7–10Geography Elective 7–10 Syllabus (2025)
The new Geography Elective 7–10 Syllabus (2025) is to be implemented from 2028 and will replace the Geography Elective 7–10 Syllabus (2019).
2026 and 2027 – Plan and prepare to teach the new syllabus
2028 – Start teaching the new syllabus
School sectors are responsible for implementing syllabuses and are best placed to provide schools with specific guidance and information on implementation given their understanding of their individual contexts. Schools may choose to implement the new syllabus during the planning and preparation phase.
Content
Stage 4
- GEE4-ADJ-01
in Stage 4 teachers may adjust the Stage 5 outcomes as appropriate to the needs of students in Years 7 and 8
The school-developed option provides schools with the opportunity to broaden or deepen students’ geographical knowledge and understanding of a particular location and/or area of inquiry that caters for their needs and interests.
This study allows for the investigation of a geographical issue in depth and the undertaking of fieldwork within the local area or at an accessible location. Students use geographical inquiry to investigate the interactions between people and environments and the civics and citizenship aspects of a selected study.
The school-developed option should focus on ONE specific area of interest building on prior knowledge or addressing new content of either physical geography or human geography or a combination of both.
The content selected for the school-developed option must not duplicate content studied in other NESA 7–12 HSIE syllabuses.
Across a 100-hour course or a 200-hour Stage 5 course, students may study only ONE school-developed option. Content in Thinking and working geographically outlines how geographical concepts, inquiry skills and tools are to be integrated with the content in this focus area.
Select and apply relevant geographical concepts
Conduct geographical inquiry by analysing geographical information
Evaluate the effectiveness of a geographical inquiry
Select a range of relevant geographical tools
Create written texts to describe and explain ideas from a geographical inquiry
Features, characteristics and spatial distribution of natural phenomena and human activity in the selected area of interest
Patterns and processes of change in the selected area of interest, including environmental, human or combined influences over time and space
Interactions between people, places and environments that shape the selected area of interest
Issues and differing perspectives relating to the selected area of interest at local, national or global scales
Responses of individuals, groups, organisations and governments to challenges or opportunities within the selected area of interest