BA Theology and Religion

at Durham University

Year 1

Four compulsory modules are taken in the first year, as follows:
 

• Worldview, Faith and Identity (world religions)

• Introduction to Biblical Studies (scriptural studies)

• Christianity in Context (historical studies)

• Introduction to Christian Theology (philosophical studies)

and two optional modules from a list which in the past has included:
 

• Islam Observed

• God and Evil

• Biblical Hebrew

• God and the Good: Philosophy of Religion and Ethics

• New Testament Greek

• A module from another department (such as Arabic, or Ethics and Values).

One of these optional modules may be taken in your second year.

Year 2

Beyond the first year, you have the opportunity to either develop your expertise in all of these areas, or to specialise in one or more according to your interests. Here are some examples of modules that have previously been offered in the second year:
 

• Atheism, Belief, and the Edge of Reason

• Science and Theology: Exploring the Interface

• Literature and Theology of the Old Testament

• Sacred India: Land, Politics, and Identity

• Faith, Identity and Power in Latin America

• Jewish Religion in Antiquity: Belief Systems, Ethics, Political Conflicts

• Philosophy and the Christian Tradition 100–1300

• Imaging God

• The Making of Modern Christianity: Medieval and Reformation Europe

• Religion in Contemporary Britain

• Myth and Meaning

• New Testament Theology: Exploring Paul and John

• Death, Ritual and Belief

• Catholic Identity in the Modern World.

In your second year you may also take up to two modules in other departments.

Year 3

In your final year, you will submit a double dissertation that allows you to explore in depth a topic of your choice which is of special interest to you. In the third year you can also take optional modules, selecting from a list which in the past has included:
 

• Jesus Christ in the Twentieth Century

• Competing Gospels: Jesus Inside and Outside the Canon

• Issues in Old Testament Studies

• Religious Diversity in African Context

• The Sociology of Conservative Protestantism

• Theology, Nature, Environment

• The Thought of St Thomas Aquinas

• The First Urban Churches

• Biblical Theology

• Religion and Film

• Emotion, Religion and Identity

• Christian Tradition and the Practice of Politics.

• The Postