SGEO

Geography Scholarship

Subject Description

Head of Faculty: Mr B. Coutts.

The Year 12 and Year 13 Geography Scholarship programme extends the student’s knowledge by adding depth and breadth. Extra tuition and workshops will prepare the students for the critical and analytical nature of the end-of-year examination. Students will demonstrate wide knowledge and wide reading and an appreciation of aspects of global and national issues. Students will respond critically to texts from different sources and use skills of critical thinking, abstraction and evaluation.  

Students will be invited to enter this course in Term 1.



Prerequisites

Preference will be given to students who have a majority of Excellence grades at Level 2 Geography. 

However, discretionary entry will be offered by the Head of Faculty.  

Assessment Information

External - Three hour written examination.