Level 3 Geography
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Ms L. Cleere.
Geography is about people and their environment.
This course aims to:
- Develop a knowledge and understanding of geographic environments. Enable students to analyse what happens in both natural and cultural environments.
- Allow students to develop their geographical skills, to carry out research and to analyse contemporary geographic issues facing us globally and within New Zealand.
- Encourage spatial thinking and an understanding of the significance of place and reasoning about our world.
This course will cover:
- Natural processes within a coastal environment
- Cultural process of tourism development in Hawaii
- Developing skills such as topographic mapping, statistical techniques, graphing and resource interpretation in a practical context within a research topic
- Current Global Geographic Issues such as HIV/AIDS pandemic
- Analysing the contemporary geographic issue of the deterioration of the Hauraki Gulf environment
- Completing a geographic research process within a coastal environment
Future Areas of interest and study:
Geography can be studied at university level as part of a science or arts degree and as a first year subject for law. It is considered a language rich subject for The University of Auckland, and is a popular choice of 'arts' subjects for gaining access to the Bachelor of Health Sciences pathway to medicine. Geography is very useful alongside a number of other subjects to build understanding of the world necessary in all disciplines. Geography offers skills and content useful in many disciplines of study and career pathways.
Recommended Prior Learning
Level 1 and/or 2 Geography would be an advantage. Sound literacy skills are a requirement.
Course Costs and Equipment/ Stationery requirements
Field trips to Muriwai - Approx. $30
Pathway
The skills and content learned in Geography compliment a variety of other subjects. Research and analytical skills as well as developing spatial awareness and an understanding of the geography (people and places) of the world is an advantage in many future career pathways.
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
This course is eligible for subject endorsement.
This course is approved for University Entrance.
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NZQA Info
Geography 3.1 - Demonstrate understanding of how interacting natural processes shape a New Zealand geographic environment
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Geography 3.2 - Demonstrate understanding of how a cultural process shapes geographic environment(s)
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Geography 3.4 - Demonstrate understanding of a given environment(s) through selection and application of geographic concepts and skills
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Geography 3.5 - Conduct geographic research with consultation
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Geography 3.6 - Analyse aspects of a contemporary geographic issue
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Geography 3.7 - Analyse aspects of a geographic topic at a global scale
Approved subject for University Entrance
Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 23
Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.
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Disclaimer
We aim to enable every student to have the course that they prefer, however, some courses have limited places or pre-requisits that may restrict the student's choice.