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Overview

This course is designed to provide the opportunity for students to follow a coherent course, balanced in terms of breadth and depth, and supports the study of Christianity and/or one or two other principal religions. It allows students to study any permitted combination of the available modules, so that (for instance) they might study Christian (Roman Catholic) Perspectives together with Judaism.

This course is intended to cater for those lower attaining students who may have difficulty in reaching Level 3 (or the equivalent) of the National Curriculum at the end of Key Stage 3 and for whom the equivalent GCSE Full and Short Courses are not appropriate.

Students may progress either directly to employment or to Foundation Level courses within the National Framework for Qualifications.

Specification aims

The aims of this specification are to encourage students to:

• Acquire knowledge and develop understanding of the beliefs, values and traditions of one or more religions.
• Consider the influence of the beliefs, values and traditions associated with one or more religions.
• Consider religious and other responses to moral issues.
• Identify, investigate and respond to fundamental questions of life raised by religion and human experience, including questions about the meaning and purpose of life.
• Develop skills relevant to the study of religion.