Course Details
Awarding Body: Eduqas
Staff Contacts: Mr B McAndrew ( BMcAndrew@quarrydale.notts.sch.uk)
Key features of the course
Component 1: Changing Landscapes and Changing Places
Written examination: 1 hour 45 minutes
20.5% of qualification
Section A: Changing Landscapes: Coastal Landscapes
Two compulsory structured, data response questions and one compulsory extended response question.
Section B: Changing Places
Two compulsory structured, data response questions and one compulsory extended response question.
Component 2: Global Systems and Global Governance
Written examination: 2 hours
27.5% of qualification
Section A: Global Systems
Water and Carbon Cycles
Two compulsory structured, data response questions and one compulsory extended response question.
Section B: Global Governance: Change and Challenges
Processes and patterns of global migration and global governance of the Earth’s oceans.
Two compulsory structured, data response questions and one compulsory extended response question.
Section C: 21st Century Challenges
One compulsory extended response question drawing on both Components 1 and 2 with resource material.
Component 3: Contemporary Themes in Geography
Written examination: 2 hours 15 minutes
32% of qualification
Section A: Tectonic Hazards
One compulsory extended response question
Section B: Contemporary Themes in Geography
Four optional themes:
• Ecosystems
• Economic Growth and Challenge: India or China or Development in an African Context
• Energy Challenges and Dilemmas
• Weather and Climate
Two essay questions chosen from these four optional themes.
Component 4: Independent Investigation
Non-exam assessment: 3000 to 4000 words
20% of qualification
One written independent investigation, based on the collection of both field data and secondary information.
Aspects of political life in the French-speaking world
Entry Requirements:
Minimum of five GCSEs at Grade 4 including English Language and Maths with at least a grade 5 in Geography.
What could this course lead on to?
Geography students are found in many walks of life but usually in a career that centres on working within statistical analysis or planning and management issues from both the human and natural world, such as environmental management, town planning.
A-Level Geography has many transferable skills vital for progression to Higher Education and employment. Emphasis is place on the independent NEA as a vehicle for students to show a range of data collection and analysis skills in the production of the written report.
Future prospects and careers
The course will support access to degree courses in both Physical and Human Geography.
