Year 12 Subjects – Geography
Level: Year 12
Subject Name: Geography
Prerequisites: None
Assumed knowledge: None
Course Summary:
Can we control population size? What can we do about climate change? How is wealth spread around the world? How can the world be shrinking and expanding? Is Earth running out of resources?
The Year 12 Geography course (20 credits) explores a range of real-world challenges, their impacts and how people respond to make our world a better place to live in. Students will strengthen their ability to solve problems and to think critically and creatively using evidence. Skills will also be developed in spatial representation and interpretation including GIS; written and oral communication; and in the collection, evaluation and analysis of information.
Course content:
- Topic 1: Ecosystems and people
- Topic 2: Climate change
- Topic 3: Population change
- Topic 4: Globalisation
- Topic 5: Transforming global inequality
- Fieldwork: Students will undertake independent fieldwork on a local geographical topic or issue of personal interest. Students will use a range of fieldwork techniques to collect primary data and present and analyse their findings.
Assessments:
School assessment (70%)
- 4 x Geographical Skills and Application Tasks (each worth 10%)
- Individual fieldwork report
External assessment (30%)
- Exam (30%)