AQA – AS & A2 Level Studies Geography
We’ve refreshed our geography courses in line with the latest A-level requirements, maximising the strengths of our existing studies and using new locations and technology where appropriate.
Studies are focussed on the ‘route to enquiry’ with students being encouraged to find out about the topic and location, making predictions before going out into the field and collecting data to prove or disprove these. Students will use geographical information systems as a key part of their follow-up work, displaying their own results and using secondary data to help analyse patterns. We then carry out follow-up sessions to find out if their predictions were correct, consider the study’s limitations and think about how they may have affected results.
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Succession | Urban Regeneration |
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Unit 1: RiversThis study allows students to take physical measurements and see how processes of erosion, transportation and deposition shape the river channel and the landscape it flows through. Different types of river management will also be considered. Unit 1: Population ChangeThis study is divided into two settlement case studies. The first considers an inner city or suburban area (depending on centre), whilst the second focuses on an area of rural settlement. Primary data is collected in the form of land-use maps & environ-mental quality surveys and combined with secondary information about each location in order to build a complete picture of each settlement for students to analyse. This will include reference to characteristics such as: housing, employment and the provision of services. Unit 3: Urban RegenerationStudents focus on one urban centre, highlighting a range of regeneration projects and their perceived success in the local area. |
Unit 1: Coastal EnvironmentsA case study approach is used for this module. Students examine the physical causes of coastal erosion and also look at links to the human environment. These include the socio-economic consequences of erosion, variations in soft and hard engineering techniques that may be compared through the cost-benefit analysis of different management strategies. Unit 3: SuccessionAn area of psammosere succession is analysed using measurements of biotic and abiotic factors to determine both natural & anthropogenic influences on the ecosystem. Unit 4A: Geography Fieldwork InvestigationGroups can be introduced to a range of fieldwork & data collection techniques depending on their individual requirements. These skills may be used to collect information from a selection of natural & human influenced environments close to the centre. Alternatively, they may be transferred for use on projects closer to home. |
