Course Content – CAIE Syllabus (9696)
Unit 1 – Physical Geography: Hydrology, Fluvial Geomorphology
- The drainage basin system
- Discharge relationships within drainage basins
- River channel processes and landforms
- The human impact
Unit 2 – Physical Geography: Atmosphere and Weather
- Diurnal energy budgets
- The global energy budget
- Weather processes and phenomena
- The human impact
Unit 3 – Physical Geography: Rocks and Weathering
- Plate tectonics
- Weathering
- Slope processes
- The human impact
Unit 4 – Human Geography: Population
- Natural increase as a component of population change
- Demographic transition
- Population–resource relationships
- The management of natural increase
Unit 5 – Human Geography: Migration and Settlement Dynamics
- Migration: what is it?
- Migration models
- Internal migration
- International migration
- Changes in rural settlements
- Urbanisation and changing urban settlements
Unit 6 – Physical Geography: Tropical Environments
- Tropical climates
- Tropical ecosystems
- Tropical landforms
- Sustainable management of tropical environments
Unit 7 – Physical Geography: Hazardous Environments
- Tectonic processes
- Hazardous environments resulting from mass movements
- Hazardous environments due to atmospheric disturbance
- Sustainable management in hazardous environments
Unit 8 – Human Geography: Production, Location and Change
- Agricultural systems and food production
- Management of agricultural change
- Manufacturing and related service industry
- Factors affecting industrial location
- Free Trade Zones (FTZ)
- Export Processing Zones (EPZ)
- The management of change in a manufacturing industry
Unit 9 – Human Geography: Global Interdependence
- Trade flows and trading patterns
- Factors affecting global trade
- Debt, aid, and management
- The development of international tourism
- The management of a tourist destination
Unit 10 – Preparing for the Exam: Physical Geography Paper 1 and 3
- Preparing for Paper 1 – Core Physical Geography
- Preparing for Paper 3 – Advanced Physical Geography
Unit 11 – Preparing for the Exam: Human Geography Paper 2 and 4
- Preparing for Paper 2 – Core Human Geography
- Preparing for Paper 4 – Advanced Human Geography
