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GCE A Level in Sociology

at Leigh Academy Hundred of Hoo, Rochester · school or sixth form

Level 3A levelsGCE A level2 yearsFull timeFree

What the college says

The Social Sciences department at the Hundred of Hoo Academy is proud to offer a curriculum which allows students to develop not only their academic skills, but also their personal and social understanding of the world around them. Sociology is the study of the social part of us, the pattern of interaction with other people which is necessary to our very existence. We all participate in any number of social groups, many of which overlap. Sociologists study how and why these groups interact with each other and how the interactions affect their members. Such analyses not only yields a clearer understanding of society and its components, but also allow sociologists to see both the causes and the possible remedies for our social problems. Sociology has been described as ‘the scientific study of human group behaviour’ and ‘the application of scientific methods of inquiry to the puzzles of social life’, whilst others believe that we are too complex and the impacts of our thoughts, feelings and emotions are too impactful for us to be studied in the same ways as science. Although the A-Level is Sociology does not sit alongside other Science A-Levels, it is essential that students of the subject have inquisitive minds with a keen interest in how society works and the view of others regarding how and why we interact within it

What you need to get on

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

  • The Hundred of Hoo Academy

    Main Road, Hoo, ME3 9HH

    DaytimeClassroom based
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