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Cambridge A Level Sociology

Syllabus 9699 · 2024-2026 · sourced from Cambridge Assessment International Education — official syllabus PDF, verified 2026-08-19.

  1. 1. Paper 1 – Socialisation, Identity and Methods of Research (AS)

    • 1.1 The process of learning and socialisation
    • 1.2 Social control, conformity and resistance
    • 1.3 Social identity and change
    • 2.1 Types of data, methods and research design
    • 2.2 Approaches to sociological research
    • 2.3 Research issues

  2. 2. Paper 2 – The Family (AS)

    • 3.1 Perspectives on the role of the family
    • 3.2 Diversity and social change
    • 4.1 Gender equality and experiences of family life
    • 4.2 Age and family life

  3. 3. Paper 3 – Education (A)

    • 5.1 Theories about the role of education
    • 5.2 Education and social mobility
    • 5.3 Influences on the curriculum
    • 6.1 Intelligence and educational attainment
    • 6.2 Social class and educational attainment
    • 6.3 Ethnicity and educational attainment
    • 6.4 Gender and educational attainment

  4. 4. Paper 4 – Globalisation, Media and Religion (A)

    • 7.1 Perspectives on globalisation
    • 7.2 Globalisation and identity
    • 7.3 Globalisation, power and politics
    • 8.1 Globalisation, poverty and inequalities
    • 8.2 Globalisation and migration
    • 8.3 Globalisation and crime
    • 9.1 Traditional media and the new media
    • 9.2 Theories of the media and influences on media content
    • 9.3 The impact of the new media
    • 10.1 Media representations of class, gender, ethnicity, and age groups
    • 10.2 Different models of media effects
    • 10.3 The impact of the media on behaviour
    • 11.1 Religion and society
    • 11.2 Religion and social order
    • 11.3 Religion as a source of social change
    • 12.1 The secularisation debate
    • 12.2 Gender, feminism and religion
    • 12.3 Religion and post-modernity