A Level in Sociology (AS/A2)

Course Synopsis :
Oxford College ODL offer this full A Level course in Sociology. On completion of your two part course you will be able to:

Identify facts, opinions and judgements
Analyse and evaluate designs and methods
Select and record relevant evidence
Apply concepts and theories
Interpret quantitative and qualitative data
Identify social trends
Evaluate theories, arguments and evidence

Course Content :

Unit 1: Families and Households
Introduction to theories about families and households
The family, morality and the state
Marriage, marital breakdown and single-parent families
The family and industrialisation
Childhood and parenthood
Family and household diversity
Power, inequality and the domestic organisation of the family

Unit 2: Education
Shaping education: the significance of state policy
Reproducing society: the functions of education
Explaining success and failure (1): educational attainment and social class
Explaining success and failure (2): educational attainment and ethnicity
Explaining success and failure (3): educational attainment and gender

Unit 3: Sociological Methods
The relationship between theory and method
Collection of primary data
Collection and analysis of secondary data
Triangulation and methodological pluralism

Unit 4: Religion
Defining religion
Different theories of religion
Religion as a conservative force and an initiator of change
Cults, sects, denominations and churches and their relationship to religious activity
The relationship between religious beliefs, religious organisations and social groups
The nature and extent of secularisation

Unit 5: Theory and Methods
Macro-sociological perspectives
Micro-sociological perspectives
Sociological research
Techniques of data collection
Sociology, science, values and common sense

Unit 6: Crime and Deviance
The relationship between deviance, crime, power and social control
Structural accounts of crime and deviance
Finding out about crime and deviance
Interactional accounts of crime and deviance
Suicide and the official statistics debate
Contemporary approaches to the sociology of crime and deviance

Entry Requirements :
Basic English reading and writing skills, as full tutor support is given.

Study Hours :
Variable by student commitment

Qualification :
AS/A2 - A level in Sociology (AQA). Both AS and A2 level courses and examinations must be successfully completed to gain a full A level.

What's Included :
Your A level course, tutor support, and postage and packaging. Students are required to arrange and pay for examinations. Details of examination dates and examination enrolment deadlines are included in the 'Student Welcome Pack'.

Additional Information

Course Fee :
£295.00 - Full A Level (AS and A2 courses).

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