Geography

In the AS year you will study physical and human geographical concepts and develop your geographical skills. You will be able to attend fieldwork, which will contribute to your skills development.
The second year of the course looks at challenge and change in both the natural and the human environments. Fieldwork will help prepare you for a written fieldwork/issues analysis.
ENTRY RECOMMENDATIONS:
Grade C in Geography gained on the Higher paper. Students who have not taken the subject at GCSE will be considered if they have a good grade set in comparable subjects.
ASSESSMENT:
All by external exams; no coursework.
PROGRESSION:
Environmental and ecological careers as well as landscape architecture, meteorology, land management, town planning, Ordnance Survey, surveying, oceanography, teaching and the tourism industry.