Sociology - A Level

Assessment

For the A-level Sociology course, students are examined through three papers which are all a two hours written exam. They are equally weighted ( 33.3% each) Paper 1: Education with Theory & Methods Students learn about the purpose of education and the impact gender, class and ethnicity has on the achievement as well as the education policies and research methods. Paper 2: Topics in Sociology Students choose two options from a variety of topics including Culture & Identity, Families & Households and Health. Paper 3: Crime and Deviance with Theory and Methods Students learn about the sociological explanations for the social distribution of crime, crime and globalisation as well as prevention and punishment.