3GEO
This course requires 2 options.

Level 3 Geography

Subject Description

Teacher in Charge: Mr J. Gunn.

L3 Geography is a University Entrance approved course and offers the opportunity for students to gain the 5 Reading and 5 Writing credits for U.E. Literacy. 

Geography equips students with the skills to interpret the world in which they live. Learn about how both people and nature shape the environments in which we live. Investigate and interpret geographic patterns, features and processes including how these change over time. Key areas of study include; natural features and processes of a coastal environment, field trip based research, planning and decision making processes, impacts of accelerating global tourism, geography issues including the use of 1080 poison/predator control in N.Z. as well as geographic skills and concepts. Geography students are better able to make sense of a complex and changing world and their place in it. In Geography, students have the opportunity to think spatially, look at the processes that shape our world, develop an awareness of the connections between people and places. 

Note: By completing both Level Two and Level Three Geography students can meet their U.E. Literacy requirements. Students will complete 4 of the 5 standards below, based upon their individual U.E. Literacy and Level Three requirements. 

Subject Overview

Term 1
Geographic Concepts - Sustainability, Change, Interaction, Patterns, Processes, Perspectives, Environment
Coastal Rakaia Geographic Research, including field trip
Coastal Processes and interactions in a natural environment
Geographic Skills and Concepts ongoing

Term 2
Coastal Processes and interactions in a natural environment
Global Patterns as a result of human activity - a study of a temporal pattern based on International Tourist Arrivals
Geographic Skills and Concepts ongoing

Term 3
Geographic Issue - focus on the use of 1080 poison in New Zealand
Geographic Skills and Concepts ongoing

Term 4
Revision for Externals. Geographic Skills and Concepts + Natural Processes

Recommended Prior Learning

L2 Geography or another Social Science subject or by consultation with Mr Gunn.

Approximate Costs and Equipment/Stationery

Two Field Trips. Rakaia Coastal geographic research. Local Skills based field trip. As these are curriculum based day trips, there is currently no charge.

Career Pathways

Assessment Information

Students gain gain there full UE Literacy requirements by completing two internals and two externals. (3.6, 3.7, 3.1, 3.4)

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.

Total Credits Available: 19 credits.
Externally Assessed Credits: 8 credits.
Internally Assessed Credits: 11 credits.

Assessment
Description
Level
Internal or
External
Credits
L1 Literacy Credits
UE Literacy Credits
Numeracy Credits
A.S. 91426 v2
NZQA Info
Geography 3.1 - Demonstrate understanding of how interacting natural processes shape a New Zealand geographic environment
Level: 3
Internal or External: External
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 4r,4w *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91429 v2
NZQA Info
Geography 3.4 - Demonstrate understanding of a given environment(s) through selection and application of geographic concepts and skills
4
4
4
Level: 3
Internal or External: External
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 4r,4w *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91430 v2
NZQA Info
Geography 3.5 - Conduct geographic research with consultation
Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 5
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91431 v2
NZQA Info
Geography 3.6 - Analyse aspects of a contemporary geographic issue
3
3
3
Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 3
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 3r *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91432 v2
NZQA Info
Geography 3.7 - Analyse aspects of a geographic topic at a global scale
3
3
3
Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 3
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 3r *
Numeracy Credits: 0
Credit Summary
Total Credits: 19
Total Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
Total University Entrance Literacy Credits: 14
Total Numeracy Credits: 0

Approved subject for University Entrance

Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 19

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.