Religious Education

GCSE Religious Studies

The course is designed to promote an interest in moral and ethical issues.
It involves:

• making moral decisions.
• politics in the UK and the relationship of Christianity to politics
• the Welfare State and Christianity
• religion and the environment
• religion and animal rights issues
• bullying
• religion and war
• conflict with families and friends
• religious attitudes(and non-religious) attitudes to crime and punishment(including capital punishment)

This course will:

• help you to think through some of the big issues of life which adults argue about all the time
• prepare you to work and deal with different people of different cultures and beliefs
• help to remove the ignorance which cause prejudice, hatred violence (many wars are caused through misunderstanding about religion
• protect you from indoctrination, it gives you the opportunity to explore beliefs in a safe and questioning environment so that you can become sure of your own beliefs and explain them clearly to others

Religious Studies GCSE (half)

Exam Board: Edexcel
Exam: 100% (No coursework)
One lesson per week
GCSE Religious Studies will be taught in the following way

• Introduction to the course
• Religion and Social Responsibility
• Religion and the environment
• Religion: Crime and punishment
• Peace and conflict

Assessment

• Year 10 exam
• Mock exam
• GCSE

What further study or careers can this lead to?
Students who wish to study further have the opportunity to A level Religious Education within the North East Consortium.

It is a recognised course for the purposes of a wide variety of careers and further education opportunities
Many employers (especially the police, armed forces, journalism, broadcasting and caring professions) regard GCSE Religious Studies as a good qualification. It involves a lot of thinking and shows you are aware of other people’s beliefs, and the nature of the society in which we lives
 

Contact

Head of Department - WilliamsD@eastbrook.bardaglea.org.uk