Geography

Edexcel 4GEO

Content

Geography aims to bring together the wide range of ideas that shape the world we live in, and explain how we can adapt and work with them. Geographers are able to combine skills: analysis, data interpretation and fieldwork, combined with the ability to explain your ideas and evaluate them for an audience. As a contemporary subject, you’ll study the world around you and the forces that shape it: using real world examples, current events and clear case studies to deepen and strengthen your understanding.

Assessment

The IGCSE is assessed in two separate papers, with no controlled assessment.

Paper 1: Physical Geography (4GEO/01) 40%

Coastal environments Hazardous environments Fieldwork to investigate these topics

Paper 2: Human Geography (4GEO/02) 60%

Economic activity and energy Urban environments Globalisation and migration Fieldwork to investigate these topics

Full information and typical content can be found on the Edexcel iGCSE specification

Teaching Methodology

Taught by expert teachers, we have examiners and subject experts to get you the best results we can. We expect high standards, and we will keep pushing you to constantly challenge your world view – through fieldwork, travel, and an exciting curriculum that keeps you involved in explaining the events you experience. Be prepared for a great journey.

Co-curricular and Enrichment

The new IGCSE specifications gives you the best Geography that we can. We are bringing in new skills – like GIS, and online mapping; getting the best out of interactive and case study driven lessons, and making use of our position in the heart of London to be in contact with universities and researchers alike. You’ll be part of the Senior Geography Society, meeting and hearing from excellent speakers from academic and business worlds. You’ll be able to join some of the Senior Geography adventures, building on Iceland, and future destinations will reflect the demands and inspiration for our Geography students!

We expect to conduct a variety of local fieldwork through the duration of your IGCSE course, which helps in key parts of the examination, but does not need to be written up formally. This is a significant change to previous Geography courses – we think it’s a major advantage! Trips will be small scale, local and help build real depth and understanding: without costing the Earth.

Progression after GCSE

Geography opens up a world of options. You’ll find that your skills will take you a long way: Geography goes well with Arts and Sciences alike, and is academically rigorous to provide excellent support for almost any combination, as well as being a rich academic subject to lead your studies. We have an excellent track record of Geographers at university, including Oxford success, and of achieving great results at A Level and beyond. So, why not take the first step?