Core Unit 1- Patterns and Processes in the PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT:

Plate Tectonics / Volcanoes / Earthquakes / Folding / Rocks / Weathering /Karst landscapes/ Fluvial processes, patterns and landforms / Isostacy & Eustacy / Glaciation processes, patterns and landforms / Coastal Processes, patterns and landforms / Mass movement /

Core Unit 2 – REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY:
Concept of a Region / Irish Peripheral region / Irish core region / European peripheral region

/ The European core region / Continental & subcontinental region / Complexities of a region

Core Unit 3 – GEOGRAPHICAL INVESTIGATION & SKILLS:
OS Map skills / Satellite imagery / Aerial photographs / Weather maps / Figure interpretation

census / Geographical investigation

Elective 4 – Patterns and processes in ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES

Measuring economic activity / Levels of economic activity / The global economy / Ireland and the European Union / Environmental impact.

Elective 5 – Patterns and processes in the HUMAN ENVIRONMENT
The dynamics of population / Overpopulation / Migration / Settlement / Urban settlement

and planning issues / Urban problems.

Options (80marks)
GLOBAL INTERDEPENDENCE: Views of development & underdevelopment are subject to

change / Interdependent global economy / Empowering people / Sustainable development.

GEOECOLOGY: Soil development / Soil characteristics and processes / Human influence on soils -soil erosion / One major biome / Human impact on biomes

CULTURE AND IDENTITY: Physical and cultural indicators of population / Nationality and the nation state / European case study

THE ATMOSPHERE – OCEAN ENVIRONMENT: Composition of the atmosphere / Distribution of solar energy / Water cycle / Circulation of atmosphere and oceans / One global climate / Climate and economic development.