2018/19 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA Theology and Religious Studies
| Programme code: | BA-TRS | UCAS code: | V616 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duration: | 3 Years | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
| Programme manager: | Jasjit Singh | Contact address: | j.s.singh@leeds.ac.uk |
Total credits: 365
Entry requirements:
ABB 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
Programme specification:
The programme will enable students to understand, apply and use scholarship and recent research in Theology and Religious Studies. They will have the opportunity to develop and demonstrate various techniques of analysis and enquiry including those from Theology, Biblical Studies and the broad field of Religious Studies. Students will be offered a breadth of awareness of the intellectual disciplines through which religions may be approached, and will develop an understanding of theoretical, methodological, contextual, ethical and other debates. 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, and give experience and opportunity for working with plurality in and between religions, and with familiar and unfamiliar viewpoints, and with views that differ radically from one's 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 in a secular society where religious issues remain influential, though are often unrecognised.
The Industrial variant of the programme allows students 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]
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
| PRHS1025 | Introduction to Academic Skills | 5 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| THEO1930 | Introduction to the Study of Religion/s | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| THEO1970 | Introducing Theology | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study at least 20 credits from the following optional modules:
| THEO1015 | Introduction to the Study of Islam | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| THEO1760 | Studying Christianity | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| THEO1900 | Introduction to South Asian Religions | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
In addition, candidates will be required to study at least 20 credits from the following optional modules:
| HPSC1015 | Magic, Science and Religion | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PHIL1007 | Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PRHS1000 | Visions of Humanity: Philosophical, Religious and Scientific Perspectives | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| THEO1350 | Introduction to the Bible | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| THEO1910 | Religion in Modern Africa | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| THEO1920 | Religion, Politics and Society in the Modern World | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| THEO1960 | Religion in Modern Britain | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates may study up to 40 credits of level 1 discovery modules.
Year2 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Compulsory modules:
| THEO2300 | Studying Religion in Context | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study between 60 and 100 credits from the following optional modules:
| FOAR2000 | Research Placement | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| PHIL2532 | Philosophy of Religion | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PRHS2000 | Human Rights and Religion | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PRHS2333 | Thinking About Race | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| THEO2000 | Theology and Religious Studies Students into Schools | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| THEO2040 | Modern Theologians | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| THEO2201 | Hindu Traditions | 20 credits | Not running in 201819 | |
| THEO2220 | Buddhism | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| THEO2251 | Sociology of Religion | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| THEO2286 | God, Sex and Gender in Africa | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| THEO2295 | Humanity in Christian Thought: Theological Anthropology | 20 credits | Not running in 201819 | |
| THEO2450 | A Key Thinker in Philosophy of Religion: In Dialogue | 20 credits | Not running in 201819 | |
| THEO2651 | Reading New Testament Texts | 20 credits | Not running in 201819 | |
| THEO2720 | Religion, Gender and Society | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| THEO2780 | Pentecostalism as a Public Religion in Africa | 20 credits | Not running in 201819 |
Discovery modules:
Candidates may study up to a maximum 40 credits of discovery modules over levels 2 and 3 combined.
Year3 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
The programme structure requires Single Honours students to select at least 100 credits from advanced Level 3 modules (and from Level 3 modules only) that build directly on substantive and/or methodological foundations laid by modules in Level 2.
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to choose ONE of the following modules:
| PRHS3000 | Independent Research Project in Philosophy, Religion or History of Science | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| PRHS3001 | Integrated Research Project in Philosophy, Religion or History of Science | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| PRHS3700 | External Placement: Beyond the University | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| THEO3880 | The Religious Mapping of Leeds | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Candidates will be required to study between 40 and 80 credits from the following optional modules and must have a minimum of 100 level 3 credits.
| ARTF3042 | Cultural Diversity in Museum and Material Culture - Case Study | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| EAST3707 | Buddhism: A Lived Tradition | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| FOAR3150 | Religion and Violence | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| PRHS3100 | Existentialism and Phenomenology | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PRHS3200 | Moral, Rational Selves: Perspectives on Human Nature | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| THEO3021 | Muslims in Britain: Transnational Communities and Multicultural Politics | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| THEO3040 | Ideologies of Hebrew Bible Texts and Readers | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| THEO3170 | Religion, Belief and Ethics | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| THEO3190 | Religions and Global Development | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| THEO3215 | Modern Theologians | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| THEO3220 | Sin | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| THEO3280 | Religion, Politics and the Future | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| THEO3286 | God, Sex and Gender in Africa | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| THEO3295 | Humanity in Christian Thought: Theological Anthropology | 20 credits | Not running in 201819 | |
| THEO3306 | Hindu Traditions | 20 credits | Not running in 201819 | |
| THEO3390 | Philosophy and the Spiritual Life | 20 credits | Not running in 201819 | |
| THEO3780 | Pentecostalism as a Public Religion in Africa | 20 credits | Not running in 201819 |
Discovery modules:
Candidates may study up to a maximum of 40 credits of discovery modules over levels 2 and 3 combined.
Last updated: 04/12/2018
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