NEW SPECIFICATION FOR 2017

Make a difference: Study IB Geography

Geography is a
subject that helps
young people into
work. Many
employers prize
the knowledge
and skills that
studying
geography can
provide and
geography in
higher education
is thriving
MICHAEL PALIN

Why is Geography Important?

We live in a world of amazing beauty, infinite complexity and
GEOGRAPHY IS A
rigorous challenge.
'FACILITATING
Through studying Geography, we build an appreciation of how places and SUBJECT' AND
landscapes are formed, how people and environments interact, what consequences HELPS YOU WITH
arise from our everyday decisions, and what a diverse range of cultures and UNIVERSITY
societies exist and interconnect. Geography is a subject which builds on our young APPLICATIONS.
peoples own international experiences, helping them to formulate questions,
develop their intellectual skills and find answers to issues affecting their lives. Advice from the
Geography helps us investigate and to think critically and creatively about the Russell Group (24 of
the UK's leading
complexities of places, and different views and feelings relating to places.
Universities)
Geography is studied best through enquiry, this requires the formulation of effective
questions and fieldwork and outdoor education are essential tools to allow this
happen. Furthermore, the broad scope of understanding as well as the adaptable
nature of approach to study and problem solving means that, year on year,
Geography graduates have the highest rates of employability out there!

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What will be studied?

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CORE: GEOGRAPHIC GEOGRAPHIC THEMES HL ONLY
PERSPECTIVES Two options are studied at GEOGRAPHIC FIELDWORK
SL, and three at HL
GLOBAL CHANGE PERSPECTIVES Fieldwork, leading to one
Freshwaterdrainage written report based on a
Population distribution
basins GLOBAL fieldwork question,
changing information collection and
population Oceans and coastal INTERACTIONS analysis with evaluation
Global climate margins
vulnerability and Extreme environments Power, places and
resilience Geophysical hazards networks
Global resource Leisure, tourism and Human diversity
consumption and sport Global risks and
security Food and health resilience

Urban environments

5 key concepts will

underpin the course:
Power, Possibility,
Perspectives, Place
and Processes

CAREERS WHICH PARTICULARLY UTILISE THE

SKILLS DEVELOPED BY GEOGRAPHERS INCLUDE:
Physical Systems - engineering,
hydrologist, weather forecaster, flood protection
manager, earth scientist, geomorphologist
Geographical Techniques - GIS
specialist, location analyst, surveyor, aerial
surveyor, cartographer
Development & Global Issues -
Medicine, civil servant, economic adviser and
analyst, NGO worker
Travel, Tourism, Leisure and Culture -
expedition leader, leisure centre management,
heritage site manager, travel writer
Environment & Sustainability- civil servant, conservation worker, estate
management, environmental consultant
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