Geography

Geography A level is a topical and contemporary course that will challenge your perceptions and develop your investigative and analytical skills. With a focus on current and future issues facing the world, you will use modern case studies and create your own fieldwork investigation to help you understand how these changes are affecting both societies and the natural environment, while identifying ways of managing these challenges sustainably.

The course is made up of the below components, covering physical, environmental and human geography: water and carbon cycles, systems and their landscapes, coasts and hazards, global systems and global governance, changing places and population and the environment. The geography fieldwork investigation involves an individual report which must include data collected in the field.

Many students follow this course with a geography related degree, while others find that employers value the critical thinking and decision-making skills which geography students gain through A level studies.

You will need a GCSE grade 6 in geography or another humanities subject.