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GEOGRAPHY

Geography helps you to make sense of the world around you. It is hands on, it is relevant and it is fun. We study a wide range of physical and human topics such as urban issues, world development, extreme environments, rivers and hazards to name but a few. The course will give you the chance to get to grips with some of the big questions that affect our world and understand the social, economic and physical forces and processes which shape and change it.

 Exam Board – AQA

Course Content

This qualification is linear, meaning that pupils will sit all their exams at the end of the course. There are three papers:

Unit 1: Living with the Physical Environment

Written Exam – 35% of GCSE

Ī The challenge of natural hazards Ī Physical landscapes in the UK Ī The living world Ī Geographical skills

Unit 2: Challenges in the human environment

Written exam – 35% of GCSE

Ī Urban issues and challenges Ī The changing economic world Ī The challenge of resource management Ī Geographical skills

Unit 3: Geographical applications

Written exam – 30% of GCSE

Ī Issue evaluation – evaluation of an issue which can be selected from any part of the specification based on secondary material in a pre-release booklet. Ī Fieldwork - two fieldwork enquiries of physical and human environments. Ī Geographical skills