b'ALL SAINTS RC SIXTH FORM ALL SAINTS RC SIXTH FORMA-LEVELA-LEVEL SOCIOLOGYPSYCHOLOGY A quick overview. You will develop the ability to craft logical arguments and question the assumptions behind ideas. A quick overview. You will keep up to date with current local and global affairs, and apply these to your studies.Sociology makes the familiar unfamiliar - seek answers to some of the most interesting andLearn about a wide range of theories and studies investigating many aspects of human behaviour.important questions affecting the world around you.Develop an understanding of research methods used by psychologists.Develop the ability to apply research to real world situations. Is this course for me? divorce, life expectancy and manyFuture opportunities?more demographic trends. Is this course for me? with most of the rest of the courseFuture opportunities? Sociology is the study of humanMany prospective employers content, by the end of the coursesocial relationships and institutions.Education with Methods in Context:recognise that Sociology combines students should have a goodThe purpose of sociological studyConsider whether educationalthe development of skills in This is a scientific approach tounderstanding of how all the topicsWith further study there areis understanding how human actionachievement is determined byreasoning and critical assessment understanding the human mindare related to each other.a range of specific careersand consciousness both shape andforces inside or outside school;with knowledge about society and behaviour, using a wide rangeavailable in clinical, educational,are shaped by surrounding cultural,critically analyse the impact ofand its workings. Some students of explanations. We developoccupational, and other areas ofpolitical, economic and social forces. government policies designed tocontinue their study of Sociology knowledge of psychologicalMost topics involve looking atpsychology. Its also a very usefultackle educational inequalities.to degree level, or enrol in related research and learn how to analysetheories and research studies,qualification for any career thatdegrees such as Criminology and discuss this work. You willstudents need to learn a wide rangeinvolves dealing with people, eitherA central aim is for students toTheory and methods: Explore classicor Psychology. Sociologists are also develop skills in applying theof studies in varying levels of detail.directly or indirectly.understand social issues andperspectives for studying society-involved in shaping policies by research to real world situations, forWe look at the work of specificpolicies, critically analysing andincluding Marxism, feminismexamining and exposing areas of example using minority influencepsychologists including Skinner,raising questions about the way research to explain the civil rightsMilgram, Baddeley, Freud, AinsworthAnything else? that services do or do not meet theand functionalism. Learn how toinequality in society. Sociology at movement.and many others. Students willneeds of specific groups, such asconduct sociology research andA level frequently leads students to be give guidance so that theychildren, women, older people andthe strategies used by researcherscareers involving law enforcement, understand how much detail isYou should be willing to read aroundmembers of ethnic minority groups. including covert under covergovernment policy, social work, What will I learn? required in each topic. the subject to develop knowledge,measurescharity work, politics, humanitarian evaluation and application skills.work, teaching and academic The course is 10% Maths and thereWhat will I learn? Beliefs in Society: Raise questionsresearchThe course covers socialThe research methods topicis a lot of Biology in it, this is a influence, memory, attachment,overlaps with all other topicsdemanding subject which requiresabout how beliefs contribute to psychopathology (OCD, phobiasand contributes about 33% ofyou to be motivated and hardThrough interactive lessons,society; explore the view thatAnything else?and depression), research methods,the marks in assessment, thisworking.students develop an understandingscience is a religion; analyse the approaches, biopsychology, issuesincludes many technical aspectsof social context, power, opportunityimpact of secularisation andSociology is assessed through and debates, gender, schizophreniaof conducting qualitative andand inequality. You become afundamentalism in todays societyexaminations at the end of the and forensic psychology.quantitative research.critical thinker, developing the skillssecond year. The exams consists and tools to answer your questions.Crime and Deviance: Explain trendsof both short and essay-style Some topics are covered in eitherThe course is all assessedin crime in relation to gender,questions.the first or second year of thethrough exams and there isnt anyFamily and Households: Investigateethnicity, class and age; consider course, some topics are covered incoursework. family diversity, and analysehow surveillance has grown in both years. Approaches and issues/ whether it has a positive or negativepostmodern society; study crimes debates are topics that overlapeffect on society; study childhoodcommitted by the most powerful as something created by society;in society as well as those most explore patterns in migration,marginalised 60 61'