This document provides an introduction to the Leaving Certificate Geography course. It outlines the main topics covered, including physical geography, methods of analysis, and regional case studies. Students will study plate tectonics, landforms, and various world regions. Assessment involves a 20% fieldwork project and 80% final exam in June 2014. The exam focuses on significant relevant points relating to topics like structures of deformation and landforms.

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2.  Town and City Planning, Construction, Civil
Engineering, Statistical Analysis, Agriculture, Civil
Service, Teaching, Energy Supplies, Military, Met
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3.  Physical Geography
 Methods of Geographical analysis
 Regional Geography
 “Elective” Section (either economic or human)
 Higher level students study an extra section (the
“option”)

4.  Textbook: Planet & People
 Hardback Folder
 Dividers
 Ruler, pencil, etc

5.  20% by fieldwork project
 80% by exam in June 2014

6.  MAIN TOPICS
1. Plate Tectonics
2. Earthquakes
3. Volcanoes
4. Folding and Faulting in the Earth’s crust
5. Rock Types and their Formation
6. Weathering and Erosion
7. Rock Types and Landscapes
8. Fluvial processes, patterns and landforms
9. Glacial processes, patterns and landforms
10. Coastal processes, patterns and landforms
11. Mass Movement processes, patterns and landforms

7.  Main Topics
1. Concept of a Region: Climatic, Physical, Administrative,
Cultural, Socio-Economics, Socio-economic, Urban Regions
2. Mezzogiorno (Italy) and Paris Basin (France)
3. Ireland BMW v GDA
4. Brazil
(For each region, you need to know - Physical, Economic - primary,
secondary, tertiary & human processes)

9.  The examiners look for the numbers of SRPs in what
you are writing.
 SRP stands for Significant Relevant Point
 A SRP is a single piece of factual information, to which
an examiner will assign a mark weighting as prescribed
by the marking scheme outlined by the State
Examinations Commission.
 SRP = 2 marks at Higher Level, 3 Marks at Ordinary.

10. STRUCTURES OF DEFORMATION
Examine the impact of folding and faulting on the landscape.
In your answer refer to one landform in each case. (30 marks)
Folding
Named landform: 2 marks
Discussion: 7(6) x SRPs
Faulting
Named landform: 2 marks
Discussion: 6 (7) x SRPs
Credit relevant labelled diagrams.
Give credit for one named example of each landform