Theory and methods

• How do different sociologists interpret society?
• How do sociologists study society?
• What types of information and data do sociologists use?

Culture, identity and socialisation

• What is the relationship between the individual and society?
• How do we learn to be human?

Social inequality

• What is social stratification?
• What are the main features of social inequality and how are these created?

Family

• What are the different types of family?
• How are family roles changing?
• What are the changes affecting the family?

Education

• What is the function of education?
• What factors help to explain differences in educational achievement?

Crime, deviance and social control

• What are crime, deviance and social control?
• What are the patterns of crime?
• What are the explanations of crime?

Media

• Who controls the media?
• What is the influence of the media?

Paper 1

• 2 hours (including 15 minutes’ reading time)
• 54%
• 80 marks
• Candidates answer one compulsory data response question and one optional structured question from a choice of two.
• This paper test content from Units 1, 2 and 3.
• Externally assessed

Paper 2

• 1 hour 45 minutes (including 15 minutes’ reading time)
• 46%
• 70 marks
• Candidates answer two optional structured questions from a choice of four.
• This paper test content from Units 4, 5, 6 and 7.
• Externally assessed