Unit 1: Physical Geography

Assessed through examination: 1 hour 30 min. This module represents 37.5% of the total marks.
Options studied:

1. Restless Earth: Tectonic Hazards: processes, landforms and impacts.
2. Water on the Land: River processes, landforms and causes and impacts of flooding. Asks "Why are flood events increasing?".
3. Weather & Climate: Focus on UK and tropical climates and meteorological processes. Asks "Is weather becoming more extreme?".

Unit 2: Human Geography

Assessed through examination: 1 hour 30 min. This module represents 37.5% of the total marks.
Options studied:

1. Population change: Population growth, greying populations and migration.
2. Changing urban environment: Why most of us now live in cities, impacts of urban lifestyles, and solutions.
3. Globalisation: What is it? Asks "How could we reduce the gaps in living standards and the environmental and political problems it causes?".

Unit 3: Local Fieldwork Investigation

You will design, research and carry out your own investigation which will be on our doorstep in Manchester's City Centre. The investigation will be based upon material covered in Unit 2: Changing urban environment. The write up will be done under controlled conditions in lessons and a workshop on the last day of the Spring term and the first day of the Easter break. This contributes 25% of the final mark.

Mike Johnson
Head of Geography