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Sociology and English A level
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I'm wanting to take phychology, sociology and english a levels.
Only i dunno if i should take english lang and lit or just english lit. Who here has done one or can give me advice?
Also, i didn't get a chance to talk to a sociology teacher - whats that like? I have an idea but i want opinions.
Only i dunno if i should take english lang and lit or just english lit. Who here has done one or can give me advice?
Also, i didn't get a chance to talk to a sociology teacher - whats that like? I have an idea but i want opinions.
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I didn't do any of those subjects so can't really advice you. My school told us if in doubt with English do the combined course though.
Are you doing a fourth subject as an AS level? Any ideas what?
English literature is the analysis of literature, (poetry, plays, novels etc.) You look at how the author has constructed the prose and analyse symbolism, theme, intent etc.
However, the subject is not hard to grasp and as long as you have a shred of common sense you should be able to get a good grade. Needless to say I dropped sociology after the 1st year and went on to study psychology at degree level
In any case, I'd say go for combined. I didn't even know that was an option but it sounds bloody marvellous.
I didn't do Sociology at A Level but we study it as part of my degree and I find it very interesting although not often all that in-depth. If you haven't studied it at GCSE or at all then I'd recommend talking to your potential teacher and maybe even asking if they can recommend some literature that might give you a better idea of what you'll be learning about.
That said, it depends entirely what your plans are further down the road, if you even have any yet!
:yes: Also English language often has opportunities for doing creative writing, but English Literature only occasionally does. You should be able to look at course outlines from previous years which is a really good way of seeing the difference. It's something I really wish I'd done properly before I chose my A levels.
i did it at A-level and got a B.
we did our units on education, crime and deviance, methodology, media and religion.
i finished it 3 years ago now so i can't remember much of what i did but i found it really interesting.
i now study criminology and social policy at uni.
i started doing english language but hated it so switched to english combined and hated that too. much preferred it at GCSE level!
Sociology's an equally interesting one. It's a very complex subject, though. To do this subject, you'll need to have some idea of the world around you, you'll need to be prepared to do plenty of your own research, too. That is, if you want to get more than the average grades for essays. I would recommend it as well.
You have to ask yourself some questions like...do you enjoy reading Shakespeare? Do you like poetry? Do you like plays? Are you interested in the technical aspects of the English language? I liked all of them.
I really wish my college did Sociology
Never did English language A level at my school so didnt get a choice.
the lesson here is that there's not a whole lot of point asking other people's opinions on stuff. better to ask what kind of things you'll study, or fish out the syllabus.
one person's idea of interesting is another's idea of academic torture.
:yes: very true.
Isn't it basically like this with any subject which involves essay writing? We always get told to do this for Law, but the last questions we were given, hardly anyone could find anything else on that particular unit, apart from what was already in the textbook.
Sociology is quite intersting but you need to be able to remember names, dates and theories - this is where my downfall is....