Geography

Course summary

AQA Geography is a 2 year course. Study in Year 12 consists of two physical topics and two human topics. The physical topics include Coastal Landscapes and Tectonics. The two human topics include Globalisation and Diverse Places. The course in Year 13 includes a further two physical and two human topics. The two physical topics are The Water Cycle and The Carbon Cycle. The human topics are Superpowers and Health, Human Rights and Intervention. Across the two years you will be required to complete four days of fieldwork to collect data for a 3000 to 4000 word independent investigation. The third exam paper will be a synoptic investigation of a contemporary geographical issue. This exam is based on a booklet that links all the different topics you will have previously studied. Students will be loaned course text books for most topics and will be expected to do a considerable amount of independent study if they are to achieve the best from A Level Geography