Geography – AS & A Level
Edexcel
Description of the Specification
For students the aims of this course are to:
- Develop awareness of the complexity of interactions within and between societies, economies, cultures and environments at scales from local to global
- Develop as global citizens who recognise the challenges of sustainability and the implications for their own and others’ lives
- Improve as critical and reflective learners aware of the importance of attitudes and values, including their own
- Become adept in the use and application of skills and new technologies through their geographical studies both in and outside the classroom
- Be inspired by the world around them, and gain enjoyment and satisfaction from their geographical studies and understand their relevance
Type and Nature of the Work Involved
- Develop knowledge and understanding of selected physical, human and environmental processes that underpin key geographical concepts
- Develop a knowledge and understanding of the key concepts of scale, place, space, diversity, interdependence, people–environment interaction, the processes associated with these, and change over time
- Carry out research, and out-of-classroom work including fieldwork.
Method of Assessment
There is no coursework, all assessment of the Units is by examination.
AS
Unit 1: Global Challenges
The meaning, causes, impacts and management of global challenges
30% of total A level mark
Unit 2: Geographical Investigations
How physical and human issues influence lives and can be managed.
- Topic 1: Extreme Weather
- Topic 2: Rebranding Places to re-image and regenerate rural and urban places, using appropriate strategies.
20% of total A level mark
A2
Unit 3: Contested Planet
The use and management of resources
- Topic 1: Energy Security
- Topic 2: Water Conflicts
- Topic 3: Biodiversity Under Threat.
- Topic 4: Superpower Geographies
- Topic 5: Bridging the Development Gap.
- Topic 6: The Technological Fix?
30% of total A level mark
Unit 4: Geographical Research
Students must select and study one option:
- Option 1: Tectonic Activity and Hazards
- Option 2: Cold Environments — Landscapes and Change
- Option 3: Life on the Margins — the Food Supply Problem
- Option 4: The World of Cultural Diversity
- Option 5: Pollution and Human Health at Risk
- Option 6: Consuming the Rural Landscape — Leisure and Tourism
20% of total A level mark
Specific Entry Requirement: A minimum of a grade B if this option was studied for GCSE
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