IGCSE Geography

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Geography IGCSE Distance Learning Course

Syllabus

Oxford Open Learning’s Geography IGCSE course is designed to prepare students for the Edexcel IGCSE in Geography (4GE0) for first examination in June 2011.

Course Structure

The OOL IGCSE Geography course is designed to follow the structure of the Edexcel 4GE0 specification and is divided into six modules, as follows:

Geographical Skills
River Environments
Coastal Environments
Economic Activity and Energy
Urban Environments
Fragile Environments

The course includes 8 practical and virtual fieldwork opportunities, and enables students to develop a range of geographical skills as they work with maps, diagrams, graphs, statistics, photographic images and online media.

Students should have internet access to carry out some of the research and lesson activities, some of which will be accessed by password. To find out more about the course click on the link to the course introduction in the sidebar to the right of this page, or go to our Geogblog for an overview.

Assessment

Assessment is by one 2 hour 45 minute examination. There is no coursework.

Within this qualification there are the following courses

The Geography IGCSE course has been designed as a stand alone course and does not require the use of an additional text. However, the introduction lists additional sourses for students to gain a wider understanding of the subject.

Click to downlaod the Geography IGCSE course introduction

Click to view the Geography IGCSE specification

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