Religious Studies - Year 13 :: Queen Elizabeth High School

A2 Religious Studies (WJEC – 3341)

There are two units at A2 level. RS3 is called Religion in Contemporary Society RS4 is called Religion and Human Experience. Both units are examined in June of Y13 by a 1 ¾ hour written paper and are each worth 50% of the A2 mark.

Teacher 1	Teacher 2
Half Term 1 (September - October)
Religion and Contemporary Issues Religion and the State in the UK: Religion and government: prayers in Parliament; the Lords Spiritual; monarch as defender of the faith Debates concerning free speech and blasphemy	Religion in Film Religious identity in film: a consideration of the way in which film represents members of faith communities and their relationship with others, East is East & Four Lions
External Assessment: No Internal Common Assessment: Yes Coursework Deadline this H/T: N/A Field Trips/Visits: No	External Assessment: No Internal Common Assessment: Yes Coursework Deadline this H/T: N/A Field Trips/Visits: No

Half Term 2 (November - December)
Religion and Contemporary Issues Religious freedom in matters of dress, speech and worship Religion in marriage ceremonies and civil partnership ceremonies The involvement of religion in conflicts in the Middle East, and the impact of those conflicts on religious communities in Britain	Religion in Film Religious ideas in film: a study of the way in which film media can convey religious or spiritual ideas, e.g. The Matrix & The Chronicles of Narnia Film as a way of teaching about religion: a study of how film is used to retell aspects of religious belief:, e.g. Prince of Egypt & Little Buddha
External Assessment: No Internal Common Assessment: Yes Coursework Deadline: N/A Field Trips/Visits: No	External Assessment: No Internal Common Assessment: Yes Coursework Deadline this H/T: N/A Field Trips/Visits: No

Half Term 3 (January - February)
Synoptic Unit RS4 Students prepare an extended essay on topics released by the exam board in January	Synoptic Unit RS4 Students prepare an extended essay on topics released by the exam board in January
External Assessment: No Internal Common Assessment: Yes Coursework Deadline: N/A Field Trips/Visits: No	External Assessment: No Internal Common Assessment: Yes Coursework Deadline N/A Field Trips/Visits: No

Half Term 4 (March - April)
Religion and the Community Definitions of religion: theological/metaphysical definitions, reductive definitions, the problem of defining religion Religious diversity in the UK: the strain on communities arising from the fact of religious and cultural plurality	Religion and the Community Functional understandings of religion (Durkheim: religion as expression of social cohesion, Weber: the relationship between religion and capitalism, and Marx: religion as the ‘sigh of the oppressed’)
External Assessment: No Internal Common Assessment: Yes Coursework Deadline this H/T: N/A Field Trips/Visits: No	External Assessment: No Internal Common Assessment: Yes Coursework Deadline this H/T: N/A Field Trips/Visits: No

Half Term 5 (May - June)
Revision programme	Revision programme
External Assessment: Yes Internal Common Assessment: No Coursework Deadline: N/A Field Trips/Visits: No	External Assessment: Yes Internal Common Assessment: No Coursework Deadline: N/A Field Trips/Visits: No
Suggested Course reading list: There is extensive further reading on the Religious Studies moodle pages: Religion in Contemporary Society