be between 3000-4000 words.