AICE Geography AS

Course Description

For more information about this Cambridge course, visit the curriculum page of the Cambridge Assessment International Education website. 

The key concepts for Cambridge International AS & A Level Geography are:

• Space: the implications of spatial distributions and patterns of a range of physical and human geographical phenomena.
• Scale: the significance of spatial scale in interpreting environments, features and places from local to global, and time scale in interpreting change from the geological past to future scenarios.
• Place: the importance of physical and human characteristics which create distinctive places with different opportunities and challenges.
• Environment: how the interactions between people and their environment create the need for environmental management and sustainability.
• Interdependence: how the complex nature of interacting physical systems, human systems and processes create links and interdependencies.
• Diversity: the significance of the similarities and differences between places, environments and people. Change: the importance of change and the dynamic nature of places, environments and systems.

Additional Information

This is a Social Studies elective. Students must sit for the Cambridge AICE Exam, which may be after the end of the school year.