Geography is a subject that is both fascinating and intellectually challenging in addition to being one of the facilitating subjects recommended by top Universities (Russell Group). The most recent HESA (Higher Education Statistics Agency) survey shows that Geography graduates show a very low unemployment rate (7.4%) compared to the national average (8.9%) (2011). You will follow a contemporary course that has been developed in consultation with the Geographical Association, Royal Geographical Society, and leading HE institutions. The course is designed so that you are inspired by the world around you, gain enjoyment and satisfaction from your geographical studies, and understand their relevance in the dynamic world in which we all live and work. The topics studied: Dynamic Landscapes Topic 1: Tectonic Processes and Hazards Topic 2: Landscape System, Processes, and Change: Coastal Landscapes and Change Dynamic Places Topic 3: Globalisation Topic 4: Shaping Places: Regenerating Places Physical Systems and Sustainability Topic 5: The Water Cycle and Water Insecurity Topic 6: The Carbon Cycle and Energy Security Human Systems and Geopolitics Topic 7: Superpowers Topic 8: Global Development and Connections - Health, Human Rights and Intervention Individual and group research occurs throughout the course via several class and fieldwork exercises culminating in an individual fieldwork investigation on a question of your choice related to specification. This enables you to become adept in the use and application of skills and new technologies as well as improve as critical and reflective learners aware of the importance of attitudes and values, including their own. Although desirable, A level students don't have to have studied GCSE Geography, as the department has an extremely successful record with students who are extending their GCSE studies and those who wish to return to the subject at this stage.