Sociology

Assessment

COMPONENT 1: CORE, FAMILIES, HOUSEHOLDS AND EDUCATION Percentage of total A level mark: 40%. Method of assessment: 2 hours and 30-minute examination paper, which consists of six compulsory questions, requiring you to display a range of skills including knowledge and understanding, application and interpretation, and analysis and evaluation. Some questions are short marks requiring students to demonstrate supporting evidence to a topic of discussion and others are made up of essay-based questions and answers which require students to demonstrate a structured argument. COMPONENT 2: RESEARCH METHODS Percentage of total A level mark: 20%. Method of assessment: 1 hour and 45-minute examination paper with one compulsory question divided into four parts. This is based on stimulus material and one question will involve an extended writing piece where the students have to design, justify & evaluate a piece of sociological research. COMPONENT 3: SOCIAL INEQUALITY AND CRIME AND DEVIANCE Percentage of total A level mark: 40%. Method of assessment: 2 hours and 30-minute examination paper which includes four compulsory questions, requiring you to display a range of skills including knowledge and understanding, application and interpretation and analysis and evaluation. Some questions are short marks requiring students to demonstrate supporting evidence to a topic of discussion and others are made up of essay-based questions and answers which require students to demonstrate a structured argument.