Specification points
NSW (NESA) HSC Geography (2022 syllabus) nesa:geography:hsc
56 points in 2 topics, with NSW (NESA)'s codes and titles.
Codes and titles are read by a script from NSW (NESA)'s published specification and have not been checked by a person. What each point covers is in the specification itself.
Y11 Year 11
- Y11.1 Geographical inquiry skills
- Y11.1.1 Acquiring geographical information
- Y11.1.2 Processing geographical information
- Y11.1.3 Applying geographical understanding
- Y11.1.4 Communicating geographical understanding
- Y11.2 Geographical tools
- Y11.2.1 Maps
- Y11.2.2 Fieldwork
- Y11.2.3 Graphs and statistics
- Y11.2.4 Spatial technologies
- Y11.2.5 Visual representations
- Y11.3 Earth’s natural systems
- Y11.3.1 Overview of the uniqueness and diversity of the Earth
- Y11.3.2 Processes, cycles and circulations connecting natural systems
- Y11.3.3 Natural systems and land cover change
- Y11.4 People, patterns and processes
- Y11.4.1 Overview of the diversity and extent of human activity
- Y11.4.2 Population and resource consumption
- Y11.4.3 People, patterns and processes study
- Y11.4.4 Study 1: Human resilience in diverse environments
- Y11.4.5 Study 2: Local places and global economic change
- Y11.4.6 Study 3: Place and cultural change
- Y11.4.7 Study 4: Political power and contested spaces
- Y11.4.8 Study 5: Technological advances and the transformation of places
- Y11.5 Human–environment interactions
- Y11.5.1 Overview of change to Earth’s natural systems over time
- Y11.5.2 Land use and land cover change
- Y11.5.3 Human–environment interactions study
- Y11.5.4 Study 1: A geographic region
- Y11.5.5 Study 2: A contemporary hazard
- Y11.5.6 Study 3: Climate change
- Y11.6 Geographical investigation
Y12 Year 12
- Y12.1 Geographical inquiry skills
- Y12.1.1 Acquiring geographical information
- Y12.1.2 Processing geographical information
- Y12.1.3 Applying geographical understanding
- Y12.1.4 Communicating geographical understanding
- Y12.2 Geographical tools
- Y12.2.1 Maps
- Y12.2.2 Fieldwork
- Y12.2.3 Graphs and statistics
- Y12.2.4 Spatial technologies
- Y12.2.5 Visual representations
- Y12.3 Global sustainability
- Y12.3.1 Sustainability in the contemporary world
- Y12.3.2 Evaluating sustainability
- Y12.3.3 Investigation of a global economic activity
- Y12.4 Rural and urban places
- Y12.4.1 Rural and urban settlement
- Y12.4.2 Investigation of a rural and an urban place
- Y12.4.3 Investigation of a large city outside Australia
- Y12.5 Ecosystems and global biodiversity
- Y12.5.1 Ecosystems and biodiversity
- Y12.5.2 Investigation of ecosystems