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Geography: Academic Breadth
Subject
GCSE Geography
Subject group
Humanities, Academic Breadth
Exam Board
EDUQAS (Syllabus B)
Course
Description
Theme 1 - Human Geography - 8Changing Places - Changing Economies9
Students will study the features and structure of cities and rural areas. Students will
discover why more people live in cities, the pressures on cities, ways in which they
can be improved and why some cities are 8Global Cities9.
Students will study the development of countries including trade and aid. Changes in
retail and leisure will also be studied in both urban and rural areas.
Theme 2 - Physical Geography - 8Changing Environments9
Students will explore how the landscape is shaped and changed by processes at the
coast and by a river. They will also study the management of these environments.
Other topics include weather and climate including a detailed examination of the UK
climate and a detailed investigation of climate change and global warming and their
impacts in the short term and long term.
Theme 3 - 8Environmental Challenges9
Students will study ecosystems at different scales both local and global. A detailed
study of two ecosystems including the damage caused by humans and the
management of these ecosystems. Students will also study water supply and demand
and desertification.
Fieldwork - Fieldwork is a compulsory element of the GCSE. Two different fieldwork
investigations are undertaken during the GCSE course. One will examine a physical
geography setting and the other a human geography setting.
Examination
Information
There are three examinations to be taken.
Paper 1 - Three structured questions which examine the three themes. The final part
of each question will require an extended response.
Paper 2 - Problem solving geography. A location, a problem and some solutions are
given to the student. They then have to assess each solution and evaluate their
preferred solution(s) to the problem.
Paper 3 - Applied Fieldwork Enquiry. A variety of questions based on the two
fieldwork opportunities and a final question assessing the ability to evaluate
information and justify a decision.
There are no tiered papers so the same paper is sat by all students.
There is a need for good levels of literacy and numeracy to be successful with GCSE
geography.
All three examinations will be completed in Summer 2027.
Grades
available
9-1
Controlled
Assessment
Information
There is no Controlled Assessment Task.
