SOCIOLOGY
AS and A Level
At High Storrs School
LINEAR
SOCIOLOGICAL RECENT EVENTS:
What do we study?
AS Sociology
Each paper 90 mins
• Unit 1: Education with
methods in context
• Unit 2: Research methods
and topics in sociology
A Level Sociology
Each paper 120 mins
Unit 1: Education with Theory and
Methods
Unit 2: Topics in Sociology
Unit 3: Crime and Deviance with
Theory and methods
Which topics?
AS Level:
either Family & Households
or
Culture & Identity
A Level:
either Family & Households
or
Culture & Identity
And
either Beliefs in Society
or
The Media
Activities and Resources
• How might
we study
‘corporate
crime’?
Class discussion / investigation into what corporate
crime is and what theorists and researchers have
found:
eg Slapper and Tombs 6 types of corporate crime
(including manufacturing offences; financial offences;
green crimes)..
Individual research into recent
examples of corporate crime –
such as:
VW emissions scandal
Tesco being fined over accounts
Amazon and Starbucks
questioned over ‘unpaid’ tax
Students then apply research
and link theories to real
examples
Finally produce assessed work –
exam-skill based usually, but
occasionally in another format.
Resources
Text books
Detailed handouts and booklets
Sociology Review
MLE
Audio-visual – podcasts, DVD, film
Revision conferences (where value for
money)
Careers
Teaching /lecturing
Journalism
Criminology
Law
Research
Local/national/European
government
Police
..etc..