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  • Welcome to the CP Subject Centre
  • Faria Education Group
  • Core
    • Service Learning
    • Language Development
    • Reflective Project
    • Personal and Professional Skills
  • Career-related Study
  • Studies in language and literature
    • Language and Literature
      • Aims & Objectives
      • Syllabus
        • Area of Exploration - Readers, Writers and Texts
        • Area of Exploration - Time and Space
        • Area of Exploration - Intertextuality: Connecting Texts
        • Development of Linguistic Skills
        • Conceptual Understanding
        • Non-Literary Texts
      • Assessment
    • Literature
      • Aims and Objectives
      • Syllabus
        • Areas of Exploration
        • Development of Linguistic Skills
        • Conceptual Understanding
      • Assessment
    • Classical Languages (Last Assessment 2023)
      • Aims & Objectives
      • Syllabus
        • Part 1: Study of Language
        • Part 2: Study of Literature
        • Part 3: Individual study
      • Assessment
    • Classical Languages (First Assessment 2024)
    • Literature and Performance (First Assessment 2024)
  • Language acquisition
    • Language Ab Initio
      • Aims & Objectives
      • Syllabus
        • Identities
        • Experiences
        • Human Ingenuity
        • Social Organization
        • Sharing the Planet
        • Texts
      • Assessment
    • Language B
      • Aims & Objectives
      • Syllabus
        • Identities
        • Experiences
        • Human Ingenuitiy
        • Social Organization
        • Sharing the Planet
        • Texts
      • Assessment
  • Individuals and societies
    • Business Management (Last Assessment 2023)
      • Aims & Objectives
      • Syllabus
        • Unit 1: Business Organization and Environment
        • Unit 2: Human Resource Management
        • Unit 3: Finance and Accounts
        • Unit 4: Marketing
        • Unit 5: Operations Management
      • Assessment
    • Business Management (First Assessment 2024)
    • Digital Society
    • Economics
      • Aims & Objectives
      • Syllabus
        • Unit 1: Introduction to Economics
        • Unit 2: Microeconomics
          • Real-world issue 1
          • Real-world issue 2
        • Unit 3: Macroeconomics
          • Real-world issue 1
          • Real-world issue 2
        • Unit 4: The Global Economy
          • Real-world issue 1
          • Real-world issue 2
      • Assessment
    • Geography
      • Aims & Objectives
      • Syllabus
        • Part one: Geographic themes (SL and HL options)
          • Option A: Freshwater
          • Option B: Oceans and coastal margins
          • Option C: Extreme environments
          • Option D: Geophysical hazards
          • Option E: Leisure, tourism and sport
          • Option F: Food and health
          • Option G: Urban environments
        • Part two: Geographic perspectives - global change (SL and HL core)
          • Unit 1: Changing population
          • Unit 2: Global climate - vulnerability and resilience
          • Unit 3: Global resource consumption and security
        • Part two: Geographic perspectives - global change (HL core extension)
          • Unit 4: Power, places and networks
          • Unit 5: Human development and diversity
          • Unit 6: Global risks and resilience
      • Assessment
    • Global Politics
      • Aims & Objectives
      • Syllabus
        • Engagement Activity
        • Core
        • Additional Higher Level
      • Assessment
    • History
      • Aims & Objectives
      • Syllabus
        • Prescribed Subjects
        • World History Topics
        • HL Options: Depth Studies - History of Africa and the Middle East
        • HL Options: Depth Studies - History of the Americas
        • HL Options: Depth Studies - History of Asia and Oceania
        • HL Options: Depth Studies - History of Europe
      • Assessment
    • Information Technology in a Global Society
      • Aims & Objectives
      • Syllabus
        • Strand 1: Social and Ethical Significance
        • Strand 2: Application to Specific Scenarios
        • Strand 3: IT Systems
        • The Project (practical application of IT skills)
      • Assessment
    • Philosophy
      • Aims & Objectives
      • Syllabus
        • Prescribed Texts
        • Core
        • Additional Higher Level
        • Options
      • Assessment
    • Psychology
      • Aims & Objectives
      • Syllabus
        • Core
          • Biological approach to understanding behaviour
          • Cognitive approach to understanding behaviour
          • Sociocultural approach to understanding behaviour
          • Approaches to researching behaviour
        • Options
          • Abnormal psychology
          • Developmental psychology
          • Health psychology
          • Psychology of human relationships
      • Assessment
    • Social and Cultural Anthropology
      • Aims & Objectives
      • Syllabus
        • Part 1: Engaging with Anthropology
          • The language of anthropology
          • The practice of anthropology
          • Anthropological thinking
        • Part 2: Engaging with Ethnography
          • Group 1
          • Group 2
          • Group 3
        • Part 3: Engaging with Anthropological Practice
      • Assessment
    • World Religions
      • Aims & Objectives
      • Syllabus
        • Part 1: Introduction to World Religions
        • Part 2: In-depth Studies
        • Part 3: Internal Assessment
      • Assessment
  • Sciences
    • Biology (FA 2025)
    • Biology (LA 2024)
      • Aims & Objectives
      • Syllabus
        • Core
          • 1. Cell biology
          • 2. Molecular biology
          • 3. Genetics
          • 4. Ecology
