Sociology

Assessment

A Level Paper 1: 33.3% of the marks: Education with Theory and Methods Candidates examine the role and purpose of education; educational achievement about class, gender and ethnicity; relationships and processes within schools; educational policies, equality of opportunity, the impact of globalisation; and the application of sociological research methods to the study of education; theory and methods – research data, positivism, interpretivism, considerations, theories, science, the impact of sociology on social policy. A Level Paper 2: 33.3% of the marks: Families and Households, Beliefs in Society. (Section A) Candidates examine the relationship of the family to social structure, social change and state policies; changing patterns of marriage and divorce; diversity of family structures; changes within the family - gender roles and power relationships; the concept of childhood and the status of children; and demographic trends. (Section B) Candidates examine theories of ideology, science and religion; the relationship between religious beliefs, social change and stability; religious organisations; social groups and religious movements; secularisation and religiosity in the contemporary global context. A Level Paper 3: 33.3% of the marks: Crime and Deviance with Theory and Methods Candidates examine theories of crime, deviance, order and control; the social distribution, patterns and trends of crime and deviance; globalisation and crime, green crime, human rights and state crimes; crime control and prevention; theory, methods and the study of crime and deviance.