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A level Sociology

at Kings Norton Girls' School, Birmingham · school or sixth form

Level 3A levelsGCE A level18 monthsFull timeFree

What the college says

Y12: Paper 1: Education with Methods in Context: Subjects covered, role and purpose of education, differential attainment by gender, ethnicity & social class, relationships & processes in school, the significance of educational policies, and research methods in education. Also methods sociologists use for social research. Paper 2: Research Methods & Topics in Sociology: (Families & Households) Questions on areas of the family, 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, 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 UK since 1900 Year 13: Paper 2 Topic in Sociology: The Mass Media: The new media, relationship between ownership and control of the media, the media, globalisation & popular culture, the processes of selection and presentation of the content of the news, media representations of age, social class, ethnicity, gender, sexuality and disability, the relationship between the media, their content and presentation, and audiences. Paper 3: Crime and Deviance with Theory and Methods: Crime, deviance, social order & soc

What you need to get on

GCSE grade 5 in English Language.

How you are assessed

Academic subjects, mostly exams, three or four at once. The traditional route to university.

What this level means

The A-level-equivalent step, and what universities and employers ask for.

Is it open to 16 to 18 year olds?

Approved for 16 to 18 study on the government's Section 96 list.

Where it runs

  • Kings Norton Girls' School

    Selly Oak Road, Birmingham, B30 1HW

    DaytimeClassroom based
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