Geography Coursework: A Step-by-Step Guide
Geography Coursework Sample Topics and Examples
Some sample geography coursework topics are:
- 2004 Tsunami: Impact Assessment
- The Increasing Incidence of Heat waves in Europe
- Causes of the Sichuan (China) Earthquake
- The Topography of Newcastle
- Relative Humidity Pattern in London in June-July 2009
- Oil Reserves in the Gulf: Status Report
- The Environmental Viability of Creating Artificial Islands
- Changes in Wind Patterns in Britain over the last five years
- Deforestation of the Amazon Forests: Repercussions
- Characteristics of the Lowest Temperature locations in Scotland
You will notice that many of the above-mentioned topics are related to the phenomenon of global warming, which you an learn more about in the post on global warming essays.
Since geography is a social science that is closely connected with science, its advised to use a scientific approach wherein one constructs a hypothesis and then attempts to prove it through observation, reliable data, existing theories and authoritative experiment results. Of course, the construction of a hypothesis itself also required you do a lot of background reading.
In the geography coursework introduction, mention the hypothesis and give a brief background, in a style similar to that of an informative essay. Mention the context of the assignment, the hypothesis and the basis of the hypothesis.
A section on methodology makes you assignment seem more through. Mention the important data sources and the method of data collection and analysis. Moreover, you must explain why you chosen a particular method(s). For instance, the assignment on Newcastle’s Topography could include the following,
“For information on The topography of Newcastle I have considered the XYZ Newcastle Geography Journal as it lists indices that are verified quarterly by an esteemed group of topographers, affiliated to the government’s ABC Programme and which are considered reliable enough to be displayed on the official Newcastle’s information website and related publications.”
The next section would deal with presenting the data and interpreting it. Remember that geography coursework usually relies heavily on visuals to convey information such as through maps, photographs, charts, diagrams and so on. Here again, explain why certain methods have been used. For instance, “To establish commonalities between the lowest temperature regions in Scotland I have represented the are with an isotherm (note for readers: a map linking areas with the same temperature). In addition, I have listed them in a table and marked placed tick marks in the boxes representing certain characteristics associated with a low temperature such as a high altitude, frequent rainfall etc.”
Its okay if the data interpretation results conflict with your hypothesis as long as you can provide a good reason for the same. For instance the theory you based it on might not apply in this case due to the influence of other factors that have been known to have mixed results on the hypothesis subject e.g. you hypothesized that a earthquake was caused by massive drilling activity near a seismic fault line but instead you found that while the drilling activity was a long-term cause, a sudden seismic shift in ocean plates was the immediate cause.
Recapitulate the main points in the geography coursework‘s conclusion.