          • 5. Evolution and biodiversity
          • 6. Human physiology
        • Additional Higher Level
          • 7. Nucleic acids
          • 8. Metabolism, cell respiration and photosynthesis
          • 9. Plant biology
          • 10. Genetics and evolution
          • 11. Animal physiology
        • Options
          • Option A: Neurobiology and behaviour
          • Option B: Biotechnology and bioinformatics
          • Option C: Ecology and conservation
          • Option D: Human physiology
      • Assessment
    • Chemistry (FA 2025)
    • Chemistry (LA 2024)
      • Aims & Objectives
      • Syllabus
        • Core
          • 1. Stoichiometric relationships
          • 2. Atomic structure
          • 3. Periodicity
          • 4. Chemical bonding and structure
          • 5. Energetics/thermochemistry
          • 6. Chemical kinetics
          • 7. Equilibrium
          • 8. Acids and bases
          • 9. Redox processes
          • 10. Organic chemistry
          • 11. Measurement and data processing
        • Additional Higher Level
          • 12. Atomic structure
          • 13. The periodic table - the transition metals
          • 14. Chemical bonding and structure
          • 15. Energetics/thermochemistry
          • 16. Chemical kinetics
          • 17. Equilibrium
          • 18. Acids and bases
          • 19. Redox processes
          • 20. Organic chemistry
          • 21. Measurement and analysis
        • Options
          • A. Materials
          • B. Biochemistry
          • C. Energy
          • D. Medicinal chemistry
      • Assessment
    • Computer Science (FA 2025)
    • Computer Science (LA 2024)
      • Aims & Objectives
      • Syllabus
        • Core
          • Topic 1 - System fundamentals
          • Topic 2 - Computer organization
          • Topic 3 - Networks
          • Topic 4 - Computational thinking, problem-solving and programming
        • Additional Higher Level
          • Topic 5 - Abstract data structures
          • Topic 6 - Resource management
          • Topic 7 - Control
        • Options
          • A - Databases
          • B - Modelling and simulation
          • C - Web science
          • D - Object-oriented programming
      • Assessment
    • Design Technology
      • Aims & Objectives
      • Syllabus
        • Core
          • 1. Human factors and ergonomics
          • 2. Resource management and sustainable production
          • 3. Modelling
          • 4. Final production
          • 5. Innovation and design
          • 6. Classic design
        • Additional Higher Level
          • 7. User-centred design (UCD)
          • 8. Sustainability
          • 9. Innovation and markets
          • 10. Commercial production
      • Assessment
    • Nature of Science
      • Aims & Objectives
      • Syllabus
        • Introduction
        • Part A - Concepts
        • Part B - The Quest for Understanding
        • Part C - The Impact of Science
        • Part D - Challenges and the Future
      • Assessment
    • Physics (FA 2025)
    • Physics (LA 2024)
      • Aims & Objectives
      • Syllabus
        • Core
          • 1. Measurements and uncertainties
          • 2. Mechanics
          • 3. Thermal physics
          • 4. Waves
          • 5. Electricity and magnetism
          • 6. Circular motion and gravitation
          • 7. Atomic, nuclear and particle physics
          • 8. Energy production
        • Additional Higher Level
          • 9. Wave phenomena
          • 10. Fields
          • 11. Electromagnetic induction
          • 12. Quantum and nuclear physics
        • Options
          • A. Relativity
          • B. Engineering physics
          • C. Imaging
          • D. Astrophysics
      • Assessment
    • Sports, Exercise and Health Science
      • Aims & Objectives
      • Syllabus
        • Core
          • Topic 1: Anatomy
          • Topic 2: Exercise physiology
          • Topic 3: Energy systems
          • Topic 4: Movement analysis
          • Topic 5: Skill in sports
          • Topic 6: Measurement and evaluation of human performance
        • Additional Higher Level
          • Topic 7: Further anatomy
          • Topic 8: The endocrine system
          • Topic 9: Fatigue
          • Topic 10: Friction and drag
          • Topic 11: Skill acquisition and analysis
          • Topic 12: Genetics and athletic performance
          • Topic 13: Exercise and immunity
        • Options
          • Option A: Optimizing physiological performance
          • Option B: Psychology of sports
          • Option C: Physical activity and health
          • Option D: Nutrition for sports, exercise and health
      • Assessment
  • Mathematics
    • Mathematics: analysis and approaches
      • Aims & Objectives
      • Syllabus
        • Topic 1: Numbers and Algebra
        • Topic 2: Functions
        • Topic 3: Geometry and Trigonometry
        • Topic 4: Statistics and Probability
        • Topic 5: Calculus
      • Assessment
    • Mathematics: applications and interpretation
      • Aims & Objectives
      • Syllabus
        • Topic 1: Number and Algebra
        • Topic 2: Functions
        • Topic 3: Geometry and Trigonometry
        • Topic 4: Statistics and Probability
        • Topic 5: Calculus
      • Assessment
  • The arts
    • Dance
      • Aims & Objectives
      • Syllabus
        • Composition and Analysis
        • World Dance Studies
        • Performance
      • Assessment
    • Film
      • Aims & Objectives
      • Syllabus
        • Reading Film
        • Contextualizing Film
        • Exploring Film Production Roles
        • Collaboratively Producing Film (HL only)
      • Assessment
    • Music
      • Aims & Objectives
      • Syllabus
        • Areas of Inquiry
