COURSES

Religious Studies
Course outline
The AS consists of two units:
Unit 1: Where essay questions will be answered on
the Philosophy of Religion and Ethics.
Topics include: the Design and Cosmological
arguments; the Problems of Evil and Miracles,
Utilitarianism, Situation Ethics, Sexual Ethics and
War and Peace.
Unit 2: Considers Medical Ethics.
Throughout the year pupils will be required to:
• Describe
• Examine
• Identify
• Outline
• Select
• How and Why
• Ask what
• Illustrate
The A2 course consists of two further units:
Unit 3: Developments is assessed through three
questions on topics including: Religious experience;
The Ontological Argument; Arguments for the
Non-existence of God; Arguments for life after
death; The study of religious language.
Ethical studies include: Deontology; Natural moral
law; Virtue ethics; The ‘is/ought’ debate and debates
about ‘good’; Emotivism; Objectivity; Relativism;
Subjectivism; Justice; Law and Punishment. Pupils
will need to justify, evaluate and interpret opinions.
Unit 4: Implications requires pupils to answer one
question in 1 1 /4 hours from a choice of nine topics in
June. Questions are based on an anthology published
by Edexcel.
Topics include: Religious Language and Religious
Experience and the emergence of Modern Philosophy
of Religion.
Further information
A minimum of grade C in English Language at GCSE
is essential and a grade B is desirable.
The specification number is: 8RS01
Full course details can be found at:
www.edexcel.org.uk
For further information, please contact:
Head of Religious Studies, Miss L F Jackson,
lfj@millfieldschool.com
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