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Featherstone High School
Year 13 – GCE Topic Lists
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CONTENTS: CONTENTS: .............................................................................................................................................. 2
BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS ..................................................................................................... 3
BUSINESS (GCE) .................................................................................................................................... 1
COMPUTER SCIENCE ............................................................................................................................... 5
ECONOMICS ........................................................................................................................................... 6
ENGLISH LITERATURE ............................................................................................................................... 7
FURTHER MATHS ...................................................................................................................................... 8
HISTORY .................................................................................................................................................. 9
POLITICS ................................................................................................................................................ 10
PSYCHOLOGY ....................................................................................................................................... 11
SOCIOLOGY .......................................................................................................................................... 12
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BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
Biology
Paper 1:
1 Biological molecules
2 Cells
3 Organisms exchange
substances with their
environment
4 Genetic information,
variation and relationships
between organisms
Paper 2: This is a hybrid of
paper 2 and 3 and is therefore
synoptic with an Essay
1 Biological molecules
2 Cells
3 Organisms exchange
substances with their
environment
4 Genetic information,
variation and relationships
between organisms
5 Energy transfers in and
between organisms (A-level
only)
6 Organisms respond to
changes in their internal and
external environments (A-level
only)
Chemistry
Paper 1: (Inorganic and
physical chemistry)
3.2 Inorganic chemistry
3.2.1 Periodicity
3.2.2 Group 2, the alkaline
earth metals
3.2.3 Group 7(17), the
halogens
3.1 Physical chemistry
3.1.1 Atomic structure
3.1.2 Amount of substance
3.1.3 Bonding
3.1.4 Energetics
3.1.6 Chemical equilibria, Le
Chatelier’s principle and Kc
3.1.7 Oxidation, reduction and
redox equations
3.1.8 Thermodynamics
3.1.10 Equilibrium constant Kp
for homogeneous systems
3.1.12 Acids and bases
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Paper 2 (organic and physical
chemistry)
3.3 Organic chemistry
3.3.1 Introduction to organic
chemistry
3.3.2 Alkanes
3.3.3 Halogenoalkanes
3.3.4 Alkenes
3.3.5 Alcohols
3.3.7 Optical isomerism
3.1 Physical chemistry
3.1.2 Amount of substance
3.1.3 Bonding
3.1.4 Energetics
3.1.5 Kinetics
3.1.9 Rate equations
Physics
Paper 1
- Measurements and their
errors
- Particles and radiation
- Waves
- Mechanics and materials
- Electricity
Paper 2
- Simple Harmonic Motion
- Circular motion
- Gravitational fields
- Electric fields
- Thermal physics and
gases
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BUSINESS (GCE)
AQA A LEVEL BUSINESS
SPECIFICATION CHECKLIST
Business Objectives
Mission Statements
Variable and Fixed Costs
Limited and Unlimited Liability
Different Forms of Business
Private and Public Sector Organisations
Shares, Share Prices and Market Capitalisation
Revenue and Demand
Roles of Managers
Tannenbaum Schmidt Continuum (Key Model)
Blake Mouton Managerial Grid (Key Model)
Effectiveness of Different Styles of Management and
Leadership
Scientific Decision Making
Risks, Rewards, Uncertainty and Opportunity Cost
Decision Trees
Influences on Decision Making
Role and Importance of Stakeholders
Stakeholder Mapping (Key Model)
Marketing Objectives
Internal & External Influences on Marketing Objectives
Marketing Research - Secondary
Marketing Research - Primary
Marketing Research - Quantitative and Qualitative
Marketing Research - Sampling
Market Size, Growth and Market Share
Positive and Negative Correlation
Confidence Intervals
Extrapolation
Price Elasticity of Demand
Income Elasticity of Demand
Use of Data in Marketing Decision
MakingTechnology and Marketing Decision Making
Market Mapping (Key Model)
Market Segmentation
Niche and Mass Markets
Extended Marketing Mix - 7p's (Key Model)
Consumer Goods and Industrial Goods
Boston Matrix (Key Model)
Product Life Cycle (Key Model)
