Sociology

Assessment

Students are assessed against three Assessment Objectives; Assessment Objective 1 - Knowledge and Understanding Assessment Objective 2 - Application Assessment Objective 3 - Analysis and Evaluation. Students sit three, two hour exams, each worth 80 marks, at the end of the two year course: Paper 1 - Education and Research Methods Paper 2 - Family and Households and Beliefs in Society Paper 3 - Crime and Deviance, Methods and Theories. Praising Stars cycles will be used to assess and monitor progress and to identify appropriate intervention to maximize student outcomes from the course.