Philosophy and Ethics
St Joseph's Catholic Academy - South Tyneside
01914282700
Mill Lane, Hebburn, NE31 2ET
Course summary

Why Study the Subject? Are you ready to question everything and have your mind blown? If so, A-Level Religious Studies is the course for you. Religious Studies comprises three very different, but equally fascinating and distinct areas of study. In Philosophy, you will question your very own existence, evil, death, the soul, and the afterlife and how we can even be sure God actually exists. Next, you will study Ethics and learn how to make life and death decisions, find out whether you care more about people or duty and apply your learning to topics like war, sex, business, medicine, environment and euthanasia. Finally, you examine the fascinating world of the New Testament and the intriguing history of persecution, bloodshed, martyrdom and sacrifice that the writers and believers faced in creating these mind-blowing books. A-Level Religious Studies will excite, intrigue and inspire you no matter which career you are interested in.

Entry requirements

5 in Religious Education.

How you'll be assessed

3x A-Level exams sat at the end of Year 13 – Edexcel Religious Studies Paper 1: Philosophy of Religion – The problem of evil, arguments for the existence of God, Religious Experience, death and the afterlife. Paper 2: Ethics – Utilitarianism, Situation Ethics, Kantian Ethics, and Natural Moral Law. Applied ethics – War and Peace, Sexual Ethics, Environmental Ethics, Equality Ethics, Medical Ethics and End-of-life care. Paper 3: Theology – Did Jesus really resurrect from the dead? Does science make the Bible redundant? Problems of authorship, purpose and propaganda in the Gospels.

School Info

About Education Provider

RegionNorth East
Local AuthoritySouth Tyneside
Ofsted RatingGood
Gender TypeCo-Educational
AddressMill Lane, Hebburn, NE31 2ET