Influences on and Value of New Product Development
Penetration Pricing
Price Skimming
Branding
Promotional Decisions
Multichannel Distribution
Digital Marketing
E-commerce
Operational Objectives
Internal & External Influences on Operational Objectives
Labour Productivity
Unit Costs
Economies of Scale
Diseconomies of Scale
Capacity & Capacity Utilisation
Efficiency and Productivity
Lean Production
Operations Resource Mix
Capital and Labour Intensive Processes
Technology and Operational Efficiency
Quality
Flexible Operations / Mass Customisation
Outsourcing
Producing to Order
Inventory Management
Inventory Control Charts
Suppliers & Supply Chain
3.2 MANAGEMENT, LEADERSHIP AND
DECISION MAKING
3.3 DECISION MAKING TO IMPROVE
MARKETING PERFORMANCE
3.4 DECISION MAKING TO IMPROVE OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE
3.1 WHAT IS BUSINESS?
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Financial Objectives
Internal & External Influences on Financial
Objectives
Profit and Profitability
Cash Flow Objectives
Capital Structure
Budgets and Budgeting
Variance Analysis
Break-even Analysis
Ratio Analysis - Gross Profit & Gross Margin
Ratio Analysis - Operating Profit & Operating Margin
Payables
Receivables
Sources of Finance - Debt Factoring
Sources of Finance - Bank Overdrafts
Sources of Finance - Bank Loans
Sources of Finance - Retained Profits
Sources of Finance - Share Capital
Sources of Finance - Venture Capital
Methods of Improving Cash Flow
Methods of Improving Profitability
Human Resource Objectives
Internal & External Influences on Human Resource
Objectives
Soft & Hard HRM
Labour Turnover
Labour Productivity
Job Design - Hackman and Oldham (Key Model)
Flexible Working
Organisational Design - Authority, Span & Hierarchy
Organisational Design - Delegation
Organisational Design - Centralisation &
Decentralisation
Human Resource Flow
Motivation Theories - Taylor
Motivation Theories - Maslow
Motivation Theories - Herzberg
Financial Methods of Motivation
Non-Financial Methods of Motivation
Employer - Employee Relations
Influences on the Mission of a Business
Internal & External Influences on Corporate Objectives
Strategy & Tactics
SWOT Analysis (Key Model)
Financial Ratios - Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)
Financial Ratios - Current Ratio
Financial Ratios - Gearing
Financial Ratios - Payables Days
Financial Ratios - Receivables Days
Financial Ratios - Inventory Turnover
Value of Financial Ratios in Assessing Performance
Core Competencies (Key Model)
Assessing Performance: Short-termism v Long-term
Kaplan & Norton's Balanced Scorecard (Key Model)
Elkington's Triple Bottom Line (Key Model)
Competition Legislation
Labour Market Legislation
Environmental Legislation
Economic Environment: Economic Growth (GDP)
Economic Environment: Exchange Rates
Economic Environment: Inflation
Economic Environment: Fiscal & Monetary Policy
Open Trade & Protectionism
Globalisation
Emerging Economies
Urbanisation and Migration
Consumer Lifestyle and Buying Behaviour
Growth of Online Businesses
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Carroll's CSR Pyramid (Key Model)
Stakeholder v Shareholder Concept
Technological Change and Strategy
Porter's Five Forces (Key Model)
Investment Appraisal - Payback Period
Investment Appraisal - Average Rate of Return (ARR)
Investment Appraisal - Net Present Value (NPV)
Factors Influencing Investment Decisions
Sensitivity Analysis
3.5 DECISION MAKING TO IMPROVE
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
3.7 ANALYSING THE STRATEGIC POSITION OF A BUSINESS
3.6 DECISION MAKING TO IMPROVE HUMAN RESOURCE PERFORMANCE
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Ansoff's Matrix (Key Model)
Bowman's Strategy Clock (Key Model)
Porter's Generic Strategies (Key Model)
Influences on the Choice of Strategic Positioning
Competitive Advantage
Organic and External Growth
Retrenchment
Economies of Scope
Experience Curve (Key Model)
Synergy
Overtrading
Greiner's Model of Growth (Key Model)
Mergers & Takeovers
Franchising
Types of Integration
Innovation
Kaizen
Research & Development
Intrapreneurship
Benchmarking
Protecting Innovation: Patents and Copyrights
Impact of Innovation on the Functional Areas of
Business
Methods of Entering International Markets
Factors Influencing the Attractiveness of
International Markets
