GCSE Geography

Component 1: Global Geographical Issues

37.5% of the qualification

Content overview

Topic 1: Hazardous Earth
Topic 2: Development dynamics
Topic 3: Challenges of an urbanising world

Assessment overview

Section A: Hazardous Earth
Section B: Development dynamics
Section C: Challenges of an urbanising world.

Written examination: 1 hour and 30 minutes (94 marks)

Component 2: UK Geographical Issues

37.5% of the qualification

Content overview

Topic 4: The UK’s evolving physical landscape – including sub-topics 4A: Coastal change
and conflict and 4B: River processes and pressures.
Topic 5: The UK’s evolving human landscape – including a Case Study – Dynamic UK cities.
Topic 6: Geographical investigations – including one physical fieldwork investigation and one human fieldwork investigation linked to Topics 4 and 5.

Assessment overview

Section A: The UK’s evolving physical landscape
Section B: The UK’s evolving human landscape
Section C: Geographical investigations

Written examination: 1 hour and 30 minutes (94 marks)

Component 3: People and Environment Issues – Making Geographical Decisions

25% of the qualification

Content overview

Topic 7: People and the biosphere
Topic 8: Forests under threat
Topic 9: Consuming energy resources

Assessment overview

Section A: People and the biosphere
Section B: Forests under threat
Section C: Consuming energy resources
Section D: Making a geographical decision.

Written examination: 1 hour and 30 minutes (64 marks)