2021/22 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA Religion, Politics and Society
Programme code: | BA-RPS | UCAS code: | V621 |
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Duration: | 3 Years | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
Programme manager: | Dr Simon Hewitt | Contact address: | S.Hewitt@leeds.ac.uk |
Total credits: 360
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 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 modules:
PIED1110 | Comparative Politics | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
SLSP1200 | Sociology of Modern Societies | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
THEO1920 | Religion, Politics and Society in the Modern World | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
THEO1930 | Introduction to the Study of Religion/s | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from the following OPTIONAL modules:
EAST1500 | Introduction to Religious and Philosophical Texts of East Asia | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
EAST1550 | Introduction to East Asian Religions | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
THEO1015 | Introduction to the Study of Islam | 10 credits | Not running in 202122 | |
THEO1030 | Introduction to the Study of Judaism | 10 credits | Not running in 202122 | |
THEO1350 | Introduction to the Bible | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
THEO1760 | Studying Christianity | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
THEO1900 | Introduction to South Asian Religions | 10 credits | Not running in 202122 | |
THEO1910 | Religion in Modern Africa | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
THEO1960 | Religion in Modern Britain | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
THEO1970 | Introducing Theology | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from the following OPTIONAL modules:
PIED1100 | British Politics | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED1212 | Making of the Modern World | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED1511 | International Politics | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED1551 | Power and Conflict - an Introduction | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED1601 | Freedom, Power and Resistance: An Introduction to Political Ideas | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from the following OPTIONAL modules:
SLSP1160 | Understanding and Researching the City | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
SLSP1190 | Identities, Inequalities and Policy in Contemporary Society | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
SLSP1211 | Formations of Modernity/Coloniality | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
SLSP1220 | Social Policy: Poor Laws to the Present | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
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:
THEO2301 | Studying Religion in Context | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study 20-60 credits from the following OPTIONAL modules:
CSER2207 | Students Into Schools (Arts Humanities and Culture) | 20 credits | Not running in 202122 | |
PRHS2000 | Human Rights and Religion | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PRHS2333 | Thinking About Race | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PRHS2451 | Augustine of Hippo: A Key Thinker in Philosophy and Theology | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
THEO2040 | Modern Theologians | 20 credits | Not running in 202122 | |
THEO2201 | Hindu Traditions | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
THEO2220 | Buddhism | 20 credits | Not running in 202122 | |
THEO2251 | Sociology of Religion | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
THEO2286 | God, Sex and Gender in Africa | 20 credits | Not running in 202122 | |
THEO2295 | Humanity in Christian Thought: Theological Anthropology | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
THEO2651 | Reading New Testament Texts | 20 credits | Not running in 202122 | |
THEO2720 | Religion, Gender and Society | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
THEO2780 | Pentecostalism as a Public Religion in Africa | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
THEO2900 | The Sikh tradition | 20 credits | Not running in 202122 | |
THEO2999 | Ideologies of Hebrew Bible Texts and Readers | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Candidates will be required to study 20-40 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.
PIED2139 | The Labour Party Since 1945 | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED2160 | Spin Doctors and Electioneering | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED2301 | Politics and Policy in the EU | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED2448 | Politics of Contemporary China | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED2455 | State and Politics in Africa | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED2463 | United States Politics | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED2601 | Revolution and Reaction: Political Problems in the 20th Century | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED2602 | Justice, Community and Conflict | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED2721 | Approaches to Analysis | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
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.
SLSP2010 | Sociology and Social Policy Research Methods Pre-requisite for: SLSP3041, SLSP3051 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
SLSP2020 | Crime, Law and Regulation | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
SLSP2040 | Disability Studies: An Introduction | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
SLSP2050 | The Sociology of Gender | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
SLSP2062 | Health and Society | 20 credits | Not running in 202122 | |
SLSP2150 | Debates in Childhood and Youth | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
SLSP2180 | The Sociology of Culture | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
SLSP2675 | Sociology of Work | 20 credits | Not running in 202122 | |
SLSP2690 | Racism, ethnicity, migration and decolonial studies | 20 credits | Not running in 202122 | |
SLSP2730 | Central Problems in Sociology | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
SLSP2932 | Sociology and the Climate Crisis | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
SLSP2953 | Urban Disorders, Social Divisions and Social Control | 20 credits | Not running in 202122 |
Discovery modules:
Candidates may choose to study 20 credits of Discovery modules.
Candidates may also choose to study the following optional module.
CSER2206 | Developing Your Professional Identity: Preparing for a Career in Within The Arts, Heritage and Creative Industries | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
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:
Any students wishing to choose either SLSP3041 (Sociology Dissertation) or SLSP3051 (Social Policy Dissertation) must also choose SLSP3095 (Research Skills for your Dissertation)
PIED3750 | Dissertation | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
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) | |
SLSP3041 | Sociology Dissertation Co-requisite for: SLSP3095 | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
SLSP3051 | Social Policy Dissertation Co-requisite for: SLSP3095 | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
SLSP3095 | Research Skills for your Dissertation Co-requisite for: SLSP3051, SLSP3041 | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Candidates will be required to study 60-80 credits from the following OPTIONAL modules:
PIED3158 | British Foreign Policy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED3160 | Prime Ministers and British Politics | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED3170 | The End of British Politics? | 20 credits | Not running in 202122 | |
PIED3171 | The Politics of national identity in the UK | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED3199 | The Labour Party Since 1945 | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED3202 | Land, Fuel and Agriculture | 20 credits | ||
PIED3207 | International Development and Social Policy | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED3304 | Extreme Right Parties | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED3310 | Britain and the EU | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED3325 | Europe in the World | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED3342 | Gender and Security in Global Politics | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED3403 | Politics of Islamism | 20 credits | Not running in 202122 | |
PIED3408 | Nuclear Weapons and Global Politics | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED3503 | Crisis Diplomacy: Coercion, Sanctions and the Use of Force in International Relations | 20 credits | ||
PIED3608 | Philosophy of Human Rights | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED3611 | Radical Political Ideas | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED3617 | Reimagining Politics: Gender, Race, and Popular Culture | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PRHS3100 | Existentialism and Phenomenology | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PRHS3170 | Religion, Belief and Ethics | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PRHS3300 | Religion and Mental Health | 20 credits | Not running in 202122 | |
SLSP3160 | Education, Culture and Society | 20 credits | Not running in 202122 | |
SLSP3211 | State Crime and Immorality | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
SLSP3220 | Contemporary Children, Young People and Families | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
SLSP3230 | Global Terrorism and Violence | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
SLSP3500 | Gender, Technologies and the Body | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
SLSP3961 | Protest and Social Movements | 20 credits | Not running in 202122 | |
SLSP3995 | Ethnicity and Popular Culture | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
THEO3000 | Religion and Media | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
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 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
THEO3190 | Religions and Global Development | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
THEO3215 | Modern Theologians | 20 credits | Not running in 202122 | |
THEO3280 | Religion, Politics and the Future | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
THEO3286 | God, Sex and Gender in Africa | 20 credits | Not running in 202122 | |
THEO3295 | Humanity in Christian Thought: Theological Anthropology | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
THEO3306 | Hindu Traditions | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
THEO3780 | Pentecostalism as a Public Religion in Africa | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates may choose to study 20 credits of Discovery modules.
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