Hellesdon High School

Sociology Year 13

Year 13 AQA A-Level Sociology (7192) Topic(s) Key content to be learned Assessment
Autumn Term

Crime and Deviance

 

 

 

 

Culture and Identity

 

 

 

 

Media

Crime, deviance, social order and social control. The social distribution of crime and deviance by ethnicity, gender and social class, including recent patterns and trends in crime

 

The relationship of identity to production, consumption and globalisation. Different conceptions of culture, including subculture, mass culture, folk culture, high and low culture, popular culture and global culture

 

The new media and their significance for an understanding of the role of the media in contemporary society. The relationship between ownership and control of the media. The media, globalisation and popular culture

 

 

 

 

In Class Assessments

Spring Term

Crime and Deviance

 

 

 

 

Media
 

Globalisation and crime in contemporary society; the media and crime; green crime; human rights and state crimes. Crime control, surveillance, prevention and punishment, victims, and the role of the criminal justice system and other agencies

 

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

 

 

 

In Class Assessment

PPE

Summer Term

Research Methods and Methods in Context

 

Theory and Methods

All Units
 

Review and Revision

 

Review and Revision

Revision
 

 

A-Level External Exams