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Overview
About Geography
Geography focuses on the significance of ‘place’ and ‘space’ in understanding our world. Students engage in a range of learning experiences that develop their geographical skills and thinking through the exploration of geographical challenges and their effects on people, places and the environment.
Subject summary
Subject type | Assessment | QCE credits | Contributes to ATAR |
---|---|---|---|
General |
Internal assessment (75%) External assessment (25%) | Up to 4 | Yes |
What will students learn?
In studying Geography, students will learn about:
- responding to risk and vulnerability in hazard zones
- planning sustainable places
- responding to land cover transformations
- managing population change.
How will students be assessed?
Students will complete the following assessments:
- examination — combination response (25%)
- investigation — field report (25%)
- investigation — data report (25%)
- examination — combination response (25%).
Where can Geography lead?
Studying Geography can lead to:
- urban and environmental design, planning and management
- biological and environmental science
- conservation and land management
- emergency response and hazard management
- oceanography
- surveying
- global security
- economics
- business
- law
- engineering
- architecture
- information technology
- science.
More information
Email Geography@qcaa.qld.edu.au or phone (07) 3864 0292.
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