Geography – Edexcel – 2GB01
Course Outline
Geography is an ideal subject for developing a full range of skills. You will learn how to research
information from a range of sources and present it in a variety of ways, both written and in
diagrams. You can get experience of manipulating data, using statistics and ICT software such as
databases, spread sheets and graphics packages. Fieldwork forms an essential part of the course
and this will help you to develop the skills of organising your own time, and working and cooperating with others. All these skills are transferable and will help you to make progress in other
subjects. They are also skills that are highly valued by employers, and will be useful in the world of
work.
The objective of the course will be to actively engage in the process of geography to develop as
effective and independent learners, and as critical and reflective thinkers with enquiring minds.
Develop your responsibilities as global citizens and recognise how you can contribute to a future
that is sustainable and inclusive. In addition, geography enables you to develop and apply your
learning to the real world through fieldwork and other out-of-classroom learning and to use
geographical skills, appropriate technologies, enquiry and analysis.
Course Details
Unit
Unit
Unit
Unit
1
2
3
4
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Dynamic Planet (25% of total GCSE)
People and the Planet (25% of total GCSE)
Making Geography Decisions (25% of total GCSE)
Investigating Geography (25% of total GCSE)
Assessment Criteria
Three units will be externally assessed by terminal examination. Unit 4, Investigating Geography, is
the Controlled Assessment and will be completed under controlled conditions and internally
assessed, following collection of primary data from fieldwork. A sample will be moderated by the
examination board. Students must complete one of the fieldwork tasks from a list provided by
Edexcel.
Career Prospects
Geography ensures pupils are well placed to contribute to the scientific and political debates
regarding the world in which we live. Pupils learn an excellent range of transferable skills that
enable them to be successful across a range of professions. Employment opportunities include
Journalism, Media, Law, Engineering, Business Management, ICT, Environmental Management,
Teaching, Economic Planning, Marketing, Leisure and Recreation and Tourism.