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Qualification name GCE A Level in Geology
Qualification level 3
Awarding organisation Oxford Cambridge & RSA Examinations
Learning method Classroom based
Course hours Full-time
Course start date 1st September 2024
Cost £0.00
Attendance pattern Daytime

Discover the learning experience and opportunities you can expect from this course.

Geology is the study of the Earth, using scientific principles and methods derived from each of the ‘core’ sciences and geography. The course provides a knowledge and understanding of the processes that formed and shaped our planet over 4,600 million years; how the climate and life evolved and diversified; how continents move creating earthquakes and volcanic activity, and how geology influences our everyday lives. COURSE STRUCTURE The AS course comprises: 1. Global Tectonics; Planetary Geology, Earth structure, earthquakes, plate tectonics and geological structures (such as folding and faulting). 2. Rocks – Processes and Products; Minerals, the ‘rock cycle’, igneous processes (including volcanoes), sedimentary processes (evidence for past environments) and metamorphism. 3. Practical Skills; a laboratory and/or field-based task. The A2 course comprises: 1. Environmental Geology; water supply, energy resources, mineral deposits and engineering geology. 2. Evolution of Life, Earth and Climate; fossils (including dinosaurs!), past environments, mass extinctions, dating methods and climate change. 3. Practical Skills; a second laboratory and/or field-based task.

Find out what qualifications and skills you will need for this course.

A grade 6 or above in Chemistry OR Physics at GCSE OR a grade 6/6 or above in Trilogy Science at GCSE.

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Name Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle
Address West Street
Horncastle
LN9 5AD
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Email enquiries@qegs.lincs.sch.uk
Phone 01507 522465
Website http://www.qegs.lincs.sch.uk

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