ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
- GCSE English at Grade 6+
- You need to have an interest in the society in which we live
- You need to have an interest in learning about people and groups
FUTURE PROGRESSION
- Careers within criminal justice, probation, the prison service, journalism, civil service, teaching, marketing, personnel, social services, counselling, law
WHAT WILL YOU STUDY?
You are assessed by three examinations at the end of Year 13.
Exam paper 1 - Education with Theory & Methods
Education - the role and functions of the education system, including its relationship to the economy and to class structure, differential educational achievement of social groups by social class, gender and ethnicity.
Theory & Methods - the relationship between positivism and interpretivism in relation to sociological research methods, such as, interviews and questionnaires, alongside action versus structural theories.
Exam paper 2 - Topics in Sociology
Families & Households - the relationship of the family to the social structure and social change, with particular reference to the economy and to state policies, changing patterns of marriage, cohabitation, separation and divorce.
Beliefs in society - ideology and science, the influence of cults, sects, NAM’s, NRM’s, the secularisation debate, the impact of globalisation on beliefs in society, social change and theories.
Exam paper 3 - Crime and Deviance with Theory & Method
Crime and deviance - social control and social order, gender, ethnicity, crime prevention and punishment, the media, state crimes, victims and the role of agencies.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Contact Ms Batty to discuss further
lbatty@stjohns.bhcet.org.uk