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Overview

This course is designed to offer students an awareness and an understanding of the important relationship between people and their environment. Throughout the course, a series of issues are raised concerning the interaction between people and environments, and of the need to develop sustainability.

The study of Geography complements other subjects well including, Mathematics, Humanities and other Sciences. The course provides a sound basis to progress either directly to employment or to proceed to study for an Advanced qualification.

Specification aims

The aims of this specification are to:

• Stimulate students' interest in geography, to develop a sense of place and an appreciation of the environment, and to help them to act in an informed and responsible way.
• Acquire knowledge and understanding of a range of places, environments and geographical patterns at a range of scales from local to global and acquire an understanding of the physical and human processes, including decision making, which affect their development.
• Understand the significance and effects of decision making about places and environments.
• Develop awareness of the ways in which people and environments interact, the importance of sustainable development in these interactions and to appreciate the opportunities, challenges and constraints that face people in different places.
• Develop an understanding of global citizenship and the ways in which places and environments are interdependent.
• Appreciate that the study of geography is dynamic, not only because geographical features, patterns and issues change but also because new ideas and methods lead to new interpretations.
• Acquire and apply the skills and techniques, including those of mapwork, fieldwork and Information and Communication Technology (ICT), needed to conduct geographical enquiry.