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Beths Grammar School
Geography
Examination board:
Available Levels:
Minimum Entry Requirements:
Head of Department:
AQA
A Level
Grade 6 at GCSE in Geography or grade 6 in English or in a Humanities
subject
Ms R Ewing
What do I need to know or be able to do before taking this course?
In order to study Geography at A Level a good Geography and/or English GCSE grade is vital. A keen interest
in the world around you and an appreciation for the variety of viewpoints that exist is also a requirement.
You must also be keeping up to date with current affairs and subject specific developments.
What will I learn on this course?
The A Level Geography course is an enquiry based approach, focusing on people and their environments
through issues such as:
Who is responsible for governing the world’s oceans?
Why do more people die in earthquakes in the poorer countries of the world?
How do different groups of people experience places in different ways?
You will learn how to research and evaluate these, and similar topics.
What kind of student is this course suitable for?
The Geography course will suit anybody with an inquisitive mind, who would like to develop a variety of
skills to investigate current issues and concerns. You will need to be numerate, and willing to use different
styles of writing for reports. In the new specification there is now a strong statistical thread running through
the core of the subject involving key mathematical skills such as: Spearman’s Rank Correlation Coefficient
and Chi Squared.
You should have an interest in what is going on around you, from the local to the global Level. Examiners
appreciate a personalised approach, and look for evidence that you are in touch with local current affairs
and events.
What kind of work will I need to do outside lessons?
You will be expected to undertake five hours of reading and individual research per week. During the course
of the year there will be 4 short fieldwork expeditions and a 4,000 word coursework on either the London
Docklands or Foots Cray Meadows as part of Component 3: Geographical Investigation.
What could I go on to do at the end of my course?
The skills developed in Geography lend themselves to a wide range of professions and further study areas.
At university you could study for a single honours university degree in Geography or combine Geography
with another subject. Geographers are numerate, literate, communicative, and capable of making balanced
judgements and writing cohesive reports. The all-round skills you will develop on this course are very
valuable to employers in many fields. A Level Geography lends itself to being paired with other subjects such
as Physics, P.E, Biology and Economics – all of which are popular combinations nationally.
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