Micro-Scholarship, What it is, How can it help me.pdf
PRE subject briefing
1. PRE Subject Briefing
You will be taught 2 hours of Ethics, 2 hours of
Philosophy and 1 hour of Buddhism a week.
2. Assessment Breakdown
Paper 1: Philosophy
Paper 2: Ethics
Paper 3: Religious thought
(Buddhism)
All exams will be sat in
Summer of Y13.
3. Lesson structure
You will be taught 2 hours of Ethics, 1 hour of Buddhism and
1 hour of Philosophy a week.
The fifth hour is timetabled as a lesson, but will be
independent study alternating between Buddhism and
Philosophy.
On top of this hour, you will be expected to complete 2 hours
a week of Ethics homework (including reading). There will
also be 2 hours of Philosophy or Buddhism homework (including
reading).
4. Course Content - Buddhism
YEAR 1
1.Foundations
2.Insight
3.Living
4.Development
YEAR 2
1.Society
5. Course Content - Philosophy
YEAR 1
1. Philosophical Language and
Thought
2. Existence of God
3. God and the world
YEAR 2
1. Theological and Philosophical
Developments
2. Religious Language: Negative,
Analogical or Symbolic
3. Religious Language: 20th
Century Perspectives
6. Unit 1:
Philosophical
Language and
Thought
Unit 2:
Existence
of God
Unit 3:
God and
the world
reason vs senses
The Forms
Analogy of the Cave
teleology
4 Causes
Prime Mover
Plato’s and Aristotle’s
view on the soul
Substance
dualism
Philosophical
Materialism
1. Ancient
philosophical
influences
PLATO
ARISTOTLE
2. Soul, mind
and body
Cosmological
Argument (Aquinas’
first three ways)
Teleological Argument
(Aquinas’ Fifth way and
Paley)
Challenges
(Hume and
evolution)
Ontological Argument (Anselm, Gaunilo and Kant)
3. Arguments
made on
observation
4. Arguments
made on
reason
Religious
Experience
(William James,
mystical and
conversion)
Ways in which
individual
experiences can be
understood
Evil and
Suffering
(logical,
evidential)
Augustin
e
Irenaeus
Hick
5. Religious
experience
6. Problem
of Evil
Year
1
7. Course Content - Ethics
Year 1
1. Normative Ethical Theories: Religious Approaches
a. Natural Law Theory
b. Situation Ethics
2. Other Normative Ethical Theories
a. Kantian Ethics
b. Utilitarianism
Year 2
1. Applied Ethics
a. Euthanasia
8. OCR A Level Religious Studies H573 Specification
The specification can be accessed through
the OCR Website
http://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/242913-
specification-accredited-a-level-gce-
religious-studies-h573.pdf
A copy is also stored on Google Drive
9. Textbooks: We provide at digital readings from a range of
sources but you may prefer a hard copy.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Oxford-Level-Religious-Studies-OCR-
ebook/dp/B01M7407GR/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1497604001&sr=8-5&keywords=ocr+religious+studies
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Religious-Studies-Level-Year-Eurostars-
ebook/dp/B01M8HIRNO/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1497604001&sr=8-9&keywords=ocr+religious+studies
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Buddhism-Students-Approach-Religion-Religions/dp/0340546913
11. Where can Philosophy, Religion and Ethics take you?
Besides learning more about the ideas that drive the societies we live in, Religious Studies students often go on to further career
training and jobs in:
Business / international business - Marketing and management
Marketing and management
The government, foreign service, or overseas support
Nonprofit or nongovernmental organisations
Counseling and Social Work
Education
Journalism / publishing
Law
