UK · Subject guide
Geography
A-Level Geography (AQA 7037), against the DfE/Ofqual subject content.
01 · Overview
Geography
A-Level Geography (AQA 7037), against the DfE/Ofqual subject content.
- Subject guide
- A-Levels
- Topics mapped
- 12
02 · Complete topic map
Complete topic map
Every topic recorded for this subject in the curriculum is reproduced below in its full hierarchy. The descriptions reflect the mapped scope without implying additional exam rules.
- 01
Water and Carbon Cycles
Compulsory physical core examining the stores and fluxes of water and carbon at or near the Earth's surface and their links to climate and life.
- 02
Hot Desert Systems and Landscapes
Compulsory physical option (alternative to coasts or glaciers within the dryland set) studying arid landforms shaped by limited moisture, wind and water processes, plus desertification.
- 03
Coastal Systems and Landscapes
Physical landscape option exploring coasts as dynamic systems where winds, waves, currents and sediment interact to create distinctive landforms and management challenges.
- 04
Glacial Systems and Landscapes
Physical landscape option investigating past and present glaciated environments, glacial and periglacial processes, resulting landforms and human pressures on them.
- 05
Hazards
Optional physical topic analysing natural hazards such as tectonic, storm and wildfire events, their impacts on people and approaches to risk and response.
- 06
Ecosystems Under Stress
Optional physical topic focusing on biosphere and ecosystem functioning, biodiversity, and the strains placed on ecosystems by human activity and management.
- 07
Global Systems and Global Governance
Compulsory human core on globalisation flows of capital, labour, goods, services and information, and the international institutions and frameworks that govern them.
- 08
Changing Places
Compulsory human core requiring study of two contrasting places, examining how endogenous and exogenous factors shape their character, meaning and lived experience.
- 09
Contemporary Urban Environments
Optional human topic on urbanisation, urban forms and processes, environmental issues and the pursuit of sustainable, liveable cities.
- 10
Population and the Environment
Optional human topic exploring relationships between population, climate, soils, food and health, and the environmental dimensions of population change.
- 11
Resource Security
Optional human topic examining the supply, demand and management of water, energy and mineral resources and the geopolitical and sustainability tensions they raise.
- 12
Geographical Skills and the Independent Fieldwork Investigation
Mandatory non-exam assessment and skills strand requiring a student-led independent investigation incorporating fieldwork, alongside qualitative, quantitative, cartographic and statistical skills.
03 · Where this subject applies
Where this subject applies
These pathways and regions are explicitly connected to the subject in the curriculum.
Pathways and specifications
AS-Level
Advanced Subsidiary — the first year of A-Level study (standalone or first half of the full A-Level).
A-Level (A2)
The full Advanced Level — AS content plus the second-year A2 content.
Nations and regions
All registered regions
04 · Official sources
Official sources
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Public references
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