What topics are studied?
The course follows the AQA specification and topics may include:

Family Work + Unemployment Education Crime + Deviance Poverty Migration + Movement Stratification (Class etc) Politics Key themes – equality, socialisation etc Mass Media

The examination
The examination is divided into two tiers. People who really cope well with the subject can take a higher tier and others will do the foundation tier. Classes are mixed ability and students will discuss with teachers which tier they feel that they can manage in Year 11.

The coursework
You will be expected to conduct your own piece of research into a topic of your choice. This research is worth 20% of the marks for the examination.

Links

• GCSE Sociology chat-room
• Revision guide
• A great school site
• GCSE info and support materials
• Sociology arena and revision guide