Religious Studies is aboutconsidering who you are and how yourelate to complex issues in the world. It will challenge many of your assumptions and pose questions which have preoccupied great thinkers for thousands of years: How do we know right from wrong? Are some things genuinely evil or is itjust opinion? Does God exist? Do humans have souls? Or are we just bundles of self-important chemicals? Are we free to make moral decisions?Is there life after death?

You do not have to be religious to take this course and it is not a requirement to have taken GCSEReligious Studies.What is needed is an enquiring mind and a thirst to find out about the world. The course will greatly increase your understanding of current affairs, ethical issues and different cultures and religions, while helping you to reach your own conclusions.

You will also develop your ability to communicate, debate and think critically –skills that are invaluable in careers such as politics, law, education and for anyone seeking to make their way in the modern world.