ADV' HIGHER GEOGRAPHY

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ADV. HIGHER GEOGRAPHY

• Introduction
• to the Course

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ADV. HIGHER GEOGRAPHYwhat the course consists of
...

• Geographical Methods Techniques
• Geographical Study
• (a 3000 word fieldwork based report)
• Geographical Issues
• (an essay of 1500 to 2000 words)

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ADV. HIGHER GEOGRAPHYthe main components of the
course...

• a TWO hour exam testing your ability to use a
  variety of geographical methods techniques.
• a folio of work consisting of
• Geographical Study
• Geographical Issue

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ADV. HIGHER GEOGRAPHYthe Course assessment
marking...

• The Course assessment marks are weighted
• 50 marks (26) for final exam
• 140 marks (74) for the folio
• 42 for Geographical Study
• 32 for Geographical Issue

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ADV. HIGHER GEOGRAPHY Unit 1 Geographical
Methods and
Techniques...

• For the unit assessment you only have to do two
  of the fieldwork techniques given
• one from the physical list (a)
• and
• one from human list (b)

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ADV. HIGHER GEOGRAPHY Unit 1 Geographical
Methods and Techniques...

• Physical Methods Techniques
• morphological mapping
• vegetation sampling
• slope analysis
• stream analysis
• soil profiles and characteristics
• pebble analysis size, shape and rock type

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ADV. HIGHER GEOGRAPHY Unit 1 Geographical
Methods and Techniques...

• (b) Human Methods Techniques
• rural land use mapping
• urban land use mapping
• traffic, pedestrian and environmental quality
  surveys
• questionnaire design and implementation
• use of secondary sources
• Reillys gravity law
• nearest neighbour analysis

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ADV. HIGHER GEOGRAPHY Unit 2 Geographical
Study

• In this unit
• you plan and research an area of geographical
  study in depth.
• you set clear aims and objectives.
• you select appropriate methods and techniques
  i.e. from fieldwork, statistics and maps/graphs.
• you evaluate the techniques used and comment
  critically on your research.

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ADV. HIGHER GEOGRAPHY Unit 2 Geographical
Study

• you can either choose a
• physical topic
• or
• human topic.

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ADV. HIGHER GEOGRAPHY Unit 3 Geographical
Issues

• You are to identify one geographical issue
  related to the six Higher Geography Environmental
  Interactions.
• Choice may be from either the physical
  grouping or from the human grouping.

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ADV. HIGHER GEOGRAPHY Unit 3 Geographical
Issues

• Group 1
• Rural Land Resources
• Rural Land Degradation
• River Basin Management
• Group2
• Urban Change Management
• European Regional Inequalities
• Development Health

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ADV. HIGHER GEOGRAPHY

• Welcome
• then to the course