Sociology

Assessment

Our assessments continue to employ a variety of familiar questions types, including short answer and extended writing/essays, which target: Knowledge and understanding Application Analysis and evaluation Students’ understanding of research methods, gained through classroom experience of practical Sociology, will be assessed using the familiar ‘methods in context’ format A Level – Paper 1 – Education, theory and methods – 2 hours – 33.3% of A Level A Level – Paper 2 – Topics in Sociology – 2 hours – 33.3% of A Level A Level – Paper 3 – Crime and Deviance with theory and methods – 2 hours – 33.3% of A Level ‘Topics’ are chosen by the teacher who delivers the course and is dependent on their specialism within Sociology.