SOCIOLOGY A Level
This stimulating and topical A Level gives you a real insight into the world around you. You’ll study how people behave in social situations and analyse the causes and effects at work beneath society as a whole. As you learn, you’ll build up your knowledge and understanding of sociological thought and methods.
A great basis for learning analysis skills that lots of university courses and careers need
Importantly, we will develop your skills of analysis and evaluation, a great foundation for almost any course in Higher Education. In your first year, you will complete two modules based on topics where you already have personal experience; Families and Households, and Education and Research Methods, alongside the practical skills sociologists use. In your second year, you’ll explore the Sociology of Crime and Deviance looking at underlying causes and trends in deviance. You will also study Global Development and fascinating wider economic and social issues.
SPANISH A Level
Some 400 million people around the world speak Spanish, so it goes without saying that it’s a very worthwhile language to study at A Level. People who can speak a foreign language are more marketable and have more career choices, and as Spanish is one of today’s global languages, it is the perfect choice.
Language graduates have one of the lowest rates of unemployment
On this A Level you will learn to communicate in advanced Spanish in a range of situations by studying a variety of exciting topics and current affairs. The four skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing studied at GCSE become more interdependent as you develop your Spanish while exploring interesting issues that affect life in the 21st century.
As well as interactive group sessions, you will be given time each week to practise conversation with a native speaker. With GCSE Spanish, you can start straight on the AS Level course, but if you have not studied Spanish before, you may still be able to study GCSE Spanish in year one and move on to the A Level in your second year.
Fact file:
Progression Most students expect to go to university or some other form of Higher Education. Sociology is particularly useful for those who are considering the civil service and local government, management, voluntary agencies like Oxfam, teaching, law, journalism, medicine, social work, nursing or social policy. It teaches transferable skills of analysis and evaluation which are applicable to all career paths.
How long? Two years.
What do I need? Entry requirements are outlined on page 19.
Course code: FTB037
Fact file:
Progression You can use your skills to find employment in a wide range of areas, from banking to charity work. You could also study a combined degree in Spanish and your chosen subject, like International Relations, Computing or Business. Alternatively, you may study a Spanish degree, considering that language graduates have one of the lowest rates of unemployment among other graduates.
How long? Two years.
What do I need? Entry requirements are outlined on page 19.
Additional GCSE entry requirements: Grade B or above in Spanish.
Course code: FTB038
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