13REL

Level 3 Religious Education

Course Description

Teacher in Charge: Ms J. Bartram.

Level 3 Religious Education
The focus in Year 13 is understanding what it means to enter the world after College as a young Marist man. 

The topics covered include analysing a religious tradition in New Zealand, how the Catholic church responds to ethical issues in society and finally how religious and secular thinkers answer the Ultimate Questions of life.

Course Overview

Term 1
Analyse a religious tradition in Aotearoa

Term 2
Analyse the Catholic church response to a contemporary ethical issue.

Term 3
Analyse how the Catholic church and secular humanists answer an Ultimate Question of life.

Recommended Prior Learning

Religious Education is a compulsory subject, all students will have followed the Understanding Faith Curriculum for Year 12

Contributions and Equipment/Stationery

$10 for National Centre of Religious Studies Textbook License

Credit Information

You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.

This course is eligible for subject endorsement.

This course is approved for University Entrance.

Total Credits Available: 18
Internal Assessed Credits: 18
External Assessed Credits: 0
Assessment
Description
Level
Internal or
External
Credits
L1 Literacy Credits
UE Literacy Credits
Numeracy Credits
A.S. 90825 v3
NZQA Info

Religious Studies 3.2 - Analyse a religious tradition(s) in Aotearoa New Zealand


Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 6
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0

Assessments:
Term: 1, Week: 11

A.S. 90826 v3
NZQA Info

Religious Studies 3.3 - Analyse the response of a religious tradition to a contemporary ethical issue


Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 6
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 6r *
Numeracy Credits: 0

Assessments:
Term: 2, Week: 10

A.S. 90827 v3
NZQA Info

Religious Studies 3.4 - Analyse the key beliefs of a religious tradition and a secular world view in relation to ultimate questions


Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 6
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 6r *
Numeracy Credits: 0

Assessments:
Term: 3, Week: 10

Credit Summary
Total Credits: 18
Total Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
Total University Entrance Literacy Credits: 12
Total Numeracy Credits: 0

Approved subject for University Entrance

Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 18

Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.