Geography Summary

A-level Geography is a qualification that is engaging and relevant to today’s geographers – a qualification that enables students to engage critically with real world issues and places, apply their own geographical knowledge, understanding and skills to make sense of the world around them, and to help prepare them to succeed in their chosen pathway. Students will study in Year 12 Tectonic Processes and Hazards, Coastal Landscapes and Change, Globalisation and Diverse Places. In Year 13 students will study The Water Cycle and Water Insecurity, The Carbon Cycle and Energy Insecurity, Superpowers and Migration, Identity and Sovereignty. There is also a compulsory Non-Examined Assessment (NEA) which is an independent investigation that students will complete on a question of their choice. Fieldwork involves a residential stay completing their NEA data collection.

Entry Requirements

  • 5 x grade 5 or above (including GCSE Maths and English Language) 
  • Grade 5 in essay-based subject i.e English Literature, History, Geography, Religious Studies etc 

Course Duration

2 years full-time

Specification

Edexcel

How you will study

Our specifications offer an issues-based approach to studying geography, enabling students to explore and evaluate contemporary geographical questions and issues such as the consequences of globalisation, responses to hazards, water insecurity and climate change. The specification content gives students the opportunity to develop an in-depth understanding of physical and human geography, the complexity of people and environment questions and issues, and to become critical, reflective and independent learners. Content is framed by enquiry questions that encourage an investigative and evaluative approach to learning.  

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Component breakdown

There are 3 examinations for the full A-Level course: 

Paper 1 (physical geography): 2 hrs 15 mins 

Paper 2 (human geography): 2hrs 15 mins 

Paper 3 (synoptic paper): 2hrs 15 mins 

Plus a coursework assessment (NEA) between 3000-4000 words.

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