VCE Geography
Subject Overview
Geography is the study of the natural and built environment and how this is influenced by human activity. Students will work with digital technology, conduct fieldwork, and seek to understand how environmental management affects human welfare. During the course, students are encouraged to question the world around them through studying natural hazards and disasters, climate change, migration, land management and food production.
Unit 1 & 2
In Unit 1 & 2 you will:
- Explore how disasters are caused by human activity and geological factors
- Examine the effectiveness of responses to these hazards and disasters
- Examine how tourism has developed, changed, and continues to change
- Identify types of tourism and how this is affected by different factors
- Investigate challenges experienced in different countries due to tourism
- Use geographic information systems (GIS) and other technology to effectively map and interpret data
Unit 3 & 4
In Unit 3 & 4 you will:
- Investigate geographical change to land cover and land use
- Examine melting glaciers, ice sheets, and the effects of deforestation
- Seek to understand how people transform the land cover for their uses and needs
- Explore the impact of government policy, economics, wars and disasters on population change
- Undertake fieldwork and develop scientific approaches to studying geography
- Use geospatial technology and other technology to effectively map and interpret data
Types of Assessment
- Field work reports and projects
- Tests: short and extended responses
- Research assignments and reports
- Multimedia presentations
- Designing surveys and mapping results
Class Activities
- Field work and surveys
- Graphs and charts
- Digital geospatial technology (GNSS, GIS)
- Comparative tables
- Class discussions and group work
Careers that may link to this subject area
- Anthropologist
- Architect
- Environmentalist
- Hospitality
- Human Rights Advocate
- Journalist
- Nursing/Health
- Social Worker
- Surveyor
- Teacher
- Town Planner