AQA A Level Sociology (7192)

This A Level Sociology Course will help you make sense of the society we live in and understand the culture and identity issues which affect us all.

You will learn a number of skills including the use of evidence to support your arguments, how to investigate facts, and critical thinking. It is relevant to the society you live in so you are bound to enjoy learning about topics that are relevant to everyday life; plus it opens the door to a fantastic range of interesting careers.

A Level Modules:

Education

• The role and functions of the education system
• Differential educational achievement of social groups by social class, gender and ethnicity in contemporary society
• Relationships and processes within schools
• The significance of educational policies.

Methods in Context

• Apply sociological research methods to the study of education.

Theory and Methods

• Quantitative and qualitative methods of research
• The distinction between primary and secondary data, and between quantitative and qualitative data
• The relationship between positivism, interpretivism and sociological methods
• The theoretical, practical and ethical considerations influencing choice of topic, choice of method(s) and the conduct of research consensus, conflict, structural and social action theories
• The concepts of modernity and post-modernity in relation to sociological theory
• The nature of science and the extent to which Sociology can be regarded as scientific
• The relationship between theory and methods
• Debates about subjectivity, objectivity and value freedom
• The relationship between Sociology and social policy.

Crime and Deviance

• Crime, deviance, social order and social control
• The social distribution of crime and deviance by ethnicity, gender and social class, including recent patterns and trends in crime
• Globalisation and crime in contemporary society; the media and crime; green crime; human rights and state crimes
• Crime control, surveillance, prevention and punishment, victims, and the role of the criminal justice system and other agencies.

Families and Households

• The relationship of the family to the social structure and social change
• Changing patterns of marriage, cohabitation, separation, divorce, childbearing and the life course, including the sociology of personal life, and the diversity of contemporary family and household structures
• Gender roles, domestic labour and power relationships within the family in contemporary society
• The nature of childhood, and changes in the status of children in the family and society demographic trends in the United Kingdom since 1900.

Beliefs in Society

• Ideology, science and religion, including both Christian and non-Christian religious traditions
• The relationship between social change and social stability, and religious beliefs, practices and organisations
• Religious organisations
• The relationship between different social groups and religious/spiritual organisations and movements, beliefs and practices
• The significance of religion and religiosity in the contemporary world.

This International A' Level Sociology Course is ideal for anyone wishing to gain a knowledge and understanding of this subject or for anyone who wishes to study at a higher level at University and gain UCAS points. You will also find this course extremely valuable if you are looking for a progression route for further training whilst employed.

It is recommended that students should be educated to GCSE Grade C or equivalent and have a reasonable standard of literacy. You have the freedom to start the course at any time and continue your studies at your own pace for a period of up to 24 months from initial registration with the full support of your Tutor.

Students in the past have progressed onto the following degree courses:-

• Sociology • Psychology • English studies
• Business studies • Law • Teaching

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