Geography

Course summary

Geography is the ‘must have A Level, in a world that increasingly values people who can work across the physical and social sciences, geography’s all the rage ’ (The Guardian Newspaper). To excel at Geography you need to be flexible in your abilities, able to write coherently and passionately in essays, analyse data and graphs and people able to express your opinions with evidence to back them up. There is a lot of material to cover so organisation is essential. The key attribute is an interest in the world and how it is changing. The A Level Geography course will cover both the physical and human environments and the complex interaction of processes that shape our world. It will also, importantly, show the applied side of the subject – how human intervention affects the environment and how people adapt and mitigate the effects of processes on their environment. This is complex and dynamic and varies from place to place depending on people’s resources, technology and culture. There is plenty of room for discussion and extended research, which will help pupils become independent thinkers and learners. By the time pupils reach their exams, they will be able to show an understanding of a range of opinions and be able to illustrate answers with case studies from local, national and international examples.