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2019/20 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA Politics and Theology and Religious Studies

Programme code:BA-POLI&TRSUCAS code:LV26
Duration:3 Years Method of Attendance: Full Time
Programme manager:Victor Dura-Vila Contact address:v.dura-vila@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
Politics and International Relations

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 scholarship and recent research in both Politics and Theology and Religious Studies. They will have the opportunity to deploy various techniques of analysis and enquiry within both Politics and Theology and Religious Studies. The programme will critically engage with the nature of Political Studies furnishing the student with a historically informed and theoretically aware academic understanding of the dynamics of political phenomena and an in depth understanding of political processes, both at the domestic and international levels. Students will develop a depth 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 within the broad field of Theology and Religious Studies. 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 allow students to achieve depth in their studies, and opportunities for demonstrating proficiency in the application of method and theory in both subjects. Opportunities will be provided for students to develop interests and skills develop their own informed opinions and to undertake autonomous study.

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]

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 Discovery 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:

PIED1110Comparative Politics20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED1601Freedom, Power and Resistance: An Introduction to Political Ideas20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PRHS1025Introduction to Academic Skills5 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
THEO1930Introduction to the Study of Religion/s10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
THEO1970Introducing Theology10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Optional modules:

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

ARAB1030Introduction to Arab and Islamic Civilisation20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HPSC1015Magic, Science and Religion10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHIL1007Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PRHS1000Visions of Humanity: Philosophical, Religious and Scientific Perspectives20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
THEO1015Introduction to the Study of Islam10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
THEO1350Introduction to the Bible10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
THEO1760Studying Christianity10 creditsNot running in 201920
THEO1900Introduction to South Asian Religions10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
THEO1910Religion in Modern Africa10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
THEO1920Religion, Politics and Society in the Modern World10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
THEO1960Religion in Modern Britain10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

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

PIED1100British Politics20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED1201Global Development Challenges20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED1212Making of the Modern World20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED1511International Politics20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

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:

- Politics: 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:

THEO2300Studying Religion in Context20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study one of the following Political Theory modules:

PIED2601Revolution and Reaction: Political Problems in the 20th Century20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2602Justice, Community and Conflict20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Candidates will be required to study one of the following Government and Political Systems modules:

PIED2126The Conservative Party Since 194520 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2139The Labour Party Since 194520 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED2160Spin Doctors and Electioneering20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2301Politics and Policy in the EU20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2403Comparative Politics of Pacific Asia20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED2448Politics of Contemporary China20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2455State and Politics in Africa20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2463United States Politics20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Candidates may choose to study additional credits from the following optional modules:

PIED2126The Conservative Party Since 194520 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2160Spin Doctors and Electioneering20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2301Politics and Policy in the EU20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2403Comparative Politics of Pacific Asia20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED2448Politics of Contemporary China20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2455State and Politics in Africa20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2463United States Politics20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2501Theories of International Relations20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2558Security Studies20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED2601Revolution and Reaction: Political Problems in the 20th Century20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2602Justice, Community and Conflict20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED2711Analysing Data in Politics, Development and International Relations20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2721Approaches to Analysis20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED2810Career Planning for POLIS Students20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

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

FOAR2000Research Placement20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
PHIL2532Philosophy of Religion20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PRHS2000Human Rights and Religion20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PRHS2333Thinking About Race10 creditsNot running in 201920
PRHS2450A Key Thinker in Philosophy of Religion: In Dialogue20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
THEO2000Theology and Religious Studies Students into Schools20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
THEO2040Modern Theologians20 creditsNot running in 201920
THEO2201Hindu Traditions20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
THEO2220Buddhism20 creditsNot running in 201920
THEO2251Sociology of Religion20 creditsNot running in 201920
THEO2286God, Sex and Gender in Africa20 creditsNot running in 201920
THEO2295Humanity in Christian Thought: Theological Anthropology20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
THEO2651Reading New Testament Texts20 creditsNot running in 201920
THEO2720Religion, Gender and Society20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
THEO2780Pentecostalism as a Public Religion in Africa20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

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:

- Politics: 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 must take ONE of the following modules:

PIED3750Dissertation40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
PRHS3000Independent Research Project in Philosophy, Religion or History of Science40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
PRHS3001Integrated Research Project in Philosophy, Religion or History of Science40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
PRHS3700External Placement: Beyond the University40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
THEO3880The Religious Mapping of Leeds40 creditsNot running in 201920

Candidates not taking PIED3750 will be required to study 40 credits of optional modules to be chosen from the following list of third level modules in POLIS.

PIED3160Prime Ministers and British Politics20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3170The End of British Politics?20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3171The Politics of national identity in the UK20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3172Parliaments and the Public20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3202Land, Fuel and Agriculture20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3206The Politics of Aid20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3207International Development and Social Policy20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3261Violence and Reconciliation in Africa20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3302Extreme Right Parties in Contemporary Europe20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3310Britain and the EU20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3325Europe in the World20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3402American Foreign Policy20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3403Politics of Islamism20 creditsNot running in 201920
PIED3503Crisis Diplomacy: Coercion, Sanctions and the Use of Force in International Relations20 creditsNot running in 201920
PIED3504Critically Analysing The Responsibility to Protect20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3505Dirty War: Insurgency, the State and Cities20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3565Terrorism: Concepts, Debates, Cases20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3601Exploring Political Theory20 creditsNot running in 201920
PIED3603Political Psychology: on Authority and Obedience20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3609Radical Political Ideas: Marx, Nietzsche, Schmitt, Foucault, Kristeva20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3702Introduction to Programming for Social Science20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3810Video Games: Politics, Society and Culture20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Candidates may choose some or all of their remaining credits from the following list of optional modules:

ARTF3042Cultural Diversity in Museum and Material Culture - Case Study20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST3707Buddhism: A Lived Tradition20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
FOAR3150Religion and Violence20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHIL3865Philosophy of the Social Sciences20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PRHS3100Existentialism and Phenomenology20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PRHS3170Religion, Belief and Ethics20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PRHS3200Moral, Rational Selves: Perspectives on Human Nature20 creditsNot running in 201920
PRHS3300Religion and Mental Health20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
THEO3000Religion and Media20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
THEO3021Muslims in Britain: Transnational Communities and Multicultural Politics20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
THEO3040Ideologies of Hebrew Bible Texts and Readers20 creditsNot running in 201920
THEO3190Religions and Global Development20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
THEO3215Modern Theologians20 creditsNot running in 201920
THEO3220Sin20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
THEO3280Religion, Politics and the Future20 creditsNot running in 201920
THEO3286God, Sex and Gender in Africa20 creditsNot running in 201920
THEO3295Humanity in Christian Thought: Theological Anthropology20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
THEO3306Hindu Traditions20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
THEO3390Philosophy and the Spiritual Life20 creditsNot running in 201920
THEO3780Pentecostalism as a Public Religion in Africa20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

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: 02/10/2019

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