Sociology is about the study of social behaviour.
It looks at why people behave as they do, and what factors in society affect their behaviour. It examines various institutions such as the family, education and religion to observe their relationships with each other and the people within them. A minimum of seven areas to be covered choosing from Theory and Methods, Family, Education, Work Organisations and Leisure, Stratification, Culture and Identity, Crime and Deviance, Health, World Sociology, Wealth Poverty and Welfare, Mass Media, Sociology of Locality, Power, Politics and Religion. Lessons will include informal group discussions, reading and interpreting extracts from sociological studies and lectures. Homework will be set on a regular basis.