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CCEA AS Religious Studies, memorised in year one.

Everything the AS examines and nothing from the second year. Drill the 8 topics you are actually sitting in Northern Ireland this summer.

  • AS of 4610
  • 8 topics
  • 122 subtopics

What CCEA AS Religious Studies covers, and what it leaves out

CCEA AS Religious Studies is the first year of the 4610 course and a qualification in its own right, examined in one unit, AS. This page holds only what the AS examines: 8 topics across 122 subtopics, 1,637 active recall questions, starting with An Introduction to the Gospel of Luke, An Introduction to the Acts of the Apostles and An Introduction to Themes in the Old Testament. The 8 topics kept back for the second year are not shown, so nothing here is content you have not been taught yet.

Starting the second year? The full CCEA A-Level Religious Studies page adds the A2 topics on top of everything here.

CCEA GCE Religious Studies, subject code 4610, first teaching September 2016, version 2 of 18 December 2017. Read the CCEA specification ↗

How it is assessed

AS units

Two units chosen from four areas of study

  • AN INTRODUCTION TO THE GOSPEL OF LUKE
  • AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES
  • AN INTRODUCTION TO THEMES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
  • THE ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCH TO AD 325
  • THE CELTIC CHURCH IN IRELAND IN THE FIFTH, SIXTH AND SEVENTH CENTURIES
  • AN INTRODUCTION TO ISLAM
  • FOUNDATIONS OF ETHICS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ISSUES IN MEDICAL ETHICS
  • AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION

The full specification

8 topics, 122 subtopics. Open any topic to see what is inside it.

01An Introduction to the Gospel of LukeAS unit17 subtopics
02An Introduction to the Acts of the ApostlesAS unit15 subtopics
03An Introduction to Themes in the Old TestamentAS unit15 subtopics
04The Origins and Development of the Early Christian Church to AD 325AS unit15 subtopics
05The Celtic Church in Ireland in the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh CenturiesAS unit15 subtopics
06An Introduction to IslamAS unit15 subtopics

How you work through it

Pick the mode that fits the time you have.

Try three questions

No account needed. Answer from memory first.

Your recallNot started
Key term

Luke fixes the beginning of John's preaching by naming rulers. Give four of the figures he lists.

Key term

What was the Sanhedrin?

Key term

Explain what is meant by the oral tradition.

Spaced Repetition Schedule

How reviews are timed

Levo will automatically distribute all of your progress into a spaced repetition calendar. Once you’ve answered, it’s scheduled for you on the next day in the spaced repetition schedule. Over time, the gaps between your recall get bigger, from a day to three years, reinforcing memorisation over a long period of time.

Interval sequence

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What is inside Levo

Six ways to work the same material

1Closed book
2Open book
3Closed book

See a huge jump in your memorisation

Answer cold, learn it, then prove it stuck. Levo tracks the jump between your first attempt and your last.

An Introduction to the Gospel of Luke
An Introduction to the Acts of the Apostles
An Introduction to Themes in the Old Testament
The Origins and Development of the Early Christian Church to AD 325

Cram a whole paper in one sitting

Sort every topic into what you know and what you do not, then drill only the weak ones.

Amos came from in Judah.
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Blank Blitz consolidates the facts

Rapid timed gap-fills on the terms and numbers you need to recall without thinking.

AOne guest has bought a field and must go to see it.
BAnother has bought five yoke of oxen and must try them out.
CA third has just been married.

Build It trains answer structure

Assemble a full-mark answer from its marking points, in the order an examiner wants them.

Atheism asserts that there is no God.
TrueFalse

Test It catches misconceptions

Spot the fault in a statement. The traps are the mistakes students actually make.

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Brain Breaks between sessions

Short focus games to reset attention, so the next set lands better than the last.

Religious Studies revision questions

Common questions about revising CCEA AS-Level Religious Studies. Tap any to open it.

What is on CCEA AS Religious Studies?

8 topics across 122 subtopics, examined in AS. They are all listed on this page, and each one opens to the subtopics inside it. The full topic list is An Introduction to the Gospel of Luke, An Introduction to the Acts of the Apostles, An Introduction to Themes in the Old Testament, The Origins and Development of the Early Christian Church to AD 325, The Celtic Church in Ireland in the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Centuries, An Introduction to Islam and more.

Does AS Religious Studies count towards the full A level?

Yes. In Northern Ireland the AS units are marked as a standalone AS qualification and also carry forward into the full CCEA A level, which is why the first year matters more here than it does in England. Check the current weighting on the 4610 specification, as it is set by the board rather than by us.

What is the difference between AS and A level Religious Studies?

AS is the first-year units only. The A level adds 8 further topics, among them Themes in the Synoptic Gospels, Themes in Selected Letters of St Paul, Themes in the Old Testament, and expects you to connect them back to the AS material. Work the AS content here, then move up to the full A level page when you start the second year.

When do you sit CCEA AS Religious Studies?

Normally at the end of Year 12, in the summer series. That gives you one year to memorise 1,637 questions' worth of material, which is roughly 9 questions a day across an academic year if you start in September.

How should you revise for AS Religious Studies?

By retrieval, not rereading. Cover the answer, pull it from memory, then check. Levo runs that loop across all 8 AS topics and brings each question back on a spaced schedule, so what you learn in September is still there in June.

Is it worth revising AS content again for the A level?

Yes, and it is the mistake most students make. The second-year papers assume the first year, and in Northern Ireland the AS marks usually count towards the final grade as well. Keeping the AS material on a spaced schedule through Year 13 costs far less time than relearning it.

How many questions are there for CCEA AS Religious Studies?

1,637, written from the 4610 subject content and grouped into 122 subtopics so you can work one small area at a time rather than a whole topic at once.

Can you use Levo for just the AS year?

Yes. Pick your subject, choose the AS topics on the topic screen, and every mode — the 3-step method, Cram, Blank Blitz, Build It and Test It — works only that material. Add the second-year topics when you get to them.

Every question in Religious Studies, on a schedule.

Attempt a question from memory, write the correct version, then attempt it again. Levo records the jump between your first attempt and your last, and brings each question back on the day you are due to forget it.

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