Sociology
A Level Sociology
This course offers students the opportunity to develop knowledge and understanding of sociological thought and methods, together with a range of skills. Sociology is the study of human societies, in all sorts of contexts.
The A Level Sociology course consists of 3 components:
Component 1: Education with theory and methods. Students are expected to understand the role and functions of the education system, including its relationship to the economy and to class structure, differential educational achievement of social groups by social class, gender and ethnicity in contemporary society relationships and processes within schools.
Component 2: Families, households, mass media. Students are expected to be familiar with sociological explanations of the following content; the relationship of the family to the social structure and social change, with particular reference to the economy and to state policies, changing patterns of marriage, cohabitation, separation, divorce, childbearing and the life course, including the sociology of personal life. Students also study; the diversity of contemporary family and household, structures, gender roles, domestic labour and power relationships within the family in contemporary society, the nature of childhood, and changes in the status of children in the family and society demographic trends in the United Kingdom since 1900: birth rates, death rates, family size, life expectancy, ageing population, and migration and globalisation.
Component 3: Crime and deviance with theory and methods. Students will study crime, deviance, social order and social control, the social distribution of crime and deviance by ethnicity, gender and social class, including recent patterns and trends in crime, globalisation and crime in contemporary society; the media and crime; green crime; human rights and state crimes, crime control, surveillance, prevention and punishment, victims, and the role of the criminal justice system and other agencies.
A Level Sociology Specification
AQA | Sociology | AS and A-level | Sociology
Enrichment activities
OpenLearn courses, news articles & appropriate documentaries.
Useful Links
https://www.tutor2u.net/sociology
Videos
Miss Heyes, Head of Social Sciences, discusses what's involved in the Sociology course, the subject matter and what to prepare for if you are interested in a qualification in Sociology
Some of our current students answer questions about why they chose Sociology and what advice they would give to someone considering taking the subject at A-level.
