2022/23 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: | 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 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]
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:
| THEO1122 | Introduction to the Study of Religions | 20 credits | ||
| THEO1133 | Introduction to Christian Theology | 20 credits |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study at least 20 credits from the following optional modules:
| HPSC1015 | Magic, Science and Religion | 10 credits | ||
| PHIL1007 | Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion | 10 credits | ||
| PRHS1000 | Visions of Humanity: Philosophical, Religious and Scientific Perspectives | 20 credits | ||
| THEO1144 | Introduction to Jewish and Christian Texts | 20 credits | ||
| THEO1177 | Religion, Politics and Society in the Modern World | 20 credits | ||
| THEO1900 | Introduction to South Asian Religions | 10 credits | ||
| THEO1910 | Religion in Modern Africa | 10 credits | ||
| THEO1960 | Religion in Modern Britain | 10 credits |
Candidates may take one of the following optional modules:
| ARAB1030 | Introduction to Arab and Islamic Civilisation | 20 credits | ||
| EAST1500 | Introduction to Religious and Philosophical Texts of East Asia | 20 credits | ||
| EAST1550 | Introduction to East Asian Religions | 20 credits |
Elective modules:
Candidates may study up to 40 credits of level 1 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:
| THEO2301 | Studying Religion in Context | 20 credits |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study between 60 and 100 credits from the following optional modules:
| CSER2207 | Students Into Schools (Arts Humanities and Culture) | 20 credits | ||
| PHIL2532 | Philosophy of Religion | 20 credits | ||
| PRHS2000 | Human Rights and Religion | 20 credits | ||
| PRHS2333 | Thinking About Race | 10 credits | ||
| PRHS2451 | Augustine of Hippo: A Key Thinker in Philosophy and Theology | 20 credits | ||
| THEO2040 | Modern Theologians | 20 credits | ||
| THEO2201 | Hindu Traditions | 20 credits | ||
| THEO2220 | Buddhism | 20 credits | ||
| THEO2251 | Sociology of Religion | 20 credits | ||
| THEO2286 | God, Sex and Gender in Africa | 20 credits | ||
| THEO2295 | Humanity in Christian Thought: Theological Anthropology | 20 credits | ||
| THEO2651 | Reading New Testament Texts | 20 credits | ||
| THEO2720 | Religion, Gender and Society | 20 credits | ||
| THEO2780 | Pentecostalism as a Public Religion in Africa | 20 credits | ||
| THEO2900 | The Sikh tradition | 20 credits | ||
| THEO2999 | Ideologies of Hebrew Bible Texts and Readers | 20 credits |
Elective modules:
Candidates may study up to a maximum 40 credits of discovery modules over levels 2 and 3 combined.
Candidates may study up to a maximum 40 credits of discovery modules over levels 2 and 3 combined.
Candidates may also choose to study one of the following optional 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.
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 | ||
| PRHS3001 | Integrated Research Project in Philosophy, Religion or History of Science | 40 credits |
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 | ||
| EAST3707 | Buddhism: A Lived Tradition | 20 credits | ||
| FOAH3150 | Religion and Violence | 20 credits | ||
| PRHS3100 | Existentialism and Phenomenology | 20 credits | ||
| PRHS3170 | Religion, Belief and Ethics | 20 credits | ||
| PRHS3300 | Religion and Mental Health | 20 credits | ||
| THEO3000 | Religion and Media | 20 credits | ||
| THEO3021 | Muslims in Britain: Transnational Communities and Multicultural Politics | 20 credits | ||
| THEO3040 | Ideologies of Hebrew Bible Texts and Readers | 20 credits | ||
| THEO3190 | Religions and Global Development | 20 credits | ||
| THEO3215 | Modern Theologians | 20 credits | ||
| THEO3220 | Sin | 20 credits | ||
| THEO3280 | Religion, Politics and the Future | 20 credits | ||
| THEO3286 | God, Sex and Gender in Africa | 20 credits | ||
| THEO3295 | Humanity in Christian Thought: Theological Anthropology | 20 credits | ||
| THEO3306 | Hindu Traditions | 20 credits | ||
| THEO3780 | Pentecostalism as a Public Religion in Africa | 20 credits |
Elective modules:
Candidates may study up to a maximum of 40 credits of discovery modules over levels 2 and 3 combined.
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