2019/20 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA Religion, Politics and Society

Total credits: 365

Entry requirements:

ABB at A Level

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

School of Philosophy, Religion & History of Science

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

School of Philosophy, Religion & History of Science

Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:

QAA Theology & Religious Studies Benchmark Statement

Programme specification:

On completion of the programme, students should have provided evidence of being able to:

- Understand, apply and use a range of scholarship, including recent research, in the study of and interaction between religion, society, and politics

- Demonstrate various techniques of analysis and enquiry including those from Religious Studies, Politics and Sociology

- Understand theoretical, methodological, contextual and ethical debates surrounding religion in public life in the UK and internationally

- Demonstrate proficiency in the application of method and theory through independent research including fieldwork studies

- Identify and develop their specific interests and skills, develop their own informed opinions and undertake autonomous study

- Demonstrate interpersonal and intellectual skills required for working with plurality in and between religions, with familiar and unfamiliar viewpoints, and with views that differ radically from one's own

- Demonstrate ability 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 (post-) secular society where religious issues remain influential, though are often unrecognised

Year1 - View timetable

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

Students must study 125 credits in total (a mixture of compulsory and optional or discovery modules). To pass the year they must pass 100 credits including all modules flagged as ‘PFP’.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following COMPULSORY modules:

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from the following OPTIONAL modules:

Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from the following OPTIONAL modules:

Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from the following OPTIONAL modules:

Discovery modules:

Year2 - View timetable

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

Students must study 120 credits in total (a mixture of compulsory and optional or discovery modules). To pass the year they must pass 100 credits including all modules flagged as ‘PFP’.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following COMPULSORY module:

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study 20-60 credits from the following OPTIONAL modules:

Candidates will be required to study 20-40 credits from the following OPTIONAL modules:
Those wishing to take PIED3750 Politics Dissertation MUST take at least 40 credits from the following modules, of which it is RECOMMENDED that this include PIED2721 Approaches to Analysis.

Candidates will be required to study 20-40 credits from the following OPTIONAL modules:
NB: those wishing to take SLSP 3040 Sociology Dissertation in Year 3 MUST take SLSP2010 Sociology & Social Policy Research Methods IF they wish to undertake empirical research for the dissertation, and SLSP 2730 Central Problems in Sociology.

Discovery modules:

Candidates may choose to study 20 credits of Discovery modules.

Year3 - View timetable

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

Students must study 120 credits in total (a mixture of compulsory and optional or discovery modules). To pass the year they must pass 100 credits including all modules flagged as ‘PFP’.

Compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to take ONE of the following modules:

Candidates will be required to study 60-80 credits from the following OPTIONAL modules:

Discovery modules:

Candidates may choose to study 20 credits of Discovery modules.

Last updated: 02/10/2019

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