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What will I study in Religious Studies?
Religious Studies is a compulsory subject at Key Stage 4. The GCSE Religious Studies course (CCEA Specification) encourages students to develop an enquiring, critical and reflective approach.
This worthwhile course challenges young people and equips them to lead constructive lives in the modern world.
They explore religion and beliefs, reflecting on and responding personally to fundamental questions.
In the RE classroom, students will contribute to discussions and debates, interpret and analyse mathematical data and use ICT to access, manage, select and present information. They also identify and analyse relationships and patterns, evaluate from multiple perspectives, form opinions and justify their views.
How will I be assessed in this subject?
Written Examinations: Compromises of TWO papers.
One in Year 11 and one in Year 12.
The paper is 1 hour 30 minutes in each unit.
What will I study?
Year 11
Year 12
Unit 5
Christianity through a Study of the Gospel of Mark's Gospel
(50%)
Unit 6
An Introduction to Christian Ethics
(50%)
The specification contains certain themes which are as follows:
The Identity of Jesus
Jesus the Miracle Worker
The Teaching of Jesus
The Death and Resurrection of Jesus
The Role and Nature of Christian Discipleship.
The specification contains certain themes which are as follows:
Personal and Family Issues
Matters of Life and Death
Developments in Bioethics
Contemporary issues in Christianity
Modern Warfare
What career pathways are available to me if I study this subject?
A great course suited to further study, GCSE Religious Studies can start students on the path to a host of courses such as AS and A2 Religious Studies.
Students studying Religious Studies have tended to follow careers in the following fields;
Teaching, Law, Medicine, Accounting, Business Management, Journalism/Media, Nursing, Social Work, Youth Work, Counselling, Humanities and Social Sciences.
Extra curricular activities
Some of the RE activities that you may have the opportunity to participate in are;
Liturgy Group
Trócaire Campaign
Rosary prayer group
Year Group masses
Pope John Paul II Award
Presentation of New Testaments by the Gideon Society
Samaritan's Purse Shoe box Appeal
Christmas Hampers for St Vincent De Paul
Various guest speakers throughout the academic term
Student Testimonials
I have enjoyed studying RE for GCSE as I found some of the topics very interesting. Mark's Gospel was interesting as it made me realise that there is hidden meaning to most of the Gospel stories and they deliver important messages to the readers.
Year 12 was enjoyable as we had class discussions and debates about some of the topics such as family and personal issues and abortion laws where we got to openly discuss pro-life and pro-choice.
Overall, I found my RE studies enjoyable and relevant as the course content studied in Year 12 is relevant to society today.
Niamh, Year 13
I thoroughly enjoyed GCSE RE in both Year 11 and Year 12. Although RE is a compulsory subject, I feel it is very interesting and you learn so much. It is very different from KS3 RE. Especially when you learn about real life things such as abortion, euthanasia and bioethics. Overall, I feel like you will very much enjoy GCSE RE as it is so interesting!
Alannah, Year 13
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