Why study IBCP Geography? Geography is a dynamic subject firmly grounded in the real world, and focuses on the interactions between individuals, societies and physical processes in both time and space. It seeks to identify trends and patterns in these interactions. It also investigates the way in which people adapt and respond to change, and evaluates actual and possible management strategies associated with such change. Geography describes and helps to explain the similarities and differences between different places, on a variety of scales and from different perspectives. Geography as a subject is distinctive in its spatial dimension and occupies a middle ground between social or human sciences and natural sciences. The course integrates physical, environmental and human geography, and students acquire elements of both socio-economic and scientific methodologies. Geography takes advantage of its position to examine relevant concepts and ideas from a wide variety of disciplines, helping students develop life skills and have an appreciation of, and a respect for, alternative approaches, viewpoints and ideas. What will I study during the course duration? The aims of the geography course at SL and HL are to enable students to: Develop an understanding of the dynamic interrelationships between people, places, spaces and the environment at different scales Develop a critical awareness and consider complexity thinking in the context of the nexus of geographic issues The aims of all subjects in studies in language and literature are to enable students to: Acquiring an in-depth understanding of how geographic issues, or wicked problems, have been shaped by powerful human and physical processes Synthesising diverse geographic knowledge in order to form viewpoints about how these issues could be resolved. Understand and evaluate the need for planning and sustainable development through the management of resources at varying scales.