Aim

Students are undertaking the GCSE Geography AQA specification.

Topics covered

Over the two-year course, students will complete three units:

• Unit one: Living with the physical environment (35%)
• Unit two: Challenges in the human environment (35%)
• Unit three: Geographical applications (30%)

In Unit one, students will be taught three topics:

• The challenge of natural hazards
• The living world
• Physical landscapes in the UK

In Unit two, students will be taught three topics:

• Urban challenges
• The changing economic world 
• The Challenge of Resource Management

In Unit three, students will be taught two topics:

• Issue elevation, where students will learn how to use pre-released material for their examination 
• Fieldwork, students will be examined on their fieldwork enquiries in an external examination

Spelling, punctuation and grammar will be assessed in all three units.