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Sociology
STUDY LEVEL CONTACT DETAILS
A level Tony Logan, Head of Department
[email protected]
Studying Sociology can be challenging and exciting. We will give you opportunities
to think critically about the world around you, to develop your analytical skills, and
to build an appreciation of the complexity and diversity of social life.
What will I study? Co-curricular activities? Where might it lead?
Among the topics you will study are
families and households – this will
include looking at questions such as:
Are children becoming part of the
adult world too quickly? We provide many opportunities
to broaden and enhance students
understanding of subject areas to
support learning in class and to take
the learning experience beyond the
specification. Guest speakers from
various professions, such as prison
officers and nurses, are invited in to
the College to speak to students. Sociology is an academically
demanding subject regarded as an
acceptable A level by all universities.
A qualification in Sociology can lead
to a wide variety of careers. Some of
the more popular choices include:
Law, the police, teaching, journalism,
personnel management, nursing
and marketing.
Research methods will also be
studied, such as covert observation,
which could be used to study
criminal gangs or football hooligans.
Religion and crime also form an
interesting part of the course. You
will study criminal gangs, look at
why girls are outperforming boys
at school, why people join religious
cults and the media’s role in creating
moral panics about child killers.
These topics will help you to develop
a critical awareness of how the world
really operates and why. Assessment
is by written examination.
Depending on demand, students
may also have the opportunity to
take part in a variety of excursions.
The excursions offer excellent variety
such as visiting the Manchester Police
Crime Museum, annual revision
conference for A level Sociology
students or attending a true life
conference hearing from real criminals
on why they committed crime.
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