        • Contexts
        • Musical Processes
        • Musical Roles
        • Exploring Music in Context
        • Experimenting with Music
        • Presenting Music
      • Assessment
    • Theatre (Last Assessment 2023)
      • Aims & Objectives
      • Syllabus
        • Theatre in Context
        • Theatre Processes
        • Presenting Theatre
      • Assessment
    • Theatre (First assessment 2024)
    • Visual Arts
      • Aims & Objectives
      • Syllabus
        • Visual Arts in Context
        • Visual Arts Methods
        • Communicating Visual Arts
        • The Visual Arts Journal
        • Art-making Forms
        • Research
      • Assessment
  • Interdisciplinary courses
    • Literature and Performance
      • Aims and Objectives
      • Syllabus
        • Part 1: Critical Study of Texts
        • Part 2: Exploration of the Chose Approach to the Text
        • Part 3: Realization of Texts in Performance
        • Prescribed Literature in Translation
      • Assessment
    • Environmental Systems & Societies
      • Aims & Objectives
      • Syllabus
        • Topic 1: Foundations of environmental systems and societies
        • Topic 2: Ecosystems and ecology
        • Topic 3: Biodiversity and conservation
        • Topic 4: Water and aquatic food production systems and societies
        • Topic 5: Soil systems and terrestrial food production systems and societies
        • Topic 6: Atmospheric systems and societies
        • Topic 7: Climate change and energy production
        • Topic 8: Human systems and resource use
      • Assessment
  • School-based syllabuses
    • Art History
      • Aims & Objectives
      • Syllabus
        • Topic 1: The Art and Architecture of Ancient Greece
        • Topic 2: Rome - Republic and Empire
        • Topic 3: The Middle Ages
        • Topic 4: Romanesque and Gothic Art and Architecture
        • Topic 5: The Art of the Renaissance
        • Topic 6: The Baroque Age - Art and the Architecture of 17th-century Europe
        • Topic 7: The 'Age of Reason' to 'Romanticism'
        • Topic 8: Experiments in the 19th- and 20th-century Art
      • Assessment
    • Astronomy
      • Aims & Objectives
      • Syllabus
        • Topic 1: The Stars
        • Topic 2: The Planets
        • Topic 3: Galaxies
        • Topic 4: Cosmology
      • Assessment
    • Brazilian Social Studies
      • Aims & Objectives
      • Syllabus
        • Topic 1: The Construction of Brazilian Geographical Space
        • Topic 2: Brazil in the Globalization Era - Core Topic
        • Topic 3: The Demographic and Urban Dynamics of Contemporary Brazil
        • Topic 4: Environment and Society
        • Topic 5: From Discovery to the End of the Colonial Era (1500-1822)
        • Topic 6: The Monarchical Experience (1822-1889)
        • Topic 7: Early Republican Brazil (1889-1945) - Core Topic
        • Topic 8: Contemporary Brazil (1945 - )
      • Assessment
    • Classical Greek and Roman Studies
      • Aims & Objectives
      • Syllabus
        • Part A - Two Topics from the Following Four Options
        • Part B - Two Topics from the Following Four Options
      • Assessment
    • Food Science and Technology
      • Aims & Objectives
      • Syllabus
        • 1. Nutrition
        • 2. Materials, Component and Their Application
        • 3. Food Quality and Safety
        • 4. Food Process Engineering
      • Assessment
    • Marine Science
      • Aims & Objectives
      • Syllabus
        • Core
          • Topic 1 Origin and Structure of Oceans
          • Topic 2 Dynamics of Earth's Crust
          • Topic 3 Patterns of Water Movement
          • Topic 4 Properties of Ocean Water
          • Topic 5 Life in Oceans
        • Options
          • A. Marine ecosystems and conservation
          • B. Atmosphere, ocean and climate
          • C. Geology of ocean basins
      • Assessment
    • Modern History of Kazakhstan
      • Aims & Objectives
      • Syllabus
        • Topic 1. Kazakhstan at the Beginning of the 20th Century
        • Topic 2. Kazakhstan During the Civil Confrontation (1917-1920)
        • Topic 3. The Formation of the Soviet Union and Kazakhstan (1920-1940)
        • Topic 4. The Great Patriotic War and Kazakhstan (1941-1945)
        • Topic 5. Kazakhstan and the Socialism (1946-1985)
        • Topic 6. Kazakhstan: from Perestroika to independence
      • Assessment
    • Political Thought
      • Aims & Objectives
      • Syllabus
        • Topic 1: Political Thinkers
        • Topic 2: Political Concepts
      • Assessment
    • Turkey in the 20th Century
      • Aims & Objectives
      • Syllabus
        • Turkey at the Beginning of the 20th Century
        • Topic 2: The Foundations of the Turkish Republic 1923-1945
        • Topic 3: The Global Changes Between the World Wars and Their Effect on Turkey 1918-1939
        • Topic 4: Turkey under pressure during World War II
        • Topic 5: Reconstruction, democracy and developments in the region 1945-1985
        • Topic 6: The Effects of Globalization and the Dialogue with Europe 1985-2000
      • Assessment
    • World Arts and Cultures
      • Aims & Objectives
      • Syllabus
        • Part 1: Prescribed Topics
        • Part 2: Intercultural Studies
        • Part 3: Regional Study
      • Assessment
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  • Option E: Leisure, tourism and sport
  • 1. Changing leisure patterns
  • 2. Tourism and sport at the local and national scale
  • 3. Tourism and sport at the international scale
  • 4. Managing tourism and sport for the future
  • Synthesis (Sy), Evaluation (Ev) and Skills (Sk) opportunities
  1. Individuals and societies
  2. Geography
  3. Syllabus
  4. Part one: Geographic themes (SL and HL options)

