Exam Board and Specification
AQA Sociology (7192)
Grades are awarded based on 3 exams at the end of Year 13, each lasting 2 hours. They are marked out of 80 each and all contribute equally to the final grade. Paper 1 covers Education with Theory and Methods, Paper 2 is called Topics in Sociology and covers Culture and Identity and Belief, Paper 3 covers Crime and Deviance with Theory and Methods.
Topics/Skills Taught
Exam technique is developed throughout the two years.
Year 12
Culture and Identity
Types of culture
Socialisation
The Self, Identity and Difference
Impacts on Leisure choices
Education
Functions of Education
Differential Educational Achievement
Processes in schools.
Education Policy
Research Methods
Research design
Types of data
Qualitative methods
Quantitative methods
Practical, Ethical and Theoretical issues
Year 13
Crime and Deviance
Social construction of crime and deviance
Social distribution of crime
Globalisation and crime
Theories of crime
Control of crime
Belief
Ideology, science and religion
The functions of religion
Religion as a cause of change
Types of religious groups
Differing levels of religiosity
Theory
Key Sociological Theories
Positivism v Interpretivism
Is Sociology a science?
Objectivity and value freedom
Social Policy
Extra-Curricular Opportunities
In Year 13 Students are offered the opportunity to attend a University style conference on Criminology.
