Geography

Course summary

Optional themes (Paper 1) – to be taken by both SL and HL students. (1) Oceans and their coastal margins: the role oceans in influencing climatic conditions, oceans as a resource base and the management of coastal margins. (2) Natural hazards and disasters, risk assessment and response: a look at the range of human adjustments and responses to hazards at a variety of scales. Core Themes (Paper 2) – to be taken by both SL and HL students. (1) Population distribution: a look into population change, migration and gender inequalities. (2) Global climate: a look at the atmosphere, the use of water, the problems of soil degradation and sustainability and the environment. (3) Global resource consumption and security: the changing global trends of resource use, and conservation strategies to overcome the problem of resource consumption.