Sociology

Exam Board: AQA

PLEASE NOTE: Lessons for this course are held at Meden College in nearby Market Warsop.

If you enjoy learning about society and how society functions, then this is the course for you.

You will have 5 lessons a week and are expected to complete at least 5 hours of independent study a week – including reading the news and knowing about world events.

In Year 12, students will study:

Families and households

Education

Research methods

In Year 13, our areas of study are:

Crime and deviance

Mass Media

Theory and methods

Assessment

100% examinations

All papers are 33.3% of final mark

Requirements

Our general entry requirements are that you will need a minimum of five Grade 5s or above in your GCSEs to study A-Levels including English

Where can it lead?

Any career which involves working with people including management, social work, teaching, nursing and the police force. It is an excellent subject to progress to higher education with and opens up degrees such as criminology.