Sociology

The sociological imagination enables us to grasp history and biography and the relations between the two in society; this is its task and its promise.

C. Wright Mills

Sociology studies the society within which we all live. It encourages us to understand and ask questions about many of the things we all take for granted.

KS4 GCSE Sociology

Please click here for the AQA Sociology webpage.

Please see below for the KS4 GCSE AQA Sociology Specification 8192.

Sociology studies the society within which we all live. It encourages us to understand and ask questions about many of the things we all take for granted.

Course Overview
This course aims to achieve the following: Develop an understanding of how individuals and groups relate to each other in society Develop skills in gathering, selecting, handling and interpreting information in a range of different formats, including articles, graphs and statistics Develop the ability to reflect on one’s own experience of the social world we live in. In order to study society it is necessary to break it down into sections but we must remember that in real life all these sections are linked together and influence each other.

Course Overview

This course aims to achieve the following:

Develop an understanding of how individuals and groups relate to each other in society
Develop skills in gathering, selecting, handling and interpreting information in a range of different formats, including articles, graphs and statistics
Develop the ability to reflect on one’s own experience of the social world we live in.

In order to study society it is necessary to break it down into sections but we must remember that in real life all these sections are linked together and influence each other.

The topics to be covered in the course are as follows:

Core Topics	A Choice of Four Option Topics
Investigating society Key sociological concepts Applying research techniques	Crime, Deviance and Social Control Mass Media Family Youth Culture Education Work

Themes
Social Stratification: social class, ethnicity, gender, age. This theme is taught throughout all the topics. Methodology: methods used by sociologists to collect data, e.g. questionnaires, interviews. This theme is taught as part of an introductory topic as it plays a major part in the examination paper. However, it also occurs throughout all topics and plays a vital part in the Sociological Enquiry.

Themes

Social Stratification: social class, ethnicity, gender, age.
This theme is taught throughout all the topics.
Methodology: methods used by sociologists to collect data, e.g. questionnaires, interviews.
This theme is taught as part of an introductory topic as it plays a major part in the examination paper. However, it also occurs throughout all topics and plays a vital part in the Sociological Enquiry.

KS5 A Level Sociology

Please click here for the AQA Sociology webpage.

Please see below for the KS5 A Level Sociology AQA Specification 7192.

Student Course Criteria

For those students with a genuine interest in studying society and the world around them.

Course Overview

The A level is two years in duration.

Year 12: Compulsory Content	Year 13: Optional Content
Education with Theory and Methods Education Methods in Context Theory and Methods Crime and Deviance with Theory and Methods Crime and Deviance Theory and Methods	Option One Culture and Identity Families and Household Health Work, Poverty and Welfare	Option Two Beliefs in Society Global Development The Media Stratification and Differentiation

Year 12: Compulsory Content

Year 13: Optional Content

Education with Theory and Methods

Education
Methods in Context
Theory and Methods

Crime and Deviance with Theory and Methods

Crime and Deviance
Theory and Methods

Option One

Culture and Identity
Families and Household
Health
Work, Poverty and Welfare

Option Two

Beliefs in Society
Global Development
The Media
Stratification and Differentiation

The A level qualification is assessed through three papers in the final summer of study.

Further Opportunities Following this Course:

Sociology is a social science and has strong links with the humanities. It can be studied either on its own or in combination with another subject up to degree level e.g. Sociology and Business Studies. Sociology and Computer Science, Sociology and Statistics. Sociology opens the way to a wide variety of careers – management, social work, social research, marketing, journalism and many more.

Securing a Place at Post-16

Students must have GCSE grade 6 in English Language. An ability to write in a clear logical way is essential as well as a genuine commitment to the reading that is required. A real interest in current affairs is also vital.

Our Curriculum Deputy Headteacher, Ms J Foster, will be happy to supply further detail and more information if required.

Please contact her at ecsgeneral@enfieldcs.enfield.sch.uk or telephone 020 8363 3030.