Specification points

WJEC A-level Sociology 1200QS

32 points in 4 topics, with WJEC's codes and titles.

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1 Unit 1: Acquiring Culture

1.A Section A: Acquiring culture
1.A.1 The social construction of culture
1.A.2 The process and agencies of socialisation
1.A.3 Examples of the influence of socialisation on identity
1.B Section B: Option study
1.B.1 Families and households
1.B.2 Youth cultures

2 Unit 2: Understanding Society and Methods of Sociological Enquiry

2.A Section A: Methods of sociological enquiry
2.A.1 Key concepts
2.A.2 Primary quantitative and qualitative research methods
2.A.3 Methodological approaches to research
2.A.4 Secondary methods and data with reference to Welsh examples where applicable
2.A.5 Sampling
2.A.6 Ethical issues
2.A.7 Practical issues
2.A.8 Theories of research
2.B Section B: Option study
2.B.1 Education
2.B.2 Media
2.B.3 Religion

3 Unit 3: Power and Control

3.1 Crime and deviance
3.2 Health and disability
3.4 World sociology

4 Unit 4: Social Inequality and Applied Methods of Sociological Enquiry

4.A Section A: Applied methods of sociological enquiry
4.A.1 Research design
4.B Section B: Social inequality
4.B.1 Evidence of inequality by social class, gender, ethnicity and age
4.B.2 Theories of inequality and stratification