Sociology

Assessment

You will write one exam for each module, and each exam is a mixture of short answers and essays. We therefore spend considerable time teaching you essay-writing skills, and skills of analysis and evaluation, a very valuable toolkit to take away to university or any number of careers. Assessment consists of some short answer questions and essays in an end of year Exam. You should feel confident and enjoy writing essays as this forms a big part of the assessments throughout the year. Sample questions: - Identify 2 ways in which the family is still patriarchal (4 marks). - Outline two of the reasons for the educational underachievement of boys (10 marks). - Examine the problems sociologists may find when using participant observation in their research (20 marks). - Assess the view that the modern family has become more child-centered (20marks).