Year 13 8GEO – Geography (NCEA L3)
Course Option Description
Head of Learning Area (HOLA): Mrs E. Sefo.
Why this course:
Geography is a dynamic subject that takes a contemporary approach to relevant and significant issues for people and environments today and in the future. This course provides students with strong communication and analytical skills, which are highly sought after by both private and public sectors.
Geography at this level allows students to develop skills which enable them to:
- Research a local geographic issue of their choosing
- Look at a variety of perspectives on a rapidly changing world
- Communicate information in a variety of effective ways
- Think laterally and provided reasoned explanations to a variety of topics
- Analyse an issue using geographical information systems
Course information:
This course develops an understanding of how people and the natural environment interact. These aspects are examined in both theoretical and practical terms.
Students will / could explore:
- Tourism on a local and global scale
- Human trafficking
- Sustainable energy
- Urban planning and sustainability
- Local geographical issue
Scholarship:
Students with a strong academic background will be offered an opportunity for extension by participating in the scholarship programme outside of their timetabled class.
Prerequisites
Completion of Level 1 Geography with 10 credits or Level 2 Geography with 10 credits previously OR entry at the discretion of the HoLA.
Equipment and Stationery
There will be field trips (to Mt.Cook) associated with this course. Field trips are focused on primary data collection which is required for internal assessments. The cost associated with these trips will be communicated when they are known.
Assessment Information
This course is assessed using Achievement and/or Unit Standards. Please note exact standards are subject to change and individual assessment programmes may be provided in consultation with student and teacher.Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
This course is approved for University Entrance.
External
NZQA Info
Geography 3.4 - Demonstrate understanding of a given environment(s) through selection and application of geographic concepts and skills
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Geography 3.5 - Conduct geographic research with consultation
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Geography 3.6 - Analyse aspects of a contemporary geographic issue
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Geography 3.7 - Analyse aspects of a geographic topic at a global scale
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Geography 3.8 - Apply spatial analysis, with consultation, to solve a geographic problem
Approved subject for University Entrance
Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 18
Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.