The A Level is divided into three modules:
Module 1: Sociology of Education Sociological Methods Theory and Methods
Module 2: Families and Households in Contemporary Britain Beliefs in Society (an examination of religious trends in a changing world)
Module 3: Crime and Deviance (looking at and explaining the present trends in crime in the UK) Theory and Methods (A more detailed examination of the central theories and methods in contemporary sociology.)
The examination consists of three two-hour papers.
Each module is worth 33.3% of the final mark.
Students can choose from an abundance of fictional and non-fictional texts that ask sociological questions. Among some of the most famous are two fictional investigations into the future of human society, and the manners in which society could become dysfunctional: George Orwell’s 1984, and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World.
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