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Geography A level (A2468 - SA049)

City College Norwich

Ipswich Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 2LJ

GCE A/AS Level or Equivalent

Level 3

Available start dates

Tuesday, 01 September 2026

City College Norwich

2 Year(s)

Full time

Daytime/working hours

If you are a UK or home fee status student and aged 16-18 on the 31st August before the start of your course, tuition fees are free. If you are aged 19 and over please contact the Advice Shop.

Application Instructions

Please ensure your application includes correct contact information e.g. mobile number and personal email address.

You can apply for up to two courses (except A Level subjects where you must select a minimum of three).

You will only be invited to book an interview for your 1st choice course initially.

Course Details

Summary:

This course gives an insight into many issues, from coastal erosion and global warming to rising global population and food supply.

Course description:

Geography is the study of the world around us. Through your A Level studies, you will learn the theoretical basis of physical and human geography. This will enable you to identify how people and the environment interact, and the issues that arise from these interactions such as sustainability, globalisation and climate change. During the course we will cover the following content:

Physical geography:
Water and Carbon Cycles,
Glacial Landscapes,
Hazardous Earth,
Human geography:
Diseases,
Migration,
Human Rights,
Urban Change,
Geography investigation and Geographical
skills: fieldwork Investigation of data
collected in the field; cartographic,
graphical, statistical and ICT skills.

Assessment:

You will have three examinations at the end of the second year as well as completing an individual investigation which must include data collected in the field. The individual investigation must be based on a question or issue you have defined and developed that relates to any part of the specification content.

Entry requirements

Applicants should have a minimum of six GCSEs at grades 9-4, including English Language and Maths. Applicants should have achieved a minimum of grade 5 in English Language. Students do not need to have completed GCSE Geography, however if it has been taken, a minimum of a grade 5 should have been achieved.

Your next steps...

Academic progression:

An A Level in Geography could lead on to a related degree, but the skills you will learn such as thinking and writing clearly and logically and interpreting different kinds of data will be useful in a wide range of other subjects. Geography is identified by selective universities as one of the subjects they prefer applicants to have studied at A Level.

Career progression:

Geography can also help you move on to a variety of careers, such as; conservation and environmental management, town planning, teaching or international development. The skills gained from A Level Geography would be useful if you are planning to seek employment or work in the voluntary sector on conservation and humanitarian projects.

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