2017/18 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA Philosophy and Theology and Religious Studies

Total credits: 365

Entry requirements:

AAB at A-level.

School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:

School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science

Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:

Theology & Religious Studies
Philosophy

Programme specification:

The programme will:
- enable students to work across more than one discipline by providing the flexibility to study three disciplines at level one;
- allow the study of two disciplines to the same depth as any single honours student but with less breadth in each discipline;
- provide a basis for further advanced study in either of the disciplines or in a cognate interdisciplinary area.

General
- The distinctiveness, appeal and strength of University of Leeds joint honours programmes lie in the unusual combination of depth, breadth and flexibility which they offer, as well as in the exceptional range of degree combinations available.
- They permit students to study two disciplines, in depth and to degree level while acquiring a broader range of skills than is typically possible within a single honours degree.
- They are emphatically joint honours programmes, rather than integrated programmes: students can therefore make the links they choose from the wide choice of optional modules available within each discipline. Within certain parameters, they thus effectively make connections and devise pathways according to their own preferences, rather than being faced with a prescribed combination of modules chosen for them by others.
- The students must acquire the flexibility of mind and variety of learning techniques needed to switch between the two disciplines.
- A further element of distinctiveness is the flexibility of the programme structure, which allows joint honours students to change direction more easily, and more radically, than single honours students.
- Many of these programmes also allow the opportunity to undertake a work placement, field work or study abroad.

The programme will enable students to understand, apply and use scholarship and recent research in Philosophy and Theology and Religious Studies. They will have the opportunity to develop and demonstrate various techniques of analysis and enquiry and will be offered a breadth of awareness of the intellectual disciplines through which philosophical issues and religions may be approached, and will develop an understanding of theoretical, methodological, contextual, ethical and other debates. Students will develop the ability to engage in reasoned discussion of often highly charged topics with people of opposing views. They will, by the end of the programme, be able to identify the underlying issues in a debate, to analyse complex problems, to detect relevance and irrelevance and be able to construct a reasoned argument for a point of view, and to present it in clear, structured prose. Students will develop the ability to display openness and independence of mind: be receptive to new ideas and approaches, and be able to subject them to critical scrutiny. Students will be able to read and analyse complex texts, and be sensitive to issues of interpretation.

All teaching is informed by the research strengths of staff, and students will have opportunities for research-based learning throughout their programme. Study in the programme is structured in ways that provide both breadth and depth, and provides opportunities for demonstrating proficiency in the application of method and theory. Opportunities will be provided for students to develop their specific interests and skills, develop their own informed opinions and to undertake autonomous study. The programme will foster interpersonal and intellectual skills of empathy with critical distance, give experience and opportunity for working with plurality in and between religions and different world-views, with familiar and unfamiliar viewpoints, and with views that differ radically from their own. Students will be equipped for understanding, living and working reflectively and responsibly within a plural society through the development of knowledge, skills and understanding appropriate for personal development, professional employment and further study.

The Industrial variant of the programme allows s tudents to spend a year on placement in an appropriate graduate setting. The International variant allows students to spend a year studying abroad as part of their degree programme.

Year1 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Students must study 125 credits.

In level 1, students are required to pass a minimum of 40 credits in each of their two main subjects, plus a 5-credit Academic Skills module. The further 40 credits may consist of elective modules in a third subject or may consist of further modules in one or both main subjects. Students must pass 100 credits and all core modules as identified in the programme.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Candidates are required to study in addition a minimum of 20 credits from the following list.

Candidates are required to study at least one of the following modules:

Candidates may spend some or all of their discovery credits on the following optional modules:

Discovery modules:

Candidates may choose to study up to 40 credits of Discovery modules in a third subject or pursue additional modules in the two named subjects.

Year2 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Students must study 120 credits.

Over levels 2 and 3 taken combined students must pass:

- Philosophy: a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be at level 3)
- Theology and Religious Studies: a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be at level 3)

- Plus 40 credits in the named subjects and used to ensure that credits at the appropriate level for award are taken.
- Plus 40 credits in elective modules or further modules in the named subjects.

In order to be eligible for an honours degree, students must meet the normal Rules for Award by passing all modules which are designated to be passed for award or progression and by passing the required number of credits at each level as specified in the Curricular Regulations (at least 200 credits at level 2 or above, of which at least 100 should be at level 3). Students must pass at least 100 credits at Level 2 and all core modules to proceed to the next level of the programme.

Compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Candidates are required to study at least 40 credits in Philosophy at Level 2, which must include at least one of the following modules:

Candidates may select further credits from the following modules:

PHIL2600 and PHIL2611 are mutually exclusive.

Candidates are required to study at least 20 credits from the following optional modules:

Discovery modules:

Candidates may choose to study up to 40 credits of Discovery modules over both Level 2 and 3 or pursue additional modules in the two named subjects.

Year3 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Students must study 120 credits.

Over levels 2 and 3 taken combined students must pass:

- Philosophy: a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be at level 3)
- Theology and Religious Studies: a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be at level 3)

- Plus 40 credits in the named subjects and used to ensure that credits at the appropriate level for award are taken.
- Plus 40 credits in elective modules or further modules in the named subjects.

In order to be eligible for an honours degree, students must meet the normal Rules for Award by passing all modules which are designated to be passed for award or progression and by passing the required number of credits at each level as specified in the Curricular Regulations (at least 200 credits at level 2 or above, of which at least 100 should be at level 3). Students must pass at least 100 credits at Level 3 and all core modules to proceed to gain the degree.

Optional modules:

Candidates are required to take ONE of the following modules:

Unless candidates have taken the Final Year Project in Philosophy, candidates must study at least 40 credits from the following list of L3 Philosophy modules. Candidates may count PRHS3100 as either Philosophy or TRS credits, but not both.

Unless candidates have taken the Final Year Project in TRS, candidates must study at least 40 credits from the following list of L3 TRS modules. Candidates may count PRHS3100 as either Philosophy or TRS credits, but not both.

Discovery modules:

Candidates may choose to study up to 40 credits of Discovery modules over both Level 2 and 3 or pursue additional modules in the two named subjects.

Last updated: 26/06/2017

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