Sociology

Course summary

• Education: including class/gender/ethnic differences in achievement rates, the significance of educational policy and relationships/processes in schools. • Families and Households: including changing gender roles within the family, the nature of childhood and changing demographic trends in the UK. • Beliefs in Society: including the rise of terrorism globally, the changing nature of religious movements (including sects and cults) and the influence of ideology in the UK. • Crime and Deviance: including the role of surveillance in the UK, victimology and the social distribution of crime in the UK by ethnicity, gender and class.