Sociology can open many career doors and enables students to apply to a wide variety of different professions. Unlike many other subjects, reaching a sociological answer to a social problem or issue is never clear cut or simple. We review many theories and pieces of research and pride ourselves on how much we need to know before answering any of the important social questions in our community. A Level Sociology will enable students to develop skills valued by Higher Education (HE) and employers, including critical analysis, independent thinking and research. Education with Theory(repeated in Paper 3) and Research Methods(repeated in Paper 3) Education Theories on the role of Education, including Functionalist, New Right, Marxist and Feminist. Class and achievement - relationship between class and external/internal factors with education. The significance of gender and the effect on their education and their subject choice. Ethnicity and achievement - relationship between ethnicity and external/internal factors with education. Educational Reforms, including all the laws and policies that have directed the education system in today’s date. Research Methods The relationship between research methods and education, understanding different types of methods/data/logistics. To learn and understand appropriate case studies whilst linking them with the correct method/topic. Introduction to research method – types of data, positivism & interpretivism, factors on choice of methods, researching education, carrying out a survey, and sampling. Questionnaires – Advantages and disadvantages, Questionnaires when researching the Education system. Interviews - Advantages and disadvantages, Interviews when researching the Education system. Experiments - Advantages and disadvantages, Experiments when researching the Education system. Observations - Advantages and disadvantages, Observations when researching the Education system. Secondary sources - Advantages and disadvantages, Secondary sources when researching the Education system. Other research methods - Advantages and disadvantages, Other research methods when researching the Education system. Theory- (Students are expected to get a general understanding of the theories in Sociology and the arguments surrounding the subject) Functionalism, Marxism, Feminism, New Right, Post-modernism, Neo-Marxism, and Social Action Objectivity and Values in Sociology, Sociology and Social Policies, Sociology and Science Families & Households and Beliefs in Society Families & Households Changing patterns of marriage, cohabitation, separation, divorce, child-bearing and the life-course, and the diversity of contemporary family and household structures The relationship of the family to the social structure and social change, with particular reference to the economy and to state policies The nature and extent of changes within the family, with reference to gender roles, domestic labour and power relationships The nature of childhood, and changes in the status of children in the family and society Demographic trends in the UK since 1900; reasons for changes in birth rates, death rates and family size. Beliefs in Society Theories on the role of religion, including Functionalist, Marxist and Feminist. The nature of religion - relationship between religious beliefs and social change and stability. The significance of religion and the extent of religiosity in the contemporary world, including the nature and extent of secularisation in a global context. Religious organisations, including cults, sects, denominations, churches and New Age Movements, and their relationship to religious and spiritual belief and practice. The relationship between different social groups and religious/spiritual organisations and movements, beliefs and practices. Different theories of ideology and science. Crime and deviance with Theory and Methods Crime and deviance Introduction to the basic concept of crime and deviance – crime, legal deviance, illegal deviance. Theories on crime and deviance – non-sociological theories, Functionalism, Marxism, neo-Marxism, Right Realism(New Right), Control, Interactionist and Feminist Social distribution of crime – age, class, ethnicity and gender. Control, Punishment and Victims of crime. Globalisation and Crime Suicide – criminal, deviant or none.