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Geography A Level

Chapeltown Academy

Hydra Business Park, Sheffield, S35 9ZX

GCE A/AS Level or Equivalent

Level 3

Available start dates

Tuesday, 01 September 2026

Chapeltown Academy

2 Year(s)

Full time

Daytime/working hours

Course Summary

What is Geography?

Geography investigates the Earth’s physical features and human societies, exploring how human actions impact the environment and how people adapt to and manage

these effects.

Why Study Geography?

Geography is a dynamic subject that helps you understand global processes like climate change and predict future impacts. It cultivates critical thinking and decision-making skills, essential for addressing global challenges.

Course Details

We will be studying the Welsh Board (Eduqas) A Level Geography curriculum and will be learning about the following topics:

Topic: Some key questions:

Tectonic hazards: How does the structure of our Earth cause volcanic and seismic events?

Can we predict earthquakes?

What factors determine the vulnerability of a population to a volcanic eruption?

Global governance: In which ways has our world been shrinking?

Why has there been a recent dramatic rise in refugees?

Who owns our oceans and what geopolitical conflicts have arisen over their use?

Global systems: What is a system?

How are the carbon and water cycles connected?

What is the link between the increased store of carbon in our atmosphere and recent increases in extreme weather events?

Glaciated landscapes: What causes glacial periods?

How have glaciers shaped the UK landscape?

What impact is human activity having on glaciated areas?

Development in Africa: How is desertification blighting the lives of millions of people in Africa?

What is the resource curse?

How can we promote development in Africa?

Weather and climate: Why is it frequently cloudy and rainy in the UK?

What are the causes and impacts of hurricanes?

Why are cities often warmer than their surroundings?

Changing places: When people think of Sheffield, what do they imagine? How is this image shaped by film, songs and the media more generally?

How is the knowledge economy and technology shaping places today?

How are places ‘branded’ in order to attract visitors?

How will it be delivered and assessed?

Please click on the following link for this information.

https://www.eduqas.co.uk/media/ln4locyz/eduqas-a-level-geography-spec-from-2016-e-24-01-2020.pdf

Entry requirements

Normal college entry requirements (5 grade 4s or above, including English Language and mathematics), Grade 4 at least in Geography if studied at GCSE.

Your next steps...

Whether you want to help prevent climate change and natural disasters, or improve quality of life and overpopulation, a geography degree will equip you to make a difference in the world. Your understanding and interpretation of complex issues will stand you in good stead if you choose to specialise in a specific geographic discipline, but equally allow you to work in other careers and industries. Some modules you may study are:

Environmental change: Past and present

Health, space and justice

Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Wilderness and habitats

Natural resource management

Water science and management

Sustainable development: Nature and city

Globalisation and regional development

Geography is considered one of the broadest subject areas. And, it has one of the highest employability rates of all undergraduate degrees!

As a graduate you’ll be an attractive candidate for most jobs thanks to your range of transferable skills, including problem-solving, critical thinking, data analysis, technical computing, and team working.

If you want to put your degree to direct use, you could work in:

town and transport planning

conservation, sustainability, and geoscience

tourism, ecology, and environment

international aid and development

cartographer and GIS consultancy

But, don’t forget all those interdisciplinary skills you’ll be learning, which could set you up for a career in:

accounting and finance

logistics and distribution

landscape architecture

IT and computing

government and NGOs

teaching

business and management

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