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Humanities and Social Science Distance Learning

Any well-rounded education will include at least one of the humanities and social sciences alongside the “core” subjects such as English and Maths.

We offer five or the most popular humanities and social science subjects – History, Geography, Religious Studies, Psychology and Sociology – at (I)GCSE level, and three of them – History, Sociology and Psychology – at A-level.

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Psychology GCSE

Our GCSE Psychology courses prepare students for AQA 4180 examinations in 2015 and later years.

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Sociology GCSE

Our GCSE Sociology course prepares students for AQA GCSE Sociology syllabus 4190 for exams in 2015 and and later years.

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International GCSE Geography

Oxford Open Learning’s Geography IGCSE course is designed to prepare students for the Edexcel IGCSE in Geography (4GE0) for examinations in June 2015 and later years.

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International GCSE History

Oxford Open Learning’s International GCSE History course is designed to prepare students for the Edexcel international GCSE in History (4HI0) for examination in June 2015 or later years.

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A level History

The History A level course includes two major components – AS level and A2 level. The AS level is a qualification in its own right and may be studied for on a one-year distance learning course.

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A level Psychology

Psychology A level includes two major components – AS level and A2 level. AS level is a qualification in its own right and may be studied for on a one-year distance learning course.

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A level Sociology

Sociology questions assumptions about the social world and considers whether such things as the family, gender relationships and race are socially constructed rather than naturally occurring. Our ‘A’ level course will present you with various sociological theories and ask you to draw on your own experience and background knowledge as well as what you learn in the course to test their validity and accuracy.

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GCSE Religious Education

The AQA GCSE Religious Education course, Specification B Ethics, Philosophy and Religion in Society, 4055, is assessed by a modular exam comprising two Units which may be taken separately or together.

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