GEOGRAPHY GCSE

Exam Board: AQA Specification Code: 8035

Course Overview

The AQA GCSE Geography specification gives students the opportunity to develop their knowledge and understanding of geographical concepts, use geographical skills, enquiry and analysis and allows students to develop their learning through fieldwork. This will also give students the knowledge, understanding and skills to become engaged in current local and global issues.

Students will study the following units: In Geography there are three exam papers to complete with different weightings.

Unit 1: Living with the physical environment(35% Examination) - 1 hour 30 minutes.

• The Challenge of Natural Hazards

• The Living world

• The Physical Landscapes of the UK

Unit 2: Challenges in the human environment(35% Examination) - 1 hour 30 minutes

• Urban Issues and Challenges

• The Changing Economic World

• The Challenge of Resource Management

Unit 3: Geographical applications and Geographical skills - (30% Examination) - 1 hour 15 minutes.

• Geography Skills

• Fieldwork

• Issue Evaluation

All students studying Geography are entitled to two days of fieldwork and so the field trip are a compulsory element to the course to fulfil the specification.

Assessment - 3 Examinations

Exams are at the end of Year 11