Sociology Programme of Study

The Crypt School Psychology & Sociology Department POS 2025-26 A Level Sociology (AQA) – Subject to change dependent on number of teachers Term 1

YEAR 12 SOCIOLOGY

Paper 1 Topic of Study & Content

Paper 2 Topic of Study & Content

Papers 1&3 Topic of Study & Content

Assessment

INTRODUCTORY SOCIOLOGY (Key figures, perspectives and concepts) EDUCATION (The Role of Education)

FAMILY & HOUSEHOLDS (Social Perspectives of the family)

Term 2

Term 4

Term 5

METHODS IN CONTEXT (Experiments, Questionnaires)

METHODS IN CONTEXT (Interviews, Observations, Official Statistics)

EDUCATION (Differential Achievement by Class, Gender, Ethnicity)

EDUCATION (Educational Policies)

FAMILY & HOUSEHOLDS (Social Perspectives of the family, Demography, Family Diversity)

THEORY & METHODS (Data types, Positivism, Interpretivism, Qualitative & Quantitative methods, Sources of data)

Homework or in class assessment Based on content in this column

Term 3

Homework or in class assessment Based on content in this column

END POINT

METHODS IN CONTEXT (Experiments, Case Studies, Personal Documents)

Students are expected to be familiar with sociological explanations of the following content: ● the role and functions of the education system ● differential educational achievement of social groups ● relationships and processes within schools ● the significance of educational policies Students must be able to apply sociological research methods to the study of education.

FAMILY & HOUSEHOLDS (Family Diversity, Changing Roles in the Family, Childhood)

THEORY & METHODS (Practical, Ethical, Theoretical Issues, Research Design, Sampling, Pilot Studies)

In class JANUARY ASSESSMENTS

Term 6

Homework or in class assessment Based on content in this column

A Level Sociology (AQA) – Subject to change dependent on number of teachers

APRIL MOCKS. Full Paper 1 exam, partial Paper 2 exam.

FAMILY & HOUSEHOLDS (Social Policy & the Family)

THEORY & METHODS (Consensus, conflict, structural and social action theories)

Homework or in class assessment Based on content in this column

Students are expected to be familiar with sociological explanations of the following content: ● the relationship of the family to social structure / change, the economy and state policies ● changing patterns of marriage, cohabitation, divorce, childbearing and the life course ● gender roles, domestic labour and power relationships within the family ● the nature of childhood, and the status of children in the family and society ● demographic trends in the United Kingdom since 1900 Students must be able to describe and evaluate ● quantitative and qualitative methods of research ● sources of data, including questionnaires, interviews, observation, experiments, documents and official statistics ● primary, secondary, quantitative and qualitative data ● the relationship between positivism, interpretivism and sociological methods; the theoretical, practical and ethical considerations influencing choice of topic, choice of method(s) and the conduct of research

The Crypt School Psychology & Sociology Department POS 2025-26 Term 1 MEDIA

YEAR 13 SOCIOLOGY

Paper 2 Topic of Study & Content

(the new media + the role of the media in contemporary society, the media, globalisation and popular culture, the relationship between ownership and control of the media the processes of selection and presentation of the content of the news)

Paper 3 Topic of Study & Content

Assessment

Term 2

Term 4

Term 5

Term 6

MEDIA (media representations of age, social class, ethnicity, gender, sexuality and disability and the relationship between the media their content and presentation, and audiences)

CRIME & DEVIANCE (Explaining Crime: Functionalist, strain and subcultural theories, labelling theory)

THEORY & METHODS

THEORY & METHODS

(Marxism, postmodernism, feminism and social policy)

(Functionalism, Subjectivity, objectivity and value freedom)

End of term assessment Based on content in this column

Term 3

NOVEMBER assessments. Full Paper 1 & partial Paper 2 exam.

Study Leave

END POINT Students are expected to be familiar with sociological explanations of the following content: ● new media ● the relationship between ownership and control of the media ● the media, globalisation and popular culture ● the processes of selection and presentation of the content of the news ● media representations of age, social class, ethnicity, gender, sexuality and disability

● the relationship between the media, their content and presentation, and audiences.

CRIME & DEVIANCE (Marxist, neo-Marxist and critical criminological theories, left and right realism, Gender + crime, ethnicity + crime, class + crime)

CRIME & DEVIANCE

CRIME & DEVIANCE

(globalisation, media + crime, patterns + trends, Human rights, State Crime, Green Crime)

(Crime and criminal justice, Crime control, prevention, punishment and victims)

THEORY & METHODS

End of term assessment Based on content in this column

Study Leave

THEORY & METHODS

(Social Action theories and Structuration)

(the extent to which Sociology can be regarded as scientific and The relationship between theory and methods,)

MARCH MOCKS. Full Paper 2 and 3 exams

Informal assessment

Study Leave

A Level Examinations

Students are expected to be familiar with sociological explanations of the following content: ● crime, deviance, social order and control ● the social distribution of crime and deviance by ethnicity, gender and social class ● globalisation and crime in contemporary society ● crime control, surveillance, prevention and punishment, victims, and the role of the criminal justice system.

Students must be able to describe and analyse ● the nature of ‘social facts’ ● consensus, conflict, structural and social action theories ● the concepts of modernity and post-modernity ● the nature of science and the extent to which Sociology can be regarded as scientific ● the relationship between theory and methods ● debates about subjectivity, objectivity and value freedom the relationship between Sociology and social policy.