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.