Sociology

Course summary

Sociology A-level gives students an insight into the study and analysis of society and the way in which people interact with each other through different groupings and in different settings. The course looks at contemporary topics like crime and deviance; families; health; work and poverty and the class system, through a variety of sociological lenses, such as; Functionalism; Feminism; Marxism; Post-modernism. In each area, Sociology takes an analytical look at our assumptions about these different groups or areas of society and explores the different interpretations about each of them e.g. Why do some families have different values compared to others? Why do people commit crime? In addition, the course also prepares students well for university and college courses with its module on research methods and the focus on preparing students to develop a critical and analytical approach to research.