This course encourages active learning in the process of investigating religious, moral and philosophical topics or issues. Through the course as a whole, you will take a broad overview of the beliefs, values or viewpoints of more than one religion.

 

You will develop and apply a range of cognitive skills over a range of religious, moral and philosophical contexts in three areas of study: world religion, morality and belief, and religious and philosophical questions. The course offers opportunities for you to focus on particular skills, and has flexibility in the topics which you can study.

 

You will develop knowledge and understanding of the following topics through class study:

 

• Religion and Justice: This is a morality topic which considers the various moral responses to major issues related to crime and justice, such as: the purpose of punishment, responses to crime, and capital punishment.

• Buddhism: This is a world religion topic in which looks at the main beliefs and practices of Buddhists across the world.

• Origins: This is a philosophy topic in which considers the main philosophical responses to the question ‘What is the origin of life?’

 

The course assessment consists of:

• 2 Question Papers which will sample questions from across the topics of: Buddhism, Religion and Justice, and Origins. Students are assessed on their knowledge and understanding of the topics as well and the skills of analysis and evaluation. These papers will be sat under exam conditions and marked by the SQA. They are worth 80 marks out of the total 110 marks for the course assessment. 

• An Assignment task which is a piece of independent research in which pupils pick a topic of study and then write up their findings under exam conditions. This is worth 30 marks out of the total 110 marks for the course assessment.