AS & A2 Geography
Why choose Geography?
Geography is about the real world and can be easily studied all around us. Come with a genuine interest in the subject and a willingness to work hard and meet deadlines. Much of the subject will involve building knowledge and understanding through your own enquiry and exercises to provide your own notes.
WJEC Specification
- Emphasis on flexible student-centred approaches to skills enquiry
- No coursework at AS or A2, but a range of opportunities for research and out-of-classroom work, including fieldwork
- Content to reflect the lives of students in the twenty first century
AS
- An emphasis on dynamic systems of change in physical and human environments
A2
- Optional choices from contemporise themes
- A wide choice of themes for individual research
- A reflection on sustainable futures
For students this course offers:
- Choice and flexibility for independent research and out-of-classroom work
- Relevance of study to their everyday lives
- A clear picture of their place in a dynamic and interdependent world
- Opportunities to develop their own attitudes and values and the skills needed to become responsible and knowledgeable citizens.
Summary of Assessment ?
This specification is divided into a total of 4 units, 2 AS units and 2 A2 units. Weightings noted below are expressed in terms of the full A level qualification.
AS - year 12 (2 units)
G1 - Changing physical environments 75 marks (1hr 30mins written paper)
Two themes
? Investigating climate change
? Investigating tectonic and hydrological change
Three structured questions with stimulus material, one of which tests research / fieldwork.
G2 - Changing human environments 75 marks (1hr 30mins written paper)
Two themes
? Investigating population change
? Investigating settlement change
Three structured questions with stimulus material, one of which tests research / fieldwork
A2 - year 13 (AS level plus a further 2 units)
G3 - Physical geography 75 marks (2hr 15mins written paper)
? Glacial landforms and their management
? Human geography - development
G4 - Sustainability 80 marks (1hr 45mins written paper)
? Sustainable food supply
? Sustainable water supply
? Sustainable energy
? Sustainable cities