Offshoring / Reshoring
Multinationals
Bartlett & Ghoshal's Model of International
Strategy (Key Model)
Digital Technology - Big Data
Digital Technology - Data Mining
Digital Technology - Enterprise Resource Planning
Value of Digital Technology & Pressure to Adopt It
Impact of Digital Technology on the Four Functional
Areas
Causes and Types of Change
Value of Change
Lewin's Force Field Analysis (Key Model)
Flexible Organisations
Restructuring
Delayering
Flexible Working
Organic Structures & Mechanistic Structures
Kotter & Schlesinger: Resistance to Change (Key
Model)
Kotter & Schlesinger: Overcoming Resistance to
Change (Key Model)
Handy's Four Classifications of Organisational
Culture (Key Model)
Hofstede's Six Dimensions of International Culture
(Key Model)
Importance of Organisational Culture
Influences on the Organisational Culture of a
Business
Reasons for Changing Organisational Culture
Problems of Changing Organisational Culture
Value of Leadership in Strategy Implementation
Value of Communication in Strategy
Implementation
Importance of Organisational Structure in Strategy
Implementation
Network Analysis (Critical Path Analysis)
Planned versus Emergent Strategy
Strategic Drift (Key Model)
Divorce Between Ownership & Control
Corporate Governance
Strategic Planning
Contingency Planning
3.9 STRATEGIC METHODS – HOW TO PURSUE
STRATGIES
3.10 MANAGING STATEGIC CHANGE
3.8 CHOOSING STRATEGIC DIRECTION
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Ansoff Matrix
Balance Scorecard (Kaplan & Norton)
Bartlett & Ghoshal Model of International
Strategy
Blake-Mouton Managerial Grid
Boston Matrix (Product Portfolios)
Bowman Strategy Clock (Strategic Positioning)
Carroll’s CSR Pyramid
Core Competencies
Economies & Diseconomies of Scale
Elkington Triple Bottom Line
Experience Curve
Extended marketing mix (7ps)
Greiner’s Growth Model
Hackman & Oldham Job Design
Handy Models of Culture
Hofstede National Cultures
Kotter & Schlesinger (Change)
Lewin Force Field Analysis (Change)
Market mapping
Motivation – Herzberg
Motivation – Maslow
Motivation – Taylor
PESTLE Analysis (External Environment)
Porter Five Forces (Industry Competition)
Porter Generic Strategies
Product life cycle
Price / Income Elasticity of Demand
Scientific Decision Making
Segmentation – Targeting – Positioning (STP)
Soft HRM v Hard HRM
Stakeholder mapping
Strategic drift
Tannenbaum-Schmidt
Break-even - Output
Break-even - Margin of Safety
Capacity utilisation
Contribution
Costs - Total
Costs – Variable Costs
Decision trees
Investment appraisal – ARR
Investment appraisal – NPV
Investment appraisal – Payback
Labour – Cost per Unit
Labour – Employee Cost as Percentage of
Turnover
Labour – Employee Retention rate
Labour Productivity
Labour Turnover
Market Capitalisation
Market Growth Rate
Market Share
Market Size
Network Analysis (CPA)
Profit - Gross Profit
Profit - Operating Profit
Profit - Profit for the Year
Ratio - Current ratio
Ratio - Gearing
Ratio - Gross Profit Margin
Ratio - Inventory Turnover
Ratio - Operating Profit Margin
Ratio - Payables Days
Ratio - Profit for the Year Margin
Ratio - Receivables Days
Return on Investment
Unit Costs
Variances
KEY THEORIES AND MODELS – CHECKLIST
3.9 STRATEGIC METHODS – HOW TO PURSUE STRATEGIES
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COMPUTER SCIENCE
Topic List for A-Level Computer Science
Paper 1 Computer systems 1.1 The characteristics of contemporary processors, input, output
and storage devices
1.2 Software and software development
1.3 Exchanging data (NOT 1.3.4)
1.4.1 Data Types
1.4.2 Data Structures (Not part C)
Paper 2 Algorithms and programming
2.1 Elements of computational thinking
2.2.1 Programming techniques (Will include simple LMC, OOP )
2.2.2 (a) Features that make a problem solvable by
computational methods. (b) Problem recognition. (c) Problem
decomposition. (d) Use of divide and conquer. (e) Use of
abstraction. (NOT part F)
2.3.1 Algorithms Part F only (All sort and Search algorithms +
Dijkstra’s )
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ECONOMICS
A-level Economics Topic List for Mock Exams – January 2022
Paper 1: Markets and market failure
Written exam: 2 hours. Total 80 marks
Section A: data response questions requiring written answers. One
context worth 40 marks. Answer ALL questions
Section B: essay questions requiring written answers. 40 marks.
