Cameroon GCE A-Level Religious Studies study plan

Map the full set-text syllabus into a one-page grid showing which passages are prescribed for exegesis and which themes each passage typically supports

Read each set text once in full and annotate context, genre, author, audience and historical setting in the margins

Build a vocabulary list of at least 40 exegetical terms (form criticism, redaction, source, pericope, eschatology, covenant, justification) and write a one-line definition for each

Draft a repeatable exegesis template: context, structure, key words, theological point, modern application

Write full exegetical notes on the three most heavily weighted passages, following your template

Compare two passages that treat the same theme and list three points of agreement and three of difference

Practise turning exegetical notes into exam-style paragraph answers under timed conditions

Identify five common exegesis errors (proof-texting, ignoring genre, over-allegorising) and note how to avoid each

Define and contrast the main concepts of God (theistic, deistic, pantheistic, panentheistic, process) with a named thinker for each

Explain three models of revelation (propositional, experiential, historical) and state one strength and one weakness of each

Distinguish the main theories of religious language (via negativa, analogy, symbol, myth, verification and falsification challenges) and apply each to one example

Build a comparison table linking concepts of worship to underlying beliefs about God

Set out the cosmological, teleological, ontological and moral arguments in premise-conclusion form and list the standard objections to each

Explain the problem of evil in both logical and evidential forms and evaluate three theodicies against each

Analyse one religious experience account using a named typology and assess what it can and cannot prove

Define miracle in at least two competing senses and apply Hume's critique to a concrete case

Compare body-soul dualism, resurrection and reincarnation views of life after death and identify the philosophical problems each must solve

Evaluate verificationist and falsificationist challenges to religious language using two worked examples

Write two full essay plans on 'God and evil' and 'Religious experience as evidence' with thesis, three body points and a conclusion

Self-mark one timed essay against a checklist of argument, use of scholars, counter-argument and conclusion

Summarise deontological, consequentialist, virtue and natural-law approaches and state how each would resolve one applied dilemma

Explain at least two accounts of conscience and evaluate each against a real moral decision

Set out the free-will debate (determinism, libertarianism, compatibilism) and its bearing on moral responsibility and religious ethics

Apply ethical theories to three applied areas such as war, medical ethics and sexual or environmental ethics, noting where religious teaching diverges from secular reasoning

Build a comparative chart of core beliefs and practices across Christianity, Islam and African traditional religion (God, revelation, scripture, prayer, ritual, ethics, afterlife)

Trace the historical interaction of the three traditions in Africa, including mission, trade, colonialism and indigenous response

Describe three concrete examples of religious practice in context and explain what each reveals about belief

Identify five points of genuine convergence and five of real tension between the traditions

Debate the science-religion relationship using at least two models (conflict, independence, dialogue, integration) with examples

Explain how religion shapes politics, pluralism, gender and development, using one African example per issue

Run a full mock paper under exam timing across all domains and mark it against the criteria

Revise your weakest three topics from the mock and rewrite those answers to full marks standard