Geography

Geography offers a selection of new, interesting topics not covered at GCSE level and allows you to go into greater depth in some key elements you previously studied. It covers both the physical and human environments and the complex interaction of processes that shape our world. It will also, importantly, show the applied side of the subject how human intervention affects the environment and how people adapt and mitigate the effects of processes on their environment.

You will study both physical and human geography and complete your own fieldwork investigation based on a specification topic of your choice. Physical Geography water and carbon cycles, coastal systems and landscapes, hazards (volcanoes, earthquakes, tropical storms, wildfires) Human Geography global systems and global governance, changing places, contemporary urban environments.

Geography fieldwork investigation you will complete an individual investigation (3000 4000 words) based on a question or issue you choose to develop, including collecting and analysing fieldwork data

5 grade 6s at GCSE. Grade 6 in Geography GCSE.

Geography is a facilitating subject that is a subject most likely to be required or preferred for entry to degree courses. Choosing facilitating subjects will keep more options at the university level; Geography opens doors to other degrees such as business and administrative studies, law, engineering and technology,?and the other social?physical sciences.