Geography Mrs Breider
Who are these people? What do they have in common?
Results 2016-17 Year 13 % A*/A 36 % A*- B 60 % A*- E 99
Why choose Geography? Studying geography arms students with a mix of skills employers want to see: Employers love the mix of technical and social skills people get from studying geography, which they see as verytransferable,i.e. useful for a whole range of jobs Geography will help you develop your communication and teamwork skills, as you ll often work on group projects. You ll also develop your research and analysis skills including in IT, lab and fieldwork, which means you will be able to collect and look for patterns in data According to the Royal Geographical Society, Geography graduates have some of the highest rates of graduate employment.
Where can it take you? Geography is great for any kind of career that involves the environment, planning, or collecting and interpreting data. Popular careers for people with geography qualifications include: town or transport planning, surveying, conservation, sustainability, waste and water management, environmental planning, tourism, and weather forecasting. The army, police, government, research organisations, law and business world also love the practical research skills that geographers develop. Because geographers learn about human and population development, geography can be useful for jobs in charity and international relations too
What subjects go well with Geography? Geography will support the study of sciences, especially health and social sciences, like Biology, Sociology and Psychology. Geography A-level is also a facilitating subject, which means that it can be useful for a whole range of university courses and will help you keep your options open.
What will you study. Physical Geography:is a branch of earth science, which looks at the natural elements of the world, including the atmosphere, land and oceans. Tectonic processes and hazards; Landscape systems, Processes and Change (Glacial or Coastal); The Water Cycle and Water Insecurity; The Carbon Cycle and Energy Security; and Climate Change Futures. Human Geography:is a social science that studies how humans interact with the planet and covers things like population growth, migration, how urban and rural settlements develop and even how our economies are effected by the environment we live in Globalisation; Shaping Places (Regenerating Places or Diverse Places); Superpowers; and Global Development and Connections (Health, Human Rights and Intervention or Migration, Identity and Sovereignty).
How will you learn? You can expect a range of activities within lessons including discussions and written activities Homework is focussed on independent research and essay questions All content is applied to current case studies which are used to support understanding of the subject Students complete a minimum of 4 days fieldwork which will be assessed within the independent investigation.
How will you be assessed? Examinations: All topics are assessed at the end of Year 13 with two2 hour 15 minute written examinations, each worth 30% of the qualification and one2 hour 15 minute written examination (synoptic) worth 20% of the qualification. Independent investigation: Assessed as a 3,000-4,000 word, individual written report, completed during Year 13 and worth 20% of the qualification.
What do our students say? Ellie Mills - Transferable Abbie Thompson - Skills Joe Moran Geography degree
Why choose CFS to study Geography? Studying Geography at CFS will enable you to become part of a supportive group with personalised help from teachers who know them but also their peers Class sizes range from 5 to 13 As a department we have strong links with other schools in the area and Nottingham University this enables us to collaborate on fieldwork and offer the opportunity for students to attend lectures at the University of Nottingham Because geographers deal with the natural world and how we behave in it, their jobs can take them everywhere, from taking soil samples on the edge of a volcano to mapping a new town, charting the changes to a glacier in the arctic, or even teaching you in a comfortable classroom.