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📐 A-Level Sociology

Year 1 / AS Year 2 / A-Level All Boards (AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA)

Free A-Level Sociology revision notes. 10 topics across AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, and CCEA specifications.

🔀 Board Differences

Board specifications differ in assessment structure and emphasis. The core content is shared across boards; these are the genuine differences by board:

AQA: Three papers: education with methods in context; topics in sociology (families, beliefs, media); crime and deviance with theory and methods. No coursework, 80 marks per paper.
OCR: Three papers: socialisation, culture and identity; researching social inequalities; debating and researching social issues (globalisation, crime). Includes a compulsory research methods section.
WJEC/Eduqas: Unitised: contemporary families and households; education and research methods; crime, deviance and social stratification.

📊 Course Overview

A-Level Sociology covers 8 topic areas with 10 topics total across AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, and CCEA specifications.

Beliefs (1 topic)

Crime and Deviance (1 topic)

Education (1 topic)

Families and Households (1 topic)

Globalisation (1 topic)

Media (1 topic)

Stratification (1 topic)

Theory and Methods (3 topics)