Course overview
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Study A-Level Geography from the comfort of your own home and choose when to take your exams. A convenient and stress-free way to study that fits around your existing commitments. Simply receive your course materials online or by post and start studying to gain that all-important A-Level. This new A-Level course has been updated to meet the latest academic specifications, so you can feel confident you are studying the most up-to-date academic content.
We have a 94% pass rate** with our A-Levels, earn up to 56 UCAS points.
Recognition
Study method
- Online
- Blended
- In-class
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Duration study load
You will have 2 years to complete the full A-Level from the date you receive your materials. You will be able to study at your own pace and in your own time without the pressure of tight deadlines.
Entry requirements
There are no specific entry requirements for this course.
Course features
- Dedicated personal tutor support
- Dedicated student support
- Assignment marking and feedback
- Free CV critique service
- Free employability guide to help you impress future employers
- Free XO Student Discounts card
- *Comprehensive study guide
- *Open Study College pen and highlighter
- *Student study planner
- *Student notebook
* Not included with the online study option
Assessment
To achieve the full Geography A Level qualification you will need to take the exams. You will be assessed across the above areas of study. All topics will be assessed by three paper-based examinations and coursework.
You will also need to undertake fieldwork.
You can choose to add on your exams and fieldwork with us. If you add these on you will have the option to take your exams in either Coventry, Bolton or Wimbledon. You will need to ensure you are able to travel to these locations.
A more detailed breakdown of the assessment details is provided below.
Exam details
Paper 1: 9GE0/01
- Type: Written examination
- Duration: 2 hours and 15 minutes
- Weighing: 30% of A Level
- Total Marks: 105
- Assessed: Areas of study 1 and 3
- Assessment format: A mixture of short answers, open response and resource linked questions. You will also have to complete a 12 and 20 mark extended writing question
Paper 2: 9GE0/02
- Type: Written examination
- Duration: 2 hours and 15 minutes
- Weighing: 30% of A Level
- Total Marks: 105
- Assessed: Areas of study 2 and 4
- Assessment format: A mixture of short answers, open response and resource linked questions. You will also have to complete a 12 and 20 mark extended writing question
Paper 3: 9GE0/03
- Type: Written examination
- Duration: 2 hours and 15 minutes
- Weighing: 20% of A Level
- Total Marks: 70
- Assessed: Content from all areas of study
- Assessment format: A mixture of short answers, open response and resource linked questions. You will also have to complete an 8, 18 and 24 mark extended writing question
Coursework: 9GE0/04
- Type: Coursework/Fieldwork
- Weighing: 20% of A Level
- Total Marks: 70
- Assessed: Define a question of issue for investigation relating to the content in the course using your own research from fieldwork
- Assessment format: A written investigation report of 3000 – 4000 words which is internally assessed at your chosen examination centre and externally moderated. You must complete a minimum of four days of fieldwork, which will be taken under supervision.
Delivery
This course enables you to study for an A Level in Geography by distance learning at home or at work. Your course materials will be sent by post or online. Full tutor support will be available via email, so help is only a click away! Your course will include self-assessment exercises and tutor-marked study questions, so you can monitor your progress.
Thinking of going to university?
Open Study College is proud to partner with QA Higher Education, providing students with the unique opportunity to progress into higher education. This partnership aims to support our students in finding and securing a university place at one of QA Higher Education’s conveniently located teaching centres across the UK.
Subjects
- Volcanoes
- Earthquakes
- Tsunami
- The Earths internal structure
- Plate tectonic theory
- Continental drift
- Paleomagnetism
- Plate Boundaries
- MEDCs and LEDCs
- Tectonic Mega-disasters
- Prediction and forecasting
- Hazard management
- Climate change
- Volcanic Eruptions
- The Cryosphere
- Ice masses
- Periglacial Processes
- Periglacial Landforms
- Tundra
- Glacial mass balance
- Glacier Movement
- Rate of movement
- Glacial erosion
- Glacial transportation
- Glacial Deposition
- Formation of lowland depositional features
- Fluvioglacial landforms
- Proglacial features
- Biodiversity
- Water Cycle
- Carbon cycle
- Human activity
- The influence of technology
- International political and economic organisations
- Special economic zones
- Benefits of SEZs
- KOF Index
- Transnational corporations (TNCs)
- The global shift
- Push and pull factors
- International migration
- A global culture
- Cultural erosion
- Gross domestic product
- Social measures of development
- Effects of globalisation
- Retention of cultural values
- Fairtrade
- Ethical consumption schemes
- Recycling
- Economies
- Places change
- Reasons for change
- Measuring change
- National & regional influences
- Global and International influences
- The negative multiplier effect
- Media sources
- Representations of place
- Infrastructure investment
- North-South divide
- Planning policies
- Government policy
- Local interest groups
- Rebranding
- Regeneration strategies
- The living environment
- Hydrological cycle
- Water stores
- Types of precipitation
- A Tropical Rainforest: The Amazon
- Water budget
- River regimes
- Storm Hydrograph
- Urbanisation
- Drought
- The ecological impact
- Flooding
- The water cycle and climate change
- Rising demand and diminishing supply
- Physical and economic scarcity
- Water conflicts and the future
- Techno-fix
- Sustainable schemes
- The biogeochemical carbon cycle
- Human Effects
- Carbon Budgets
- Carbon sequestration in oceans
- Thermohaline circulation
- Terrestrial sequestration
- The greenhouse effect
- The Greenhouse Effect and Climate Change
- The concentration of carbon
- Photosynthesis
- Energy consumption
- Fossil fuels
- Biofuels
- Economic power
- Military power
- Political power
- Cultural power
- Natural resources
- Demographics
- Hard Power vs Soft Power
- Types of polarity
- Geopolitical polarity and stability
- Emerging nations
- Strengths and weaknesses
- The role of TNCs
- Global action
- International alliances
- Arctic oil and gas
- Intellectual property
- Political spheres of influence
- Conflicts in the Middle East
- Importance of China and India
- Economic problems
- Human development
- Happy planet index
- Sharia Law
- Bolivia under Evo Morales
- Goals of development
- The importance of education
- UNESCO
- Health & life expectancy
- The importance of IGOs
- Millennium Development Goals
- Human Rights
- The transition to democracy
- Levels of political corruption
- Equality
- Geopolitical interventions
- Short-term responses
- Just War Theory
- The effectiveness of development aid
- Recent military interventions
- The cost of inaction
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