WJEC A-level Sociology

What is included

What this course covers

• Acquiring Culture (Unit 1)

  • Topic 1 — The social construction of culture
  • Topic 2 — The process and agencies of socialisation
  • Topic 3 — Examples of the influence of socialisation on identity
  • Topic 4 — Families and households (Section B option)
  • Topic 5 — Youth cultures (Section B option)

• Understanding Society and Methods of Sociological Enquiry (Unit 2)

  • Topic 6 — Key concepts
  • Topic 7 — Primary quantitative and qualitative research methods
  • Topic 8 — Methodological approaches to research
  • Topic 9 — Secondary methods and data
  • Topic 10 — Sampling
  • Topic 11 — Ethical issues
  • Topic 12 — Practical issues
  • Topic 13 — Theories of research
  • Topic 14 — Education (Section B option)
  • Topic 15 — Media (Section B option)
  • Topic 16 — Religion (Section B option)

• Power and Control (Unit 3)

  • Topic 17 — Crime and deviance (option)
  • Topic 18 — Health and disability (option)
  • Topic 19 — World sociology (option)

• Social Inequality and Applied Methods of Sociological Enquiry (Unit 4)

  • Topic 20 — Research design
  • Topic 21 — Evidence and examples of areas of inequality related to social class, gender, ethnicity and age in contemporary society
  • Topic 22 — Theories and explanations for inequality and stratification related to social class, gender, ethnicity, age and nation

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