Religious studies or sociology? A- levels

I’m trying to decide between religion, philosophy and ethic or sociology as my 3rd a-level. Any advice?

I’m trying to decide between religion, philosophy and ethic or sociology as my 3rd a-level. Any advice?

I’m trying to decide between religion, philosophy and ethic or sociology as my 3rd a-level. Any advice?

Personally, I would tell you to go for what you think you'll enjoy most and get a good grade in. religious studies and philosophy&ethics are really similar. Sociology is all about society. I am currently doing english lit, sociology and health and social. Sociology is really good so far, it is just a lot of theorists and theories to remember but if you keep up to date with your work, go over it regularly and make revision resources, you should be fine. I do like sociology a lot, it is easy to understand if you like knowing about society, different aspects, crime, education, traditional views etc, but honestly, choose what you think you will do well on and enjoy the most!

Hi @eleanorburge

I personally did Sociology (alongside History and English lang lit) and I absolutely loved it! It was my favourite subject and kind of provided a breather from my other subjects. I found it really fun and thought provoking- it's an essay based subject with loads of theories. There's also a section on research methods and sometimes you get to include stats in your answer. I would absolutely recommend it

I had friends who did both Sociology and Philosophy and they found Philosophy to be a bit more technical and less enjoyable than Sociology- but that's just their experience!

Hope this helps

I personally did rs and sociology only up to GCSE level and I really did enjoy sociology, but I ended up switching to psychology at the last minute. My friends who take sociology a level really enjoy it and say it's basically an extension of what you do at GCSE so if it's anything like that it would be really interesting.

It would be good to keep in mind that some unis don't like rs as an a level but don't by any means let that out you off. It's about your interests and the more you like your subject the better grade you'll get.

I don't know anyone that does philosophy and ethics so I can't advise you on that sorry

The most important thing is to choose what you enjoy and everything will fall into place😀
Just out of interest, what other subjects have you chosen? It would be good to see what subjects go well with them.

I’m currently doing rs gcse but I’ve never done sociology at all before so I’m not exactly sure what it’s like, which is why I’m hesitant to choose it. Thank you for the advice- the other 2 subjects I’ve chose are biology & psychology!

Thank you for the advice. Religion philosophy and ethics are all one a-level, I should have made that clearer! I feel I’ll do better in sociology as a friend who did both found rpe much harder than sociology. But part of me thinks I shouldn’t just go for the easier option, although I find sociology interesting. What are you planning on doing at uni?