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Religion and Life (Preliminary): should I choose it?

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WACE Religion and Life (Preliminary): content and assessment

Explore Religion and Life as a distinct Preliminary course. Use familiar examples to explore religion’s main features and its presence in society.

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What will I learn?

Unit 1

Preliminary units

Use familiar examples to explore religion’s main features and its presence in society.

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Unit 2

Preliminary units

Explore ways people express and participate in religion through familiar examples.

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Unit 3

Preliminary units

Explore religious communities, belonging and the contributions communities make to society.

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Unit 4

Preliminary units

Investigate ways people take part in religious activity and how that activity contributes to society.

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How will I be assessed?

Needs verification: UNVERIFIED Year 11 assessment mix in this profile. Open the advertised syllabus and your school's outline.

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Published course / existing guide: Preliminary units can be recorded on the WASSA; they do not contribute to the WACE. They have no WACE credit offer in this planner. Discuss the appropriate programme with your school.

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Progression and companion subjects

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Will I find it hard?

Difficulty depends on your experience, interests, teaching and assessment. These are our reflection prompts, not an official difficulty rating.

  • Try explaining a case, source or argument with evidence. Does this type of writing interest you?
  • Look at the amount of terminology, examples and source material in the sample rather than assuming the subject is easy.

Does it scale up or down?

Preliminary is not an ATAR course. An ATAR scaling direction is not applicable to this profile.

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Sources, versions and verification dates

Profile source metadata last checked: 2026-11-13. A source check is not an endorsement by the authority or confirmation that a future course version is unchanged.

  • Religion and Life Preliminary: Year 11 syllabus — SCSA; 2026-11-13. Primary PDF course identity and available effective date checked against the observed source link. PDF Preliminary Year 11 and Year 12 Syllabus – For teaching from 2024 (335.2 KB) opens in new window. Learning summaries are our paraphrases; assessment type names do not establish a school's task schedule or weighting. © School Curriculum and Standards Authority, CC BY 4.0; see the document notice.
  • Religion and Life Preliminary: Year 11 syllabus, page 10 — SCSA; 2026-11-13. Primary PDF course identity and available effective date checked against the observed source link. PDF Preliminary Year 11 and Year 12 Syllabus – For teaching from 2024 (335.2 KB) opens in new window. Learning summaries are our paraphrases; assessment type names do not establish a school's task schedule or weighting. © School Curriculum and Standards Authority, CC BY 4.0; see the document notice.
  • Religion and Life Preliminary: Year 11 syllabus, page 12 — SCSA; 2026-11-13. Primary PDF course identity and available effective date checked against the observed source link. PDF Preliminary Year 11 and Year 12 Syllabus – For teaching from 2024 (335.2 KB) opens in new window. Learning summaries are our paraphrases; assessment type names do not establish a school's task schedule or weighting. © School Curriculum and Standards Authority, CC BY 4.0; see the document notice.
  • Religion and Life Preliminary: Year 11 syllabus, page 14 — SCSA; 2026-11-13. Primary PDF course identity and available effective date checked against the observed source link. PDF Preliminary Year 11 and Year 12 Syllabus – For teaching from 2024 (335.2 KB) opens in new window. Learning summaries are our paraphrases; assessment type names do not establish a school's task schedule or weighting. © School Curriculum and Standards Authority, CC BY 4.0; see the document notice.
  • Religion and Life Preliminary: Year 11 syllabus, page 16 — SCSA; 2026-11-13. Primary PDF course identity and available effective date checked against the observed source link. PDF Preliminary Year 11 and Year 12 Syllabus – For teaching from 2024 (335.2 KB) opens in new window. Learning summaries are our paraphrases; assessment type names do not establish a school's task schedule or weighting. © School Curriculum and Standards Authority, CC BY 4.0; see the document notice.

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