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2019/20 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA Sociology and Theology and Religious Studies (No longer recruiting)

Programme code:BA-SOCI&TRSUCAS code:LV36
Duration:3 Years Method of Attendance: Full Time
Programme manager:Dr Tasia Scrutton Contact address:t.scrutton@leeds.ac.uk

Total credits: 365

Entry requirements:

ABB at A-level including C in GCSE Mathematics.

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
Sociology

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 Sociology and Theology and Religious Studies. They will have the opportunity to deploy various techniques of analysis and enquiry within both Sociology and Theology and Religious Studies. Students will develop a conceptual understanding of Sociological debates in and describe and comment on particular aspects of scholarship and recent research in Sociology. 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 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 provide both breadth and depth, 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:

PRHS1025Introduction to Academic Skills5 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SLSP1200Sociology of Modern Societies20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SLSP1210Formations of Modernity20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
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 choose to study up to 20 credits from the following optional modules:

SLSP1160Understanding and Researching the City20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLSP1170Understanding and Researching Contemporary Society20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SLSP1180Crime and Deviance20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLSP1190Identities, Inequalities and Policy in Contemporary Society20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SLSP1220Social Policy: Poor Laws to the Present20 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:

- Sociology: 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:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

SLSP2730Central Problems in Sociology20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
THEO2300Studying Religion in Context20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional modules:

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

SLSP2010Sociology and Social Policy Research Methods20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SLSP2020Crime, Law and Regulation20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SLSP2040Disability Studies: An Introduction20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SLSP2050The Sociology of Gender20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLSP2062Health and Society20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SLSP2150Debates in Childhood and Youth20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SLSP2180The Sociology of Culture20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SLSP2675Sociology of Work20 creditsNot running in 201920
SLSP2690Racism, ethnicity, migration and decolonial studies20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLSP2953Urban Disorders, Social Divisions and Social Control20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

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:

- Sociology: 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 will be required to take ONE of the following modules:

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)
SLSP3041Sociology Dissertation40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
THEO3880The Religious Mapping of Leeds40 creditsNot running in 201920

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

SLSP3065Quantitative Social Research20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SLSP3120Disability Rights and the International Policy Context20 creditsNot running in 201920
SLSP3160Education, Culture and Society20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SLSP3211State Crime and Immorality20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLSP3220Contemporary Children, Young People and Families20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SLSP3230Global Terrorism and Violence20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLSP3242The Social Life of Data20 creditsNot running in 201920
SLSP3500Gender, Technologies and the Body20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLSP3930Sociology of Consumerism20 creditsNot running in 201920
SLSP3940Class in Everyday Life20 credits 
SLSP3995Ethnicity and Popular 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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