Syllabus

Oxford Home Schooling's new Geography IGCSE course is designed to prepare students for the Edexcel IGCSE in Geography (4GE0) for first examination in June 2011.

Assessment

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

Course Structure

The OHS course is designed to follow the structure of the Edexcel 4GE0 IGCSE specification and is divided into the following modules:

 

• 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 this click on the link to the course introduction in the sidebar to the right of this page.