Sociology GCSE

Oxbridge

GCSE

Online

£ 43/month + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    GCSE

  • Methodology

    Online

  • Class hours

    200h

  • Duration

    12 Months

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Studying sociology will give you a better idea of how different groups in society relate to each other, the way modern life has developed and the impact of conflict, culture and politics on society.

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Start date

Online

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About this course

Our distance learning GCSE Sociology course is the perfect beginning for anyone wishing to pursue a profession in areas such as the media, care, the law or any other role dealing with society. This home study course looks at the way people relate with one another, the way society is structured, crime, mass media, social inequality and education, among other topics.`

There are no specific entry requirements but you will need basic English reading and writing skills.

Upon successful completion of this home learning course, you will receive a GCSE in Sociology, issued by AQA. This syllabus has been chosen specifically because it is the best suited to distance learning.

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Subjects

  • Sociology
  • Media
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Sociology Anthropology
  • Sociology didactics
  • Education
  • Crime sociology
  • Families
  • Sociological
  • Sociological theories

Course programme

Unit 1: Studying society; education; families
Module 1: Studying Society
  • What is sociology?
  • What makes the sociological approach different?
  • Central terms and concepts in sociology

Module 2: Research processes
  • The process of research in sociology
  • The later stages of the research process
  • Social surveys, questionnaires and structured interviews
  • Unstructured interviews and longitudinal studies
  • Observation Secondary sources of data

Module 3: Families
  • What is a “family”?
  • Sociological approaches to the study of families
  • Changing families and households
  • Changing patterns of marriage and divorce
  • Changing family relationships
  • Contemporary family issues

Module 4: Education
  • The role of education
  • The structure of the education system today
  • Education and social policy
  • Social class and educational achievement
  • Ethnicity and educational achievement
  • Gender and educational achievement

Unit 2: Crime and deviance; mass media; power; social inequality
Module 5:
  • Crime and deviance
  • Defining crime and deviance
  • Explaining crime and deviance
  • Official crime statistics, self-report studies and victim surveys
  • The social distribution of crime
  • The impact of criminal and deviant behaviour
  • The significance of social problems

Module 6:
  • The mass media
  • Defining the mass media
  • The mass media and the audience
  • The mass media as an agency of socialisation
  • Ownership and control within the media
  • The mass media, stereotyping and deviancy amplification

Module 7:
  • Power Defining power
  • The political process in Britain
  • Participation in the political process
  • Voting behaviour
  • Pressure groups and other forms of political participation
  • The welfare state and social problems
  • Power relationships in everyday situations

Module 8:
  • Social inequality
  • Defining social inequality and social stratification
  • Social class and social mobility
  • Gender and ethnicity
  • Age Income, wealth and poverty
  • Explaining poverty
  • Debates about social divisions in Britain

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