Sociology
Sacred Heart High School
Course summary
Sociology is the study of society. Sociology looks at how our social characteristics affect our chances and experiences in life. We study gender, ethnicity and social class and ask why different groups of people are less likely to have good health, achieve good qualifications, have social status and be more likely to commit a crime, be poor or die at an early age. Sociology combines well with other Social Science or humanities courses such as Psychology, Government and Politics, Media Studies, Geography, History and Economics. Candidates should be prepared to debate contemporary social issues and write in detail about such issues. Learning Beyond the Classroom: • Revision conferences run by expert sociologists • Debating is ideal for A-level sociology students, as debates cover a range of topics and themes, often with a contemporary agenda. • Visit to the Old Bailey to explore the criminal justice system • Guest speakers • University links Skills and Qualities for Study at KS5 and beyond: • Sociology is the study of life in this society. It is therefore relevant to all students who will live and work in this society in their future. • After taking A Level Sociology, students go on to study a wide range of degree subjects and go on to careers in health, education, police/probation work, business, personnel, marketing, recruitment, care work, law, journalism and media. • Students will develop essay writing skills in this course, debating current social issues. They will begin to understand more about the world in which they live, from a variety of points of view. • All of these skills are not only useful for any university course, but for life in general.
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Grade 6 or above in English Language
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Assessment
Year 12 At this level, candidates will acquire knowledge of contemporary social processes and social changes. Candidates will be encouraged to develop their own social awareness through active engagement with the contemporary social world. TOPICS AT YEAR 12 • Core themes in Sociology (1. Socialisation, culture and identity, 2. Differentiation, power, and status) • Education with research methods (the structure and organisation of the education system, patterns in achievement by class, gender and ethnicity, the impact of educational policies, • Research Methods: methods of studying society and debates about methodology • Families and Households (changes to family structure in Britain, demographic differences in families, patterns in marriage and divorce, social policy and family life, power in the family) ASSESSMENT: Internal TOPICS AT YEAR 13 • Beliefs in Society (the significance of religion and religiosity in the contemporary world, including the nature and extent of secularisation in a global context, and globalisation and the spread of religions.) • Crime and deviance with research methods (the social distribution of crime and deviance, contemporary crime, criminal justice systems, patterns in suicide, approaches to sociology, sociology as a science, value freedom, sociology and social policy) ASSESSMENT – all in summer 2017 • Exam 1 – Education with theory and methods (2 hours, 33% of the A Level) • Exam 2 – Topics in Sociology – Families and Households, and Mass Media (2 hours, 33% of the A Level) • Exam 3 – Crime and deviance with theory and methods (2 hours, 33% of the A Level)
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