Answer ALL questions
Topics
4.1.1 Economic methodology and the economic problem
4.1.2 Individual economic decision making
4.1.3 Price determination in a competitive market
4.1.4 Production, costs and revenue
4.1.5 Perfect competition, imperfectly competitive markets and
monopoly
4.1.6 The labour market
4.1.7 The distribution of income and wealth: poverty and
inequality
4.1.8 The market mechanism, market failure and government
intervention in markets
Paper 2: National and international economy
Written exam: 2 hours. Total 80 marks
Section A: data response questions requiring written answers. One
context worth 40 marks. Answer ALL questions
Section B: essay questions requiring written answers. 40 marks.
Answer ALL questions
Topics
4.2.1 The measurement of macroeconomic performance
4.2.2 How the macroeconomy works: the circular flow of income,
aggregate demand/aggregate supply analysis and related
concepts
4.2.3 Economic performance
4.2.4 Monetary policy
4.2.5 Fiscal policy and supply-side policies
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ENGLISH LITERATURE A level English Literature Topic List
*It is important that you have read all the texts and have a secure understanding of ‘A
Streetcar Named Desire’, both prose texts and the poems of the decade texts studied so far,
this includes the varied themes and characters. The below should not be considered in
isolation but in context with your wider knowledge of the A level texts.
Paper 1 Paper 2
‘A Streetcar Named Desire’
Themes
Power
The function of marriage in the play
Loss
Real and metaphorical deaths
Masculinity
Power of sex and sexuality
Mental decline
Characterisation
Blanche
Stanley
Stella
Mitch
Williams’ agendas
Key quotations
Plastic theatre symbols
Varsouviana
Polka Music
Dim light and paper lanterns
Animal imagery
Clothing
Colour
Alcohol
Poker game
Belle Reve
Baths
Critical theories/context
Madonna/whore complex
Toxic masculinity
Patriarchy
Marriage as a patriarchal institution
Gender politics (conflict between blanch
and Stanley)
Female subordination and dependency on
men in post war America
Meritocracy
Rising working classes
Globalisation and American Dominance
The death of the old south and the
emergence of new south
Evolution and survival of the fittest
‘Prose – remember to compare each of the below
Themes
Power and control in both texts
Journeys in both texts
Change & transformations in both texts
Male dominance in both texts
Use of location in both texts
Female subordination in both texts
Class and status
Characterisation - compare
Laila & Tess
Mariam and Tess
Alec & Rasheed
Angel and Tariq
Joan Durbeyfield and Nana
Jack Durbeyfield and Jalil
Structure
Dual narrative v 3rd person
Phases
Compare endings
Symbolism
Marlot v Herat
The Chase v Rasheed’s home
Transition from innocence to experience
Red hair ribbon v Burka
Stonehenge v Gazi Stadium (where both are killed)
Compare Hosseini and Hardy’s agenda
Key matching quotations
Historical context
Victorian attitudes towards fallen women v Afghan
stigmatisation of impure women
Christian puritanism v Islamic
fundamentalism/extremism
Patriarchal/androcentric societies
Threat of industrialisation v threat of western
imperialism
Hardy’s Agnosticism v Hosseini’s moderate Islam
Male author’s relating female struggles/issues
Objectification of Tess & Laila
Hardy’s revolutionary ideas about female purity v
Communist influence of women and education
Unseen poetry – Poems of the Decade
Revise poems relating to nature and
violence.
