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Investigate new and complex ethical dilemmas
Investigate new and complex ethical dilemmas
Investigate new and complex ethical dilemmas
A Level Philosophy, Ethics and Religious Studies requires you to achieve at least the minimum entry requirements for your chosen pathway plus a grade 5 or higher in GCSE English Language and English Literature and a grade 5 or higher in at least one humanities subject, e.g. Geography, Government and Politics, History, Law or Religious Studies. The minimum entry requirements will be discussed at open events and at your college interview.
The course will offer you an in depth study of Philosophy and Ethics. There will be an opportunity to develop what you have already learned about in GSCE Religious Studies and the opportunity to investigate new and more complex philosophical and ethical problems.
An A Level in Philosophy, Ethics and Religious Studies requires you to develop many important transferable skills such as essay writing and critical analysis, offering you a strong foundation with which to continue your education at university.
We have a specialist RS classroom with all the key resources required for teaching and learning in PERS. You will be helped in your studies a highly experienced subject specialist who has many successful years of experience of A Level teaching.
Over the two years at Wyke you will study three components: Philosophy of Religion, Religious Ethics and Developments in Christian Thought. Each unit will be examined at the end of your second year. There will be an internal exam at the end of your first year which you will need to pass in order to progress to the second year. The three components are studied across both years, with the elements in Year 2 building on Year 1.
Philosophy, Ethics and Religious Studies is an academically challenging course and most students find the start of their A Levels demanding. The key to success is preparation and organisation, and students who attend the Philosophy, Ethics and Religious Studies sessions at Wyke Start have a much more assured and confident start to their studies. Studying A Levels is very different from the teaching and learning you have been used to at school. On the Philosophy, Ethics and Religious Studies course, you will be expected to be independent learners, who take initiative and work hard outside of your lessons. There will be a lot of reading and writing to do on the course and it will be your responsibility to ensure that you come prepared to every lesson. This is an essay-based course and it is imperative that your writing is of a good standard.
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Wyke Sixth Form College hold train to teach information events which offer you a great insight into this course. If you are interested in attending one of these events, please complete this form and we will be in contact with the key information.
Please note that the applications for this course can be submitted by following the ‘Apply Now’ button on this page. Applications are made through the University of Huddersfield rather than Wyke Sixth Form College. We look forward to meeting with you.
This course provides many occasions for personal and intellectual growth; you will also gain cultural literacy and you will be asked to interpret and express your position on controversial and hotly debated issues. Philosophy, Ethics and Religious Studies will offer you a strong skill-set to take to university, including critical thinking, analysis and independent study skills suitable for English, History, Philosophy or Theology degree courses. Philosophy, Ethics and Religious Studies is excellent preparation for any university degree within Arts and Humanities, and even for vocational degrees such as Medicine, which require you to have an understanding of ethics and which will include modules about Medical Ethics as preparation for work. For those considering taking Philosophy, Ethics and Religious Studies forward to degree level, a Bachelor’s degree in subjects such as Theology, Comparative Religion or Philosophy impose no limitations on future careers and lends its own particular strengths to a number of different career choices. Graduates in these areas have gone on to professional training in: Business (particularly international business), Counselling and Social Work, Education, Journalism and Law. Others have moved directly into the job market, taking up positions in: Event planning, hospitality, or the service industry, the government, the foreign service, or the diplomatic service, marketing and management, museums and the arts, non-profit or non-governmental organisations, and publishing.
At Wyke Start, our 2-day taster event in July, each of your subjects will set you some work to complete to help prepare you for the course. The work is available to download on https://www.wyke.ac.uk/wyke-start-summer-work
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There are many opportunities for enrichment within the PERS department. We run a annual or bi-annual trip to London and every year you will have the chance to attend at least one student conference specifically tailored to the specification we follow, as well as this there are many opportunities throughout the year to attend relevant lectures at local universities and guest speakers here at Wyke along with Sociology students.
At Wyke we recognise that applications for Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Science are particularly competitive and over the last few years Wyke has supported 24 students to gain places onto these course at university. In addition to the careers and UCAS advice in college we offer an establish programme to support students considering applying for these subjects. The PERS department supports the Pre-Medical Programme with the ethical and philosophical aspects of applications to these degrees and delivers sessions which link to these areas of your application.
