Specification checklist Every content point in the AQA Sociology specification (7192 and AS 7191, version 1.2), in AQA's own words. Tick what you're confident with; ticks are saved in this browser only. Points marked AS are also in the AS specification. Theory and Methods is listed once: it is the same list for Paper 1 and Paper 3, and its first five points are the AS research methods. In Paper 2 you study two topics, one from each section.
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Paper 1: Education with Theory and Methods 01 the role and functions of the education system, including its relationship to the economy and to class structureAS 02 differential educational achievement of social groups by social class, gender and ethnicity in contemporary societyAS 03 relationships and processes within schools, with particular reference to teacher/pupil relationships, pupil identities and subcultures, the hidden curriculum, and the organisation of teaching and learningAS 04 the significance of educational policies, including policies of selection, marketisation and privatisation, and policies to achieve greater equality of opportunity or outcome, for an understanding of the structure, role, impact and experience of and access to education; the impact of globalisation on educational policyAS 4.1.3 Theory and Methods (Papers 1 and 3; AS Paper 2 research methods) questions 01 quantitative and qualitative methods of research; research designAS 02 sources of data, including questionnaires, interviews, participant and non-participant observation, experiments, documents and official statisticsAS 03 the distinction between primary and secondary data, and between quantitative and qualitative dataAS 04 the relationship between positivism, interpretivism and sociological methods; the nature of ‘social facts’AS 05 the theoretical, practical and ethical considerations influencing choice of topic, choice of method(s) and the conduct of researchAS 06 consensus, conflict, structural and social action theories07 the concepts of modernity and post-modernity in relation to sociological theory08 the nature of science and the extent to which Sociology can be regarded as scientific09 the relationship between theory and methods10 debates about subjectivity, objectivity and value freedom11 the relationship between Sociology and social policy Paper 2: Topics in Sociology (two topics, one from each section) 4.2.1 Culture and Identity Section A questions 01 different conceptions of culture, including subculture, mass culture, folk culture, high and low culture, popular culture and global cultureAS 02 the socialisation process and the role of the agencies of socialisationAS 03 the self, identity and difference as both socially caused and socially constructedAS 04 the relationship of identity to age, disability, ethnicity, gender, nationality, sexuality and social class in contemporary societyAS 05 the relationship of identity to production, consumption and globalisationAS 4.2.2 Families and Households Section A questions 01 the relationship of the family to the social structure and social change, with particular reference to the economy and to state policiesAS 02 changing patterns of marriage, cohabitation, separation, divorce, childbearing and the life course, including the sociology of personal life, and the diversity of contemporary family and household structuresAS 03 gender roles, domestic labour and power relationships within the family in contemporary societyAS 04 the nature of childhood, and changes in the status of children in the family and societyAS 05 demographic trends in the United Kingdom since 1900: birth rates, death rates, family size, life expectancy, ageing population, and migration and globalisationAS 4.2.4 Work, Poverty and Welfare Section A questions 4.2.5 Beliefs in Society Section B questions 01 ideology, science and religion, including both Christian and non-Christian religious traditions02 the relationship between social change and social stability, and religious beliefs, practices and organisations03 religious organisations, including cults, sects, denominations, churches and New Age movements, and their relationship to religious and spiritual belief and practice04 the relationship between different social groups and religious/spiritual organisations and movements, beliefs and practices05 the significance of religion and religiosity in the contemporary world, including the nature and extent of secularisation in a global context, and globalisation and the spread of religions 4.2.6 Global Development Section B questions 01 development, underdevelopment and global inequality02 globalisation and its influence on the cultural, political and economic relationships between societies03 the role of transnational corporations, non-governmental organisations and international agencies in local and global strategies for development04 development in relation to aid and trade, industrialisation, urbanisation, the environment, and war and conflict05 employment, education, health, demographic change and gender as aspects of development 4.2.8 Stratification and Differentiation Section B questions 01 stratification and differentiation by social class, gender, ethnicity and age02 dimensions of inequality: class, status and power; differences in life-chances by social class, gender, ethnicity, age and disability03 the problems of defining and measuring social class; occupation, gender and social class04 changes in structures of inequality, including globalisation and the transnational capitalist class, and the implications of these changes05 the nature, extent and significance of patterns of social mobility Paper 3: Crime and Deviance with Theory and Methods Work with an AQA sociology tutor Big gaps on the checklist? 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