Sociology

Course summary

Sociology is a very modern, popular and edgy A Level subject. If you have a passion for debate, questioning the world around you and have ever pondered the stark differences in culture, religion, race, sex, class and so on then Sociology is the subject for you. Major areas of study include: Crime and Deviance · Social order and social control · Social distribution of crime by ethnicity and social class · Recent patterns and trends in crime · The media and crime · Green crime · Human rights and state crimes · Crime control and surveillance Education · Theoretical explanations of the education system · Ideology and meritocracy in education · Patterns and trends in educational achievement by social group · Cultural and material deprivation · Patterns and trends in subject choice by gender · Educational policy Media · New media and its significance in contemporary society · Ownership and control of the media · The media and globalisation · Representations in the media · Media and the audience · Popular culture Family · Different sociological views on the family · Social policy on divorce, same-sex marriage and welfare · Contemporary family and household structures · Personal relationships and non traditional family structures · Domestic violence and the ‘dark side’ of the family. Theory and Method Research Methods