Option E: Leisure, tourism and sport

Option E: Leisure, tourism and sport

1. Changing leisure patterns

  • How human development processes give rise to leisure activities

  • The growth and changing purpose of leisure time for societies in different geographic and developmental contexts

  • The categorization of touristic activities (cost, duration, destination) and sporting activities (cost, popularity, site)

  • The link between economic development and participation in leisure activities

  • Detailed examples to illustrate recent changes in participation for two or more societies at contrasting stages of development

  • Factors affecting personal participation in sports and tourism, including affluence, gender, stage in lifecycle, personality, place of residence

2. Tourism and sport at the local and national scale

  • How physical and human factors shape places into sites of leisure

  • Human and physical factors explaining the growth of rural and urban tourism hotspots including the role of primary and secondary touristic resources

  • Variations in sphere of influence for different kinds of sporting and touristic facility, including neighbourhood parks and gyms, city stadiums and national parks

  • Factors affecting the geography of a national sports league, including the location of its hierarchy of teams and the distribution of supporters

  • Case study of one national sports league

  • Large-scale sporting, musical, cultural or religious festivals as temporary sites of leisure and their associated costs and benefits

  • Case study of one festival in a rural location, its site factors and geographic impacts

3. Tourism and sport at the international scale

  • The varying power of different countries to participate in global tourism and sport

  • Niche national tourism strategies with a global sphere of influence, including adventure tourism, movie location tourism and heritage tourism

  • The role of TNCs in expanding international tourism destinations, including the costs and benefits of TNC involvement for different stakeholders

  • Costs and benefits of tourism as a national development strategy, including economic and social/cultural effects

  • Political, economic and cultural factors affecting the hosting of international sporting events, including Olympics and football World Cup events

  • Case study of costs and benefits for one country hosting an international event

4. Managing tourism and sport for the future

  • Future possibilities for management of, and participation in, tourism and sport at varying scales

  • The consequences of unsustainable touristic growth in rural and urban tourism hotspots, including the concept of carrying capacity and possible management options to increase site resilience

  • The concept of sustainable tourism, including the growth of ecotourism

  • One case study of sustainable tourism in one low-income country

  • Factors influencing future international tourism, including greater use of social media, international security and diaspora growth

  • The growing importance of political and cultural influences on international sport participation, including international agreements, inclusion via changing gender roles and the growing importance of the Paralympics

Synthesis (Sy), Evaluation (Ev) and Skills (Sk) opportunities

  • How leisure use of a place is influenced by spatial interactions with other places [Sy]

  • People's freedom and ability to participate in leisure activities is subject to multiple influences from personal/local to global scales [Sy/Ev]

  • Different perspectives on the costs and benefits of how places are used for leisure activities and who is allowed to participate [Ev]

  • How trends and changes in visitor and impact data can be shown graphically [Sk]

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