Geography
A-Level geography develops the skills and understanding learnt at GCSE. The exams taken follow the AQA scheme of work. Through our curriculum students are enabled to explore the world and the different geographical issues within it. The specification explores current issues of local, national and global importance in contexts specific to different parts of the world.
A-level geography introduces new content and approaches to geographical processes, systems, and ideas of place, scale and space. Students will complete the NEA, which is a piece of written work based on a geographical question from the course. They will also undertake fieldwork. This consists of a local day trip as well as a 2-night residential, where students undertake activities that relate to both human and physical geography.
Possible Career paths:
- Town and Country Planning
- Land Management
- Oceanographic Studies,
- Geology
- Hydrology
- Teaching
- Environmental Management,
- Tourism
AQA Geography Course Outline
Paper 1 – Physical Paper is 2 hours 30 minutes. It’s worth 40% of the A-level (120 marks). Section A: Water and carbon cycles (Y13). Section B: Coastal systems (Y12). Section C: Hazards (Y12)
Paper 2 – Human Paper – as per the physical paper, the paper is 2 hours 30 minutes and worth 40% of A-level (120 marks). Section A: Global systems and global governance (Y13). Section B: Changing places (Y12). Section C: Contemporary urban environments (Y12)
NEA
Component 3: Geography fieldwork 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 developed by the student relating to any part of the specification content. It is a written piece of about 3,000–4,000 words and worth 60 marks (20% of A-level). Students will start the NEA at the end of Y12 before going into Y13.