I’ve selected this optional unit for both HL and SL as, well, we live in one. It is the unit in which you will select and execute your fieldwork. We’ll be covering the course as outlined in the Course Companion, as well as working on some very specific fieldwork skills such as sampling, questionnaire design and implementation and choosing appropriate graphing methods to represent data.

Suitable urban fieldwork subjects would include:

hierarchy of businesses

relationship of rental cost to distance from CBD

public transportation and its effects

traffic flows and densities

residential structure

environmental quality