Can I get onto PGCE with Anthropology/Sociology degree?

So I'm wondering if I can get onto the PGCE with a degree in Anthropology + Sociology (joint honours). It'd be really helpful if I could get any insight from you- it's long but I'd really appreciate it

I'm only 17, but have an offer to do that at uni starting this year (2013), and I understand I'd need to aim for a 2:1 to have a good chance of doing the PGCE.

I have 13 good gcses (A*-B grade), A levels in Biology, English, Law (and my gcses included an A* in Geography), and have 1 weeks work experience in a primary school which I enjoyed (I'd get more experience of course if I'm able to do this).

I wasn't sure exactly what I wanted to do as a career but always liked the idea of teaching, but I've recently read that you need 50% of your degree to be on the course you want to teach (mine would be Biology/Geography)... But my Anthropology course is 50% biological, 50% social (so makes it only 25% biological since I'm doing joint honours with 50% sociology).

I had wanted to teach secondary, preferably (11-16yrs), and preferably wanted to do a PGCE in biology/geography, as I said, and I really wouldn't like to be an R.E teacher (the only one I think that accepts Anth/Soc)

Question time (sorry for having so many) :
Do any of you know how I could find a way around this?
Is there some sort of conversion course where I could do Anthropology specialised in the biological side for a year first?
Or specialised in the geographical side for a year before the pgce?
Or even if you know of some universities where the PGCE entry requirements will allow the 50% Anthropology to count for a subject other than R.E?
Or (since Anth/Soc are A levels), would I have the sufficient requirements to teach A level in one/both of them?

Maybe I'm tired....not sure what your question is. I have a philosophy sociology first degree and teach sociology. What is biological anthropology? Anthropology is a social not life science...

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So I'm wondering if I can get onto the PGCE with a degree in Anthropology + Sociology (joint honours). It'd be really helpful if I could get any insight from you- it's long but I'd really appreciate it

I'm only 17, but have an offer to do that at uni starting this year (2013), and I understand I'd need to aim for a 2:1 to have a good chance of doing the PGCE.

I have 13 good gcses (A*-B grade), A levels in Biology, English, Law (and my gcses included an A* in Geography), and have 1 weeks work experience in a primary school which I enjoyed (I'd get more experience of course if I'm able to do this).

I wasn't sure exactly what I wanted to do as a career but always liked the idea of teaching, but I've recently read that you need 50% of your degree to be on the course you want to teach (mine would be Biology/Geography)... But my Anthropology course is 50% biological, 50% social (so makes it only 25% biological since I'm doing joint honours with 50% sociology).

I had wanted to teach secondary, preferably (11-16yrs), and preferably wanted to do a PGCE in biology/geography, as I said, and I really wouldn't like to be an R.E teacher (the only one I think that accepts Anth/Soc)

Question time (sorry for having so many) :
Do any of you know how I could find a way around this?
Is there some sort of conversion course where I could do Anthropology specialised in the biological side for a year first?
Or specialised in the geographical side for a year before the pgce?
Or even if you know of some universities where the PGCE entry requirements will allow the 50% Anthropology to count for a subject other than R.E?
Or (since Anth/Soc are A levels), would I have the sufficient requirements to teach A level in one/both of them?

You will need to contact universities to ask whether they would accept you. You can do a SKE (subject knowledge enhancement) course, though these are only normally in shortage subjects so I'm not sure whether they'd do one in Biology.
You could do a PGCE in sociology but these are few and far between.

The only trouble with that is I haven't even finished my a levels yet to start my undergrad course, so looking at postgrad courses is so confusing as I've no idea where I'd want to be, so I suppose I might have to leave it for a year and see if I can get guidance once I'm in uni maybe... I've looked the SKE up but I'm unsure of what they're actually on (as in I think I might've had to already study the subject at undergrad level to do it) :/

By your last comment, do you mean there's few sociology teaching courses, or too few sociology jobs? Presumably since its an A level subject (as far as I know, very few secondary schools have it in replace of r.e up where I live). Thank you for taking time to reply, I appreciate it


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Ah, I thought you were on your degree already. A SKE course is like a top up course, so your degree will need to have a certain element of that subject in it already. If you want to teach biology I'd suggest taking biology, or at least a joint honours with biology in it.
Both really. There aren't many courses and since sociology isn't a widely taught GCSE there aren't too many jobs. That being said, people do train to be sociology teachers so it is possible.