Level 3 Geography

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. 

Level Three Geography offers students a range of ways to gain their 14 Academic Credits. Students can gain all the necessary credits for U.E. Literacy by completing one internal and two externals. Refer to table below.    

It is expected that students will complete four of the standards below.