St John’s College (Hillcrest) St John’s College (Hillcrest)

Level 3 Religious Education

13REL
Course Description

Teacher in Charge: Ms J. Bartram.

Recommended Prior Learning

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


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.

Faculties:

Religious Studies



Contributions and Equipment/Stationery

$10 for National Centre of Religious Studies Textbook License