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GCSE Syllabus
Pupils study the OCR Religious Studies
B (Philosophy and Ethics) course that involves exploring
the following topics:
- The Nature of God
- Religion and Science
- Death and the Afterlife
- Good and Evil
- Religion and Human Relationships
- Religion and Medical Ethics
- Religion and Equality
- Religion, Peace and Justice
This course is designed to enable our
pupils to learn about:
- The approaches of religion and philosophy
to some of the fundamental questions about human existence
- The approaches of religion and ethics to some of the
most important questions about how people behave and
why
Pupils learn the following skills:
- How to interpret and evaluate pieces
of information;
- How to communicate and apply your knowledge;
- How to describe and analyse the key features of the
religions studied;
- Critical thinking and problem solving.
A Level
The OCR AS/Advanced GCE in Religious Studies
is a popular subject in More House. It is suitable for
pupils who have an interest in religion or who wish
to follow a philosophical or ethical approach to religion.
Successful completion of this Advanced GCE gives access
to a range of career and higher education opportunities.
The course provides pupils with the opportunity to develop
a range of transferable skills. These include the skills
of collecting, synthesising and interpreting information
from a range of sources. These skills are in great demand
and are recognised by employers and universities and
colleges as being of great value.choice of areas of
study. In the Lower and Upper Sixth Form we study:
- The thinking of Plato and Aristotle
- Judaeo-Christian concept of God
- Meta-ethics and various ethical theories
- Arguments for the existence of God and the challenges
to religious belief
- Various ethical issues such as environmental ethics,
sex and relationships, war, peace and justice
- Free will and determinism
- The belief in life after death
- Religious Language
- Revelation: the concept of religious experience
- The nature and role of the conscience
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