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Sociology GCSE Key Facts
- PRICE: £375
- TIME REQUIRED: 200 hours
- EXAMS: Summer only
- SPECIFICATION: AQA GCSE Sociology 8192
GCSE Sociology
Sociology offers an understanding of family life, education, stratification, poverty, politics, work, unemployment, population, urbanisation and crime – in other words a broad analysis of how we live together in modern society.
Content of the Sociology GCSE Course
The Sociology GCSE Course covers the entire syllabus in 18 lessons and contains 10 Tutor-marked Assignments, two of which are practice examination papers
The Arrangement of Lessons
Module One: The Sociological Approach
1. The Sociological Approach: Social Structures, Social Processes and Social Issues
2. Introduction to Research Methods in Sociology
Module Two: The Family
3. Family Functions and Forms
4.Conjugal and Family Relationships
5.Criticisms of Families and Divorce
Module Three: Education
6. The Roles and Functions of Education
7. Education: Capitalism and Achievement
8. Processes within Schools
Module Four: Crime and Deviance
9. Social Control
10. The Social Construction of Crime and Deviance
11. Criminal and Deviant Behaviour; Data on Crime
Module Five: Stratification
12. Theories of Stratification
13. Socio-Economic Class and Life Chances
14. Poverty as a Social Issue
15. The Causes of Poverty
16. Power: Authority and Relationships
Module Six: Sociological Research Methods
17. Theory and Design
18. Interpreting Data and Ethics
The Sociology Specification
We are currently enrolling students on the AQA GCSE Sociology 8192 for exams in 2022 and beyond.
Paper 1
- The sociology of families and education
- 50% of GCSE
- 1 hour 45 minutes
Paper 2
- The sociology of crime and deviance and social stratification
- 50% of GCSE
- 1 hour 45 minutes
This course will be graded using the new 9-1 grading system.
Online Course? Paper Based? Somewhere in between? It’s your choice!
All of our GCSE Sociology students receive:
- Traditional printed learning materials
- Access to our online resources with on-the-go access to all your regular lessons
- Unmatched support by a fully qualified teacher online and by phone
Supporting Resources
