Teaching & modules
Modules
Courses are divided into modules. You will normally take modules totalling 180 credits.
Required Modules
You are required to take:
- Dissertation (60 credits)
Optional Modules
In addition, you are required to take 120 credits of optional modules, of which 45 credits may be taken from the Department’s Global Religion and Society MA or from outside the Department with the permission of the programme convenor. A list of optional modules may typically include:
- The Idea of Beauty in Western Theology (30 credits)
- Modern Christian Theology (15 credits)
- The Devotional Use of Art in Christianity (30 credits)
- Art as a Theological Medium (30 credits)
- Jesus’ Death and Resurrection: Gospels, Reception, and Representation (15 credits)
- Cosmology and Chaos in the Hebrew Bible (15 credits)
- New Testament—Early Christian Texts (15 credits)
- Medieval Religious Thought (15 credits)
- Introductory Hebrew or Greek (15 credits)
- Philosophy, Literature, and the Human Condition (15 credits)
If you’re a part-time student, you will submit your dissertation in your second year. You will split your optional modules between these two years.
Teaching methods - what to expect
We strongly believe that teaching and research should be closely related. All our teaching staff are therefore engaged in research that earns them international recognition as leaders in their fields. With our commitment to original research, students are introduced to new discoveries and insights as they happen, while we explore with them the relevance of current research for our societies, and for the careers they want to pursue in them.
If you’re a full-time student, we will typically provide six to ten hours of teaching each week through lectures and seminars. We will expect you to undertake 34 hours of independent study.
If you’re a part-time student, we will typically provide two to six hours of teaching each week through lectures and seminars. We will expect you to undertake 17 hours of independent study.
Assessment
- Coursework
Your performance overall will be assessed mainly by coursework and occasionally, in some modules, by written examination.
Application closing date guidance
Key Information
Course type:
Master's
Delivery mode:
In person
Study mode:
Full time / Part time
Duration:
One year full-time, two years part-time, September to September
Application status:
Open
Start date:
September 2026