Specification at a glance
This qualification is linear. Linear means that students will sit all their exams and submit all their non-exam assessment at the end of the course.
Subject content
Physical geography
- 1. Water and carbon cycles
- 2. Hot desert systems and landscapes
- 3. Coastal systems and landscapes
- 4. Glacial systems and landscapes
- 5. Hazards
- 6. Ecosystems under stress
Human geography
- 7. Global systems and global governance
- 8. Changing places
- 9. Contemporary urban environments
- 10. Population and the environment
- 11. Resource security
Geography fieldwork investigation
Geographical skills
Assessments
Component 1: Physical geography |
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What's assessed Section A: Water and carbon cycles Section B: either Hot desert systems and landscapes or Coastal systems and landscapes or Glacial systems and landscapes Section C: either Hazards or Ecosystems under stress |
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Component 2: Human geography |
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What's assessed Section A: Global systems and global governance Section B: Changing places Section C: either Contemporary urban environments or Population and the environment or Resource security |
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Component 3: Geography fieldwork investigation |
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What's assessed 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. |
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