What You Will Study

Through the study of a mix of physical and human geography, this course will help you to understand the world around us, environmental issues, global challenges and human-environment interactions.

This course will give you the opportunity to study a range of contemporary human and physical geography topics which will engage you and help you develop the skills and knowledge to be global citizens and decision makers in a rapidly changing world. This course focuses on allowing you to develop transferable geographical skills.

You will learn about a range of contemporary human and geography issues that are relevant to Norfolk, the UK and the wider world. You will also learn how to plan geographical research and collect, analyse and interpret geographical data. Alongside this, you will enhance your skills by learning how to use modern mapping systems like ArcGIS, and how to ask geographical questions and help find the answers.

Throughout the two years you will learn about places and coastal landscapes, water and carbon cycles, migration; power and borders, oceans and climate change, all while developing your geographical research skills.
An exciting element of the course is the opportunity to complete coursework on a topic of your choice. You will also participate in four fieldwork days, which include days at the coast and in London. Paston College also offers lots of exciting trips further afield with students recently visiting Madagascar, South Africa, China, Iceland and New York. Closer to home students also have the opportunity to take part in the annual Biodiversity Conference in Norwich.

If you are interested in understanding the interactions between man and the environment, enjoy science and the arts and can work independently or as part of a team, then this is the subject for you.