Sociology
Sociology – ‘The Study of Society’
Sociology focuses on the relationships between individuals and society. It revolves around examining how personal attitudes and experiences relate to wider issues, understanding how group phenomena can give collective meaning to an individual’s actions.
AQA A-Level Sociology is a popular course offered to students at the King’s Academy Sixth Form. It is a discipline delivered by two subject specialists. Sociology is a popular course choice in Further and Higher Education, owing to its breadth of study, human interest, and relevance to everyday life. It enjoys support from a diverse range of employers who value the requisite skills set and high level of academic rigour.
Course structure and content
Students sit exams in three equally weighted units at the end of the two year course. The units include:-
Paper 1
Education with Theory and Methods
Paper 2
Family and Households
Stratification and Differentiation
Paper 3
Crime and Deviance with Theory and Methods
Sociology & related careers
Advice worker, Community development worker, Family support worker, Further education teacher, International aid/development worker, Social researcher, Social worker, Youth worker.
| Year 12 | Education | Family and Households |
|---|---|---|
| Class Differences in Achievement (External Factors) | Couples | |
| Class Differences in Achievement (Internal Factors) | Childhood | |
| Ethnic Differences in Achievement | Theories of the Family | |
| Gender Differences in Education | Demography | |
| The Role of Education in Society | Changing Family Patterns | |
| Local Governor | Family Diversity | |
| Families and Social Policy | ||
| Research Methods | ||
| Experiments | ||
| Questionnaires | ||
| Interviews | ||
| Participant Observations | ||
| Secondary Sources | ||
| Theory and Methods | ||
| Quantitative and Qualitative Methods | ||
| Sociology and Science | ||
| Objectivity and Values | ||
| Functionalism | ||
| Marxism | ||
| Feminism | ||
| Action Theories | ||
| Globalisation, Modernity and Postmodernity | ||
| Social Policy | ||
| Year 13 | Crime and Deviance | Stratification and Differentiation |
|---|---|---|
| Functionalist and Strain and Subcultural Theories | Social Class, Gender, Ethnicity and Age | |
| Interactionalism and Labelling Theory | Dimensions of Inequality | |
| Class, Power and Crime | The problem of Defining and Measuring Social Class, Occupation, Gender and Social Class | |
| Realist Theories of Crime | Changes in the Structures of Inequality | |
| Gender, Crime and Justice | The Nature and Extent of Significant Patterns | |
| Ethnicity, Crime and Justice | ||
| Crime and Media | ||
| Globalisation | ||
| Control, Punishment and Victims |
