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Geography A-Level

I did not choose geography at GCSE so what would I need to learn over the holidays in order to pick it as one of my A-levels?

Reply 1

Snufkin

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You don't need a GCSE in geography to do the A level, and you don't need to go over the GCSE syllabus either. A lot of what you do at GCSE is re-covered at AS anyway.

Reply 2

tcameron

Original post by abcharlize

I did not choose geography at GCSE so what would I need to learn over the holidays in order to pick it as one of my A-levels?

You don't need as you'll relearn the relevant stuff but it does help a lot if you've done it.
If you know the topics you'll be covering I'd recommend buying a GCSE book on geography and learning those areas for the gcse.
GCSE helped a lot for AS but not really relevant for A2 geography

Reply 3

username2088165

Generally you don't need to have studied Geography at GCSE in order to do it at A Level. At AS Level you'll cover the basic content (as not everyone will have done it before) and then go into more detail later on. I'd suggest getting a copy of the specification and having a read through it first though, just so you've got an idea of what you'll be doing :smile: