Social Sciences Faculty

The Social Sciences Faculty at Slough and Eton is steadily growing and currently comprises Psychology and Law with Sociology from September


Psychology Department. Psychology is actually about studying people. Underlying this is the realisation that we are all different and this makes psychology different from all other science subjects.

In Biology when you put a cell beneath the microscope the cell does not change its appearance. When research psychologists put the person ‘under the microscope’ their behaviour changes and this presents a great challenge to the researcher.



Law. From the criminal justice system to creating legislation, the law touches many aspects of our day-to-day lives. You'll discover the same diversity in our A Level Law course.

Students are encouraged to learn how laws are made, how they are enforced and the penalties for law breakers, and what they think should be the likely outcome. In addition there is study of Contract Law and Tort

Sociology. Imagine that you had been switched with another infant at birth. How different would your life be? What if your accidental family was very poor or very rich? How might this have affected the schools you attended, the health care you received, the possibilities for your future career?

If you had been raised in a different religion, how would this have affected your beliefs, values, and attitudes? Taking a greater leap, what if you had been born another sex or a different race? What would you be like now? Interested, then look at Sociology ………

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Social Sciences

Underpin much of human life and can be very valuable in many different carerrs as diverse as Law, Social Work and PR

 



 

 

 


GCSE Level

Sociology is to be introduced at both GCSE and sixth form level from September.