Geography (Elective)

The Geography (Elective) course provides students with a broader understanding of the discipline of Geography and the processes of geographical inquiry, and enables depth studies through flexible programming of focus areas.

Students may undertake either 100 hours or 200 hours of study in Geography (Elective) in Stage 4 and/or Stage 5. There must be no significant overlap between the content and focus issues chosen for study in Geography (Elective) and those studied in Global Geography (Mandatory) and Australian Geography (Mandatory) or those topics which students will study in Stage 6 Geography.

Programs must be developed from at least TWO of the five focus areas in Geography (Elective).

Where students undertake 100 or more hours of Geography (Elective) in Stage 5 in addition to the 100 hours of Australian Geography (Mandatory), they will receive a School Certificate grade for Geography (Elective) as well as a grade for Geography (Mandatory).