Revised Leaving Certificate Geography

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Revised Leaving Certificate Geography

• Made up of.
• 3 Core Units
• 1 of 2 Elective Units
• Higher Level students study 1 of 4 Optional
  Units.
• Geographical Investigation
• part of Core Unit 3
• range of prescribed topics
• eg. Erosion in a river,coast, glaciated
  environment
• Landuse change in a local area etc.
• student complete a booklet under teachers
  supervision
• 20 of exam deadline _at_ end of April in 6th Year

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Revised Leaving Certificate Geography
Students take all three Core Units Students take all three Core Units
Core Unit 1 Patterns and Processes in the Physical Environment
Core Unit 2 Regional Geography
Core Unit 3 Geographical Investigation and Skills
All Student complete ONE Elective Unit All Student complete ONE Elective Unit
Elective Unit 4 Patterns and Processes in Economic Activities
Elective Unit 5 Patterns and Processes in the Human Environment
Higher Level Students Complete ONE Optional Unit Higher Level Students Complete ONE Optional Unit
Optional Unit 6 Global Interdependance
Optional Unit 7 Geoecology
Optional Unit 8 Culture and Identity
Optional Unit 9 The Atmosphere Ocean Environment
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Revised Leaving Certificate Geography

• Written Examination
• 2 hours 50 minutes
• 80 of the final examination
• short answers section
• multi-part questions requiring more detailed
  answers
• Longer essay-style answers (Higher level)

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Revised Leaving Certificate Geography

• The Geographical Investigation
• 20 of Examination
• assessed outside of the terminal written
  examination
• Completed individually but can be based on work
  done within a group/survey team