Summer Examinations

WJEC (EDUQAS)	C200U10-1	Paper 1 – Sociology Component 1
WJEC (EDUQAS)	C200U20-1	Paper 2 – Sociology Component 2

The different exam papers will focus on the following topics. 

Component One: Understanding Social Processes Written examination: 1 hour 45 minutes 50% of qualification

Component Two Understanding Social Structures Written examination: 1 hour 45 minutes 50% of qualification

This component covers the following topic areas: Key concepts and processes of cultural transmission Families Education  Sociological research methods A written assessment with a mix of short answer, structured questions and extended response questions, all compulsory. The extended response questions will require candidates to draw together different areas of knowledge, skills and/or understanding from across the relevant specification content.

This component covers the following topic areas:  Social differentiation and stratification Crime and deviance  Applied methods of sociological enquiry A written assessment with a mix of short answer, structured questions and extended response questions, all compulsory. The extended response questions will require candidates to draw together different areas of knowledge, skills and/or understanding from across the relevant specification content.

There are NO optional questions. Therefore, it is essential you revise all the content from the course.

Students are encouraged to focus on individual topics during each revision session and ensure their revision is active. This means creating revision resources such as mind maps and flash cards. Students should then use their revision workbook, as well as accessing past papers through the Corby Technical School website to test themselves on the subject they have just revised.

To encourage good practice student should use their cue cards to test their factual knowledge alongside creating more detailed revision notes/mind maps for each of the topics shown in the revision guides.

Exam Preparation

All students have been provided with a revision guide, which will aid them in the creation of revision resources. Students are encouraged to focus on individual topics during each revision session and ensure their revision is active. This means creating revision resources such as mind maps, flash cards and attempt plenty of exam style questions. Students should then use their revision guide, as well as accessing past papers through the WJEC website to test themselves on the subject they have just revised.

To encourage good revision practice, students have been provided with a homework booklet and mind maps of each topic, which allows them to revise each topic at time. These resources can also be used when completing their essays.  These tasks encourage students to use a range of skills such as condensing their understanding into a small writing space or creating visualisations of their understanding through diagrams and knowledge checks. Students need to find a revision technique that works best for them, they should be encouraged to use these techniques as part of their general revision.

In addition, students are set a weekly exam questions through Edulink. Students are encouraged to use their revision guides and mind maps pages that might be helpful for them to complete the tasks set.