Geography A level

Step 1: Apply

Step 2: Interviews and taster events

As part of your application you will be invited to book an interview, to discuss your chosen course, where you will meet with an academic tutor from your chosen area of study for an informal discussion about your course choices, to ensure you have chosen the best course for your future ambitions.

This will give you the opportunity to ask questions and discuss anything about the course that you are unsure about. Please ensure you check your confirmation email for full details, so you do not miss your appointment.

You are initially only able to book an interview for your first choice course, please let us know if you would subsequently like to be able to book interviews for other courses by emailing admissions@paston.ac.uk

Step 3: Offer

This stage provides you with an outcome of your recent interview, which will confirm if you have been made an offer of a place on your chosen course.

All offers are provisional until the point of enrolment and most of our course offers are conditional, meaning there is entry criteria you need to meet before enrolling. This will be outlined in your offer letter.

Sometimes we are unable to offer you a place on your chosen course. If this happens the reasons will be discussed with you at your appointment and we will look at alternative options with you. We will be in contact to confirm the outcome and what to do next. We also have a team of specialist Course Advisers who are more than happy to look at alternative options with you and answer any questions you may have.

Step 4: Enrolment

Enrolment is the final stage before starting your course with us and takes place within the last two weeks of August. We require you to be available to attend your appointment in person at college, so we can complete all the required steps to enrolling you on your chosen course.

We may ask you to bring some documents with you so please read your enrolment invitation carefully.

Geography is the study of the world around us and is a very well respected discipline. Geographers seek to understand the relationships between humans and environment; from the decisions needed to make cities more hazard resilient to asking the questions about how we can make society more equal. This course will give you the opportunity to study a range of contemporary human and physical geography topics which will engage you and help you develop the skills and knowledge to be global citizens and decision makers in a rapidly changing world.This course focuses on allowing you to develop transferable geographical skills. You will learn about a range of contemporary human and geography issues that are relevant to Norfolk, the UK and the wider world. You will also learn how to plan geographical research and collect, analyse and interpret geographical data. Alongside this, you will enhance your skills by learning how to use modern mapping systems like ArcGIS, and how to ask geographical questions and help find the answers. Topics covered include coasts, plate tectonics, geography of disease, migration, human rights and earths life support systems.You will have the opportunity to complete local fieldwork on the coast and the water and carbon cycle. You will then be able to choose a subject that interests you for your coursework. Paston College also offers lots of exciting trips further afield with students recently visiting Madagascar, South Africa, China, Iceland and New York.

Closer to home students also have the opportunity to take part in the annual Biodiversity Conference in Norwich. If you are interested in understanding the interactions between man and the environment, enjoy science and the arts and can work independently or as part of a team, then this is the subject for you. Because Geography includes elements of science, social science and the arts, it combines very well with a wide range of other A Level subjects such as Art, Business, Biology, Languages, Politics, Maths and Sociology.

You will be assessed through non-examined assessments and three written exam papers that focus on physical systems, human interactions, geographical debates and individual geographical investigation.

3 A Level Programme

Minimum of 66444 at GCSE

You must also study English/Maths GCSE if you have not already achieved grade 4 in these subjects.

If you achieve a minimum of 3 GCSE's at grade 8 plus 5 at grade 7 and your English Language and Maths are at minimum grade 4, you will have the option to join the A Plus programme.

Please note that A Plus is designed for applicants to academic courses at Oxford, Cambridge or Russel Group.

Geography opens many doors for young people and is highly regarded by leading universities in science and social science. Geographers are also highly prized in the work-place for their problem solving, communication, research and analytical skills.