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Sociology

at Kingsthorpe College, Northampton · college

Ofsted rated their sixth form provisionGood2019see the detail

Level 3A levelsGCE A level2 yearsFull timeFree

What the college says

Sociology is all about the study of social behaviour – how people behave in groups, why people behave the way they do, what factors in society affect their behaviour. In looking at human behaviour, sociologists go far beyond the “common sense”, investigating all of the important areas of social life and the major issues and problems facing modern society. Do you take an interest in people? Take notice of what is going on around you? Enjoy a good discussion? Listen to the opinions and theories of others? Question things you read in the newspapers or see on TV? Enjoy reading abstract theories and writing essays? Have the capacity for a lot of hard and challenging work? Then sociology could be for you!

What you need to get on

5 GCSE Grade 9 to 4, including a Grade 5 in English and a Grade 5 in Maths and if studied in Grade 5 in Sociology.

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

  • Kingsthorpe College

    Boughton Green Road, Northampton, NN2 7HR

    DaytimeClassroom based
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