Geography AS and A-Level at York College

1. Geography AS and A-Level at York College

2. Why Geography? • Geography is both a humanities and a science subject, so gives a very broad range of experience to any student. • Universities and employers like students who have studied Geography as geographers acquire a wide range of skills. • Geographers are taught about data collection and analysis, essay writing, mathematics and statistics, using GIS and ICT and a whole lot more besides.

3. Best paid jobs with a geography degree: https://www.degreequery.com/best-paying-jobs-with-a-geography-degree/ • Emergency Management • Urban Planning/Community Development • Environmental Planner • Environmental Management • Cartography • Photogrammetry • Economic Geography (e.g. retail planning, estate agent) • Land Surveyor • Geography Teacher • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

4. Institute of Fiscal Studies report 2018

5. Why York College for Geography? • A step between school and University • 2 Staff have many years of Geography teaching and examining experience. • Results. York College students consistently do better than other AQA centres.

6. 71% of A’ level Geographers at York College achieved A* to B grades in 2018

7. Course Content – First Year Mix of human and physical modules: • Water and carbon cycles – rivers and climate change, and the link between changing climate and the water cycle • Contemporary Urban Environments – development and structure of cities from human and physical perspectives • Changing Places – the concept of place in Geography and how places have developed through time. • Geographical Skills – classroom and fieldwork-based

8. We study: Economic inequality: Very large wealth gap between the rich and poor residents of cities in LICs

9. Ethnic segregation

11. How art and architecture can be used to promote different places

12. Course Content – Second Year Again a mix of human and physical: • Hazards – volcanoes, earthquakes, tropical cyclones, wildfires and their causes and consequences • Global Systems and Global Governance – global trade and corporations, international bodies and treaties • Hot Desert Systems and Landscapes – causes of desertification, the land features in deserts associated with water, wind and Man. • Independent geographical project on a subject of your choice, involving fieldwork.

13. Fieldwork • Currently we conduct fieldwork in the North York Moors, based on an overnight stay in the Cranedale Centre near Malton, supporting first year modules in Water & Carbon Cycles, Contemporary Urban Environments and Changing Places. • Day 1 is a river study in Dalby forest. • Day 2 is a study of microclimate in Scarborough or Beverley.

15. Rivers fieldwork at Dalby Beck

16. Other fieldwork

17. Students do a quantitative and qualitative comparison of contrasting urban areas in Leeds, Harehills and Alwoodley.

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21. Students examine geospatial data :

23. Geography/Geology student profile

24. What can it lead to? • Geography students go on to a wide range of careers, including working for the Environment Agency, quantity surveying, environmental analysis, planning, GIS, hazard management……….. • Past students on the Geography A-Level have gone on to study Earth Sciences, Physical Geography, Human Geography, Environmental Management and Environmental Science, as well as courses such as Law, English and Politics.