b'Geography Advanced General Certificate of EducationSubject OverviewPhysical Systemsthis unit focuses on the importance Students who study Geography possess an extremelyof carbon and water cycles to life on earth in places such marketable and sought after range of knowledge andas the tropical rainforest and the Arctic.understanding of the world around them.This AGCEHuman Interactionsthis is a study of global course will teach students exciting topics to understandconnections examining the dynamic flows of people the nature of physical and human geography whilstbetween countries with migration and the global unpicking the debates surrounding contemporaryvariation of human rights.challenges facing the world today. Geographical Debatesthis unit focuses on the 6.1geographical variation of disease.The first year has three broad areas of study. How lessons are taughtPhysical Systemsthis unit focuses on the relationshipGeography lessons are taught using a wide range of between the land, oceans and atmosphere, studentsactive learning approaches including personal enquiry, will study coastal landscapes, processes, landforms andgroup activities and fieldwork, as well as formal management. classroom based activities.Human Interactionsstudents study the characteristicsProgressionof cities and the inter-connections between differentGeographers develop enquiry, decision making, cities. This covers how our living spaces have changedfieldwork and research skills, which will prepare them and how they can be improved. well for higher education courses or a wide range Geographical Debates - the topics covered in this unitof career choices, such as environmental science, are current issues that the planet faces, and studentsconsultancy, surveying, town planning, travel and will be encouraged to engage with the issues, reflecttourism, meteorology, architecture and teaching. on and think critically about them. Students willGeography A Level is recognised as a facilitating A Level investigate what the future might hold, and how thisby most universities including the Russell Group.could be managed. This unit also examines the cause of volcanoes and earthquakes, their impacts and the strategies used to manage them.6.2 Exam Board OCRThe second year also has the three broad areas of studySubject Leader Mr I Rawlingsalong with an independent investigation. Specific Entry Requirements: Investigative Geography - an independent investigation6 GCSEs (Grades 9-5) including Mathematicswhich is of particular interest will be undertaken, thisGrade 6 in GCSE Geography and Englishcan be related to any area of the specification. A wide range of skills and abilities will be developed which are applicable not only to study in higher education but also within the world of work and life.32 www.ttsonline.net'