Do you want to be able to demonstrate a wide range of skills to future employers? Geography acts as a bridge between the Sciences and the Humanities and therefore can be combined appropriately with a wide range of other studies, from Physics and Mathematics to Languages, History and Business Studies. Students find the course develops their ability to express themselves effectively in writing and in basic statistics, and to design, carry out and present a project or investigation. These skilIs are relevant to a wide range of careers and courses of study. Fieldwork is an essential part of A Level studies and it provides students with some of their most fulfilling aspects of sixth form study. Across the course students have the opportunity to visit places from local to global locations, including investigations of fluvial action in the River Stour and Gentrification in Notting Hill, London. There are also exciting optional fieldtrips to Iceland and possibly even more exotic places, on a semi-regular basis.
It is expected that a GCSE (or equivalent) will have been studied in Geography and ideally a grade 6 or higher has been achieved to study this A Level course. You should have a very good knowledge and understanding of the physical processes and cycles which shape the world, such as the rock and water cycles. The main texts used here at SLC are AQA Geography AS and A Level Physical, and Human, books by Oxford.
Paper 1. Physical Geography Section A: Water and carbon cycles Section B: either Hot desert environments and their margins or Coastal systems and landscapes Section C: one of a) Hazards orb) Ecosystems under stress or c) Cold environments. • 96 marks • 2 hours and 30 minutes of written paper • 40% of total GCE Paper 2. Human Geography Section A: Global systems and global governance Section B: Changing places Section C: Contemporary urban environment or Population and the environment or Resource security. • 96 marks • 2 hours and 30 minutes of written paper • 40% of total GCE Paper 3. Geographical investigation: Students complete an individual investigation which must include data collected in the field. The individual investigation must be based on a question or issue defined and £29,434 - £40,899 pa developed by the student relating to any part of the specification content. • 35 marks • 3,000-4,000 words non-examination assessment • 20% of total GCE
About Education Provider
| Region | South East |
| Local Authority | Kent |
| Ofsted Rating | |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| ISI Report | View Report |
| Boarding Fee | £29,434 - £40,899 |
| Sixth Form Fee | £19,263 - £20,877 |
| Address | College Road, Ramsgate, CT11 7AE |
Do you want to be able to demonstrate a wide range of skills to future employers? Geography acts as a bridge between the Sciences and the Humanities and therefore can be combined appropriately with a wide range of other studies, from Physics and Mathematics to Languages, History and Business Studies. Students find the course develops their ability to express themselves effectively in writing and in basic statistics, and to design, carry out and present a project or investigation. These skilIs are relevant to a wide range of careers and courses of study. Fieldwork is an essential part of A Level studies and it provides students with some of their most fulfilling aspects of sixth form study. Across the course students have the opportunity to visit places from local to global locations, including investigations of fluvial action in the River Stour and Gentrification in Notting Hill, London. There are also exciting optional fieldtrips to Iceland and possibly even more exotic places, on a semi-regular basis.
It is expected that a GCSE (or equivalent) will have been studied in Geography and ideally a grade 6 or higher has been achieved to study this A Level course. You should have a very good knowledge and understanding of the physical processes and cycles which shape the world, such as the rock and water cycles. The main texts used here at SLC are AQA Geography AS and A Level Physical, and Human, books by Oxford.
Paper 1. Physical Geography Section A: Water and carbon cycles Section B: either Hot desert environments and their margins or Coastal systems and landscapes Section C: one of a) Hazards orb) Ecosystems under stress or c) Cold environments. • 96 marks • 2 hours and 30 minutes of written paper • 40% of total GCE Paper 2. Human Geography Section A: Global systems and global governance Section B: Changing places Section C: Contemporary urban environment or Population and the environment or Resource security. • 96 marks • 2 hours and 30 minutes of written paper • 40% of total GCE Paper 3. Geographical investigation: Students complete an individual investigation which must include data collected in the field. The individual investigation must be based on a question or issue defined and £29,434 - £40,899 pa developed by the student relating to any part of the specification content. • 35 marks • 3,000-4,000 words non-examination assessment • 20% of total GCE