A-level Geography₇₀₃₇

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Geography 7037 A-level Specification Specification for first teaching in 2016

06 Feb 2016

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2.0 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.

2.1 Subject content

Physical geography

Human geography

Geography fieldwork investigation

12. Fieldwork requirements
13. Investigation requirements

Geographical skills

14. Geographical skills checklist

2.2 Assessments

Component 1: Physical geography
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
How it's assessed Written exam: 2 hours 30 minutes 120 marks 40% of A-level
Questions Section A: answer all questions (36 marks) Section B: answer either question 2 or question 3 or question 4 (36 marks) Section C: answer either question 5 or question 6 (48 marks) Question types: short answer, levels of response and extended prose

Component 1: Physical geography

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

How it's assessed

Written exam: 2 hours 30 minutes
120 marks
40% of A-level

Questions

Section A: answer all questions (36 marks)
Section B: answer either question 2 or question 3 or question 4 (36 marks)
Section C: answer either question 5 or question 6 (48 marks)
Question types: short answer, levels of response and extended prose

Component 2: Human geography
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
How it's assessed Written exam: 2 hours 30 minutes 120 marks 40% of A-level
Questions Section A: answer all questions (36 marks) Section B: answer all questions (36 marks) Section C: answer either question 3 or question 4 or question 5 (48 marks) Question types: short answer, levels of response, extended prose

Component 2: Human geography

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

How it's assessed

Written exam: 2 hours 30 minutes
120 marks
40% of A-level

Questions

Section A: answer all questions (36 marks)
Section B: answer all questions (36 marks)
Section C: answer either question 3 or question 4 or question 5 (48 marks)
Question types: short answer, levels of response, extended prose

Component 3: Geography fieldwork investigation
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.
How it's assessed 3,000–4,000 words 60 marks 20% of A-level marked by teachers moderated by AQA

Component 3: Geography fieldwork investigation

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.

How it's assessed

3,000–4,000 words
60 marks
20% of A-level
marked by teachers
moderated by AQA

1.0 Introduction

3.0 Subject content