Stage 2 Geography
Length of Course
Level
Learning Area
Core or Specialist
Pre-requisites
Nil
Subject Description
The Transforming World content focuses on the following five topics, which are organised under two themes:
Theme 1: Environmental Change
Topic 1 - Ecosystems and people
Topic 2 - Climate change
Theme 2: Social and Economic Change
Topic 3 - Population change
Topic 4 - Globalisation
Topic 5 - Transforming global inequality
Students undertake independent fieldwork on a local topic or issue of personal interest.
The selected topic or issue should enable students to use a range of fieldwork techniques to collect primary data.
The fieldwork report may be in multimodal, written and/or oral form. A written report should be a maximum of 2000 words; an oral report would be a maximum of 12 minutes; a report in multimodal form should be of equivalent length.
It is highly reccomended that students undertake at least one semester of Stage 1 Georaphy.
Cost: Field trips are a compulsory part of this course and involve some expense (approximately $100.00).
Students develop an understanding of the spatial interrelationships between people, places and environments. They appreciate the complexity of our world, the diversity of its environments and the challenges and opportunities facing Australia and the world.
Students examine the characteristics and causes of changes in environmental, social and economic systems and study their effects, implications and interconnectedness.
Assessment:
School assessment
- Assessment Type 1: Geographical skills and Applications (40%)
- Assessment Type 2: Fieldwork report (30%)
External assessment
- Assessment Type 3: Examination (30%)
Pathways for Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS)
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