Geography

We would expect students to have met the expectations for entry to 6th form and to have a grade 5 in Geography. We welcome conversations with individual students about their suitability for the course.

YEAR 12

We study the human geography units of Contemporary Urban Environments and Changing Places, plus the physical geography units of Coasts and Water and Carbon.

In addition, we learn lots of geographical skills and will complete 4 days of fieldwork; one at the coast; one as a place study in a local area; and a 2 day residential at the Cranedale Centre in North Yorkshire.

 YEAR 13

 Units studied will include:

• Global systems and governance
• Hazards
• Individual Fieldwork Enquiry (NEA)

 ASSESSMENT

Physical geography – written exam, 2 hours 30 minutes. 40% of A level.

Human geography - written exam, 2 hours 30 minutes. 40% of A level.

Geography fieldwork investigation – individual investigation of 3,000-4,000 words. Marked by teacher, moderated by AQA. 20% of A level. 

There is a mandatory requirement of 4 days of fieldwork.

KEY SKILLS

Studying Geography will give you the opportunity to develop a huge variety of key skills which are transferable to other subjects and many different careers – application of number, quantitative and qualitative research, cartographic (maps), graphical, statistical, communication, investigation, ICT, Geographical Information Systems (GIS) problem solving, working with others to name a few.

If you have any further queries about this subject please email enquiries@beverleyj6.co.uk

Career Opportunities:  Huge variety of opportunities linked to both content studied and skills developed - e.g.  GIS Consultancy, Environmental Management, Risk Analysis, Town Planning and Surveying, Business, Marketing and Finance, Education, Travel and Tourism, Project Management and Logistics.