A Level: Geography

Studying Geography will give you the opportunity to travel the world via the classroom, learning about both natural and social sciences along the way. The latest Geography specification is designed to excite your mind, challenge your perceptions, and stimulate your investigative and analytical skills.

You will study a combination of physical and human geography units.

Field work will be conducted as part of the course, this includes 2 days local fieldwork in Year 12 and 5 days fieldwork in Wales in Year 13.

Year 12:

• Hazards
• Water/Carbon Cycles

Year 13:

• Coastal Systems and Landscapes
• Globalisation and Global Governance
• Contemporary Urban Environments

Assessment objectives:

You will be assessed on your ability to:

• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of places, environments, concepts, processes, interactions, and change, at a variety of scales (30-40%)
• Apply knowledge and understanding in different contexts to interpret, analyse, and evaluate geographical information and issues (30-40%)
• Use a variety of relevant quantitative, qualitative, and fieldwork skills to investigate geographical questions and issues, interpret, analyse, and evaluate data and evidence, as well as construct arguments and draw conclusions (20-30%)

Two x 2.5 hour exams - 40% each.

Non Examined Assessment (NEA) - 20%.

• All Loughborough College Sixth Form courses have minimum entry requirements of at least five GCSEs at grade C/4 or above, including English Language and Maths.

• GCSE in Geography and Maths grade 5.

Students who study on a Geography pathway are highly employable. They gain transferable skills including numeracy, literacy & team work. People who study Geography have to learn to think analytically and critically, have cultural agility, are socially and environmentally aware and are creative.

In their studies, Geography students build on their ability to integrate ideas effectively, problem solve, and develop computer literacy skills to a high standard.

Geography graduates are - according to the Higher Education Statistics Agency's 'Destination of Leavers from Higher Education' survey - less likely to be unemployed after their degree course than those studying almost any other subject.