Course Description

Sociology can be defined as the study of society and how people relate to each other in social groups such as families, schools and workplaces.
We examine issues of social identity such as gender, social class, ethnicity and religion, and how these impact on our life chances and related important aspects of our lives. Students will learn to analyse and evaluate complex debates, arguments, concepts and theories concerning people and their behaviour in 21st Century society.

Benefits

• Develops students’ critical and evaluative skills in explaining the complexities of contemporary society.
  

• Helps students develop their awareness and understanding of people in a diverse and dynamically changing social world.
  

• Applies to all careers where an empathy with others and recognition of why they behave as they do is essential. Former sociology students work in many fields including community and social services, management, the police and legal occupations, health and medicine and teaching.

“In 2006 an AS Sociology student with a low GCSE mean score at a school in an area of ethnic diversity and high levels of deprivation achieved an excellent Grade A and is continuing to complete her A2 Level before going to University”.

The AS Level modules comprise:

- Families and Households
- Education incorporating, Research Methods.
(The AS may be awarded as a discrete
qualification or count as 50% of the A2).

The A2 Level modules comprise:

- Mass Media
- Crime and Deviance (incorporating Theory and Methods)