RELIGIOUS STUDIES

Exam Board: AQA Religious Studies B

Specification Code: 8063

Course Overview

Religious Studies has a special status within the 14-19 curriculum and is a statutory subject at Key Stage 4. At St. James’ it forms part of the core curriculum and is studied by all pupils to GCSE level. Pupils begin work on GCSE Religious Studies in the Spring term of Year 9.

Students study the following papers

Paper 1: Catholic Christianity (50% of GCSE course) comprises of 6 units which are taught, but students are examined on 4 units

• Creation

• Incarnation

• The Triune God

• Redemption

• Church and the Kingdom of God

• Eschatology

Paper 2: A study of a world religion and Themes (50% of GCSE course)

• Paper 2a: Judaism - students will study a unit on “Belief and Teachings” and a unit on “Practices”

• Paper 2b: Themes paper - students will study Theme A: Religion, relationships and families and Theme B: Religion, peace and conflict.

Both Paper 1 and Paper 2 are examined at the end of the GCSE course. Each paper is assessed by a 1 hour 45 minute exam paper.