What skills will I need?

For AS Sociology, you will be tested by assessment objectives: these are the skills that you should have acquired by studying the course. The assessment objectives for AS Sociology are shown below.

Knowledge and understanding

• Recall of theories, methods, concepts and various forms of evidence and the links between them.
• Understanding of theories, methods, concepts and evidence and the links between them.
• Clearly and effectively communicating sociological knowledge and understanding.

Identification, analysis, interpretation and evaluation

• Identification of facts, opinions and value judgements.
• Analysis and evaluation of the design of a range of investigations.
• Analysis and evaluation of the methods used to collect, select and record relevant evidence accurately.
• Selection and application of a range of relevant concepts and theories.
• Interpretation of quantitative and qualitative data.
• Identification and evaluation of significant social trends.
• Evaluation of different theories, arguments and evidence.