Revise the poetic techniques and analysis of
these poems.
Practice merging comparison.
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FURTHER MATHS & MATHS
Further Mathematics
Paper 1 - Core Pure Mathematics
ALL Core Pure 1 (AS content)
Chapters 1 and 2 Complex Numbers and Argand
Diagrams Chapter 3 Series
Chapter 4 Roots of Polynomials
Chapter 5 Volumes of Revolution
Chapter 6 and 7 Matrices and Linear Transformations
Chapter 8 Proof by Induction
Chapter 9 Vectors
PLUS
Core Pure 2 (A2 Content)
Chapter 1 Complex Numbers
Chapter 2 Series
Chapter 3 Methods in Calculus
Chapter 4 Volumes of Revolution
Chapter 5 Polar Coordinates
Chapter 6 Hyperbolic Functions
Paper 2 - Applied
Part A - Further Pure 1
ALL AS content
Chapter 1 Vectors (including A2 content)
Chapter 2 Conic Sections
Chapter 4 Inequalities (including A2 content)
Chapter 5 The t-formulae (including A2 content)
Part B - Further Mechanics 1 ALL AS content
Chapter 1 Momentum and Impulse
Chapter 2 Work, energy and Power
Chapter 4 Elastic Collisions in one dimension
Mathematics
Paper 1 - Pure Mathematics
ALL AS content
Chapters 1 - 3 Basic Algebra
Chapter 4 Graphs and Transformations
Chapters 5 and 6 Coordinate Geometry
Chapter 7 Algebraic Methods
Chapter 8 Binomial Expansion
Chapters 9 and 10 Trigonometry
Chapter 11 Vectors
Chapter 12 Differentiation
Chapter 13 Integration
Chapter 14 Exponentials and Logarithms
PLUS
A2 Content
Chapter 1 Algebraic Methods
Chapter 3 Sequences and Series
Chapter 4 Further Binomial Expansion
Chapters 5 - 7 Trigonometry (not sections 6.2
and 6.5)
Chapter 9 Differentiation (not section 9.7)
Paper 2 - Applied
Part A - Statistics
ALL AS content
Chapter 1 Data collection, including the large
dataset
Chapter 2 Measures of location and spread
Chapter 3 Representations of data
Chapter 4 Correlation
Chapter 5 Probability
Chapter 6 Statistical Distributions
Part B - Mechanics
ALL AS content
Chapter 8 Modelling in Mechanics
Chapter 9 Constant Acceleration
Chapter 10 Forces and Motion
Chapter 11 Variable Acceleration
PLUS
A2 content
Chapter 4 - Moments
Chapter 5 - Forces and Friction
Chapter 6 - Projectiles
Chapter 7 - Application of Forces
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HISTORY The rise and fall of fascism in Italy,
c1911-1946
Germany and West Germany, 1918–89
Question types to prepare are:
Answer one essay from a choice
of two questions. (20 marks)
Usefulness of the two sources for
the historian to investigate … (20
marks)
Questions types to prepare are:
An in-depth essay covering a
theme from one topic. (20 marks)
A breath essay covering 30 years
or more comparing a theme
from the course (20 marks)
Evaluate two extracts on the
different interpretations on the
causes of the Second World War.
(20 marks)
Focus on an in-depth evaluation of the
causes, key features and the
consequences of each event from the
two topics below 1911 - 1926
Focus on change over time, similarities,
difference and significance on the two
topics for the essay questions (3 and 4)
and the historian interpretations
questions.
Content to revise Content to revise
Topic 1. The liberal state, c1911–18 Italy
in the early twentieth century
Italy’s political system
Giolitti’s government in 1911
Growing instability, 1912–14
Impact of the First World War
Topic 3: Economic development and
policies,1918–89
Reacting to economic
challenges, 1918–32.
Controlling the economy, 1933–
45.
Creating a social market
economy, 1945–89.
Topic 2. The rise of Mussolini and the
creation of a fascist dictatorship, 1919–
26
Challenges to the Liberal State
Mussolini and the development
of fascism, 1919–22
Mussolini gains power, 1920–22
The creation of a fascist
dictatorship, 1922–26
Topic 4: Aspects of life in Germany and
West Germany, 1918–89
Attitudes towards women, 1918–
89:
Education and cultural
developments, 1918–89
Attitudes towards ethnic
minorities, 1918–89.
Historical Interpretations- How far was
Hitler’s foreign policy responsible for a
Second World War?
The influence of German history
on Nazi foreign policy.
Hitler’s ideas and his role in the
shaping of Nazi foreign policy.
The reasons for the German
invasion of Poland in 1939.
The contribution of other nations
to the outbreak of war.
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POLITICS
Year 13 January Mock exams 2022 Politics topic lists
Paper 1
Democracy and Representation
Pressure Groups
Democratic Deficit
Participation Crisis
Political parties
Labour
Conservatives
Lib Dems
SNP
Funding of Parties
Electoral systems
Referendums
Electoral Reform and outcomes
Voting behaviour
The role of the media
Factors determining voting
Liberalism
Economy
State
Human Nature
Society
Paper 2
Constitution
Constitutional reform since 1997
The development and nature of
the UK constitution – debates
on further reform
Parliament
Reforming the House of Lords
Comparing powers of the
Houses of Parliament
Functions of Parliament
PM and executive
The power of the PM and
Cabinet
The relationship between PM
and cabinet
Factors determining PM power
Relations between institutions
The power of the Supreme
Court
Judicial Independence
The UK and the EU
Conservatism
Economy
State
Human Nature
Society
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PSYCHOLOGY
Year 13 Psychology Exams Topic List
Paper 1 Paper 2
Psychopathology
Definition of abnormality
Cognitive treatments for
depression
Emotional, behavioural and
cognitive characteristics of
mental disorders
Behavioural treatments for
phobias
Attachment
Bowlby’s maternal deprivation
theory
Cultural variations in attachment
Explanations of attachment:
Learning theory
Memory
Types of long-term memory
Models of memory: MSM & WMM
Explanations for forgetting:
Retrieval failure & Interference
Social Influence
Types & explanations of
conformity
Obedience: Milgram’s research
Minority influence
Social change
Resistance to social influence
Research Methods
Measures of central tendency
Experimental method
Approaches
Behaviourist approach
Types of reinforcement
Psychodynamic approach
Humanistic approach
Biological approach
Biopsychology
Synaptic transmission
The Nervous system
Localisation and function of the
brain
Ways of studying the brain
Circadian rhythms
Research Methods
Self-report techniques
Distribution graphs: Positive,
negative and normal
Ethics: Social sensitivity
Levels of measurement
Case studies
Confidentiality
Research methods:
Experimental/Correlational
Graphical displays
Measures of central tendency
and dispersion
Statistical test: Sign test
Primary & secondary data
Psychology & the economy
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SOCIOLOGY
Sociology topics list for the January 2022 Yr13 mock exams
Paper 1
Education MT1 Class and achievement
MT2 Ethnicity and achievement
MT3 Theories on the role of education
MT4 Gender and achievement
Research
Methods
MT5 Experiments
MT6 Secondary sources – documents
Paper 2
Families and
Households
MT1 Family diversity
MT2 Theories on the role of the family
MT4 Marriage, cohabitation and divorce
MT5 Childhood
MT6 Social policies
Beliefs in
Society
MT1 Theories on the role of religion
MT2 Nature of religion
MT3 Secularisation
