Geography

Geography

Qualification

GCSE

Examination Board

WJEC

Overview of content

Geography is the study of places and the relationships between people and their environments. Geographers explore the physical properties of the earth’s surface and the human societies spread across it.

Unit 1: Our physical and human world (30% Examination)

Here you will study:

• Drainage basins and rivers
• Changing coastlines
• Migration
• Settlement Change

 

Unit 2-Developind fieldwork skills (25% Non-examination assessment)

You will carry out a field work visit based on a topic such as, change over time or environment, and investigate this in a chosen location, writing a fieldwork enquiry that will be submitted to the WJEC.

Unit 3-Our dynamic and diverse world (30% Examination)

• The geography of inequality
• The highs and lows of our weather
• Wild weather
• Continual climate change
• Managing global challenges

 

Unit 4-Sustainable Solutions (15% Non-examination assessment)

You will receive a resource booklet on a geographical issue and will also carry out background reading on the issue. You will then write a report based on t areal-world issue in a decision-making task, reporting how sustainable the various options are likely to be

Skills development

• Geography is always in the news. You will develop skills to interpret, analyse and evaluate information to make decisions about issues and problems that affect people and their environment.
• An ability to collect, process, analyse and understand qualitative and quantitative data and communicate it to a variety of audiences.
• Develop a reasons argument and communicate it to a variety of audiences.
• Teamwork and leadership skills.
• Studying geography allows you to develop a range of personal skills for life, including time management, dealing with uncertainty, flexibility, creativity, problem solving and self-confidence

 

Careers

The transferable skills developed by studying geography are actively sought by employer. There is a wealth of jobs that geographers can do spanning almost every sector! Most jobs have an element of geography in them, whether a doctor investigating the spread of disease or an engineer designing products to cope with less demand for plastic

How you will be assessed

Examination (60%)
Non-examination assessment (40%)

For further information, please contact Miss Entwistle.