{"id":1271,"date":"2024-03-03T15:19:20","date_gmt":"2024-03-03T15:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/?page_id=1271"},"modified":"2025-09-07T12:36:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T11:36:35","slug":"geography-higher","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/curriculum\/social-subjects\/social-subjects-s5-s6-courses\/geography-higher\/","title":{"rendered":"Geography: Higher"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\">\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-653 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/01192926\/GeographyPoster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"1260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/01192926\/GeographyPoster.jpg 890w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/01192926\/GeographyPoster-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/01192926\/GeographyPoster-723x1024.jpg 723w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/01192926\/GeographyPoster-768x1087.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/01192926\/GeographyPoster-800x1133.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 890px) 100vw, 890px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-956 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/02210616\/Social-Sciences.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"891\" height=\"1260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/02210616\/Social-Sciences.jpg 891w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/02210616\/Social-Sciences-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/02210616\/Social-Sciences-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/02210616\/Social-Sciences-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/02210616\/Social-Sciences-800x1131.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 891px) 100vw, 891px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\r\n<h1>Geography: Higher<\/h1>\r\n<p><strong>Entry Requirements:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>National 5 Geography at level C or above.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>This course may also be suitable to pupils with a Higher C or above passes in subjects such as Modern Studies, History or English.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Course Content:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Pupils study 3 units:<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Physical Environments: Pupils will study large scale climatic patterns in the atmosphere, the formation of different soils, coastal and glaciated landscapes and river landscapes and factors affecting flooding.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Human Environments: Pupils will study processes and interactions at work within urban and rural environments in developed and developing countries. Key topics include: population change and migration; rural land degradation and management; and urban change and management.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Global Issues: Pupils will study interaction of physical and human factors related to development and health within different countries and, and evaluate the strategies adopted to manage these issues.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Assessment:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Internal: End of topic tests based on the exam questions (results will generate a working grade for tracking purposes)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>External:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>SQA Examination: 80 marks<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Paper 1: Physical &amp; Human Environments &#8211; 100 marks (scaled to 50 marks)<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Paper 2: Global Issues 60 marks &#8211; (scaled to 30 marks)<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Assignment &#8211; 30 marks\u00a0(a \u2018write up\u2019 done under exam conditions and assessed externally by the SQA)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Progression Pathway:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Geography has transferable skills to the other Social Subjects such as Modern Studies, History and RMPS.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>For more information about a wide range of higher education and career options, see Ms Day.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/curriculum\/social-subjects\/social-subjects-s5-s6-courses\/geography-advanced-higher\/\">Advanced Higher Geography<\/a><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/curriculum\/social-subjects\/social-subjects-courses-n4-n5\/travel-and-tourism-n4-n5\/\">Travel &amp; Tourism<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7553,"featured_media":0,"parent":1259,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1271","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7553"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1271"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1794,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1271\/revisions\/1794"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}