A Level Sociology

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A Level Sociology. AQA A-level (7192​) ​The A-level specification has 3 units and all are assessed by a 2 hour written paper each worth 80 marks or 33.3% of the A-level. Unit 1​Education with Theory and Methods Unit 2 Topics in Sociology Option 1: Culture and Identity; Families and Household; Health; Work, Poverty and Welfare. Option 2: Beliefs in Society; Global Development; The Media; Stratification and Differentiation. Unit 3​Crime and Deviance with Theory and Methods At A-level, candidates will continue to focus on contemporary society but they should demonstrate a wider range and greater depth of knowledge and understanding and more highly developed skills of application, analysis, interpretation and evaluation. Over the two years you will have developed a very strong and balanced knowledge-base on the subject of sociology. A good sociology student will need more than a passionate concern for issues of injustice and inequality. You will need to be equally passionate about understanding how society works: its structure, the mechanisms of its processes of change, the unnoticed, taken-for-granted but binding rules which govern the everyday behaviour of people in everyday situations - in the office, factory, supermarket, family home or classroom. Why do people act the way they do? Why is it ‘correct’ that teachers can tell students what to do whilst they are in the classroom but not if they saw them in town on a Saturday? Recommended textbooks are: AQA A-level Sociology ​Year 1 Student Book. AQA A-level Sociology ​Year 2 Student Book. Authors: Steve Chapman, Martin Holborn, Stephen Moore and Dave Aiken Publisher: Collins AQA Sociology for A Level​Year 1. AQA Sociology for A Level​Year 2 Authors: David Bown, Laura Pountney, Tomislav Maric. Publisher: Hodder Education

Course information

Name: A Level Sociology Qualification title: GCE A Level in Sociology Qualification type: Assessment Terminal examination Awarding Assessment & Qualifications Alliance Created 20151020 07:38:30 Updated 20160928 17:52:37

Entry requirements

Nothing special. Equipment required Nothing special.

Provider

Matthew Arnold School
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Address

Arnolds Way Town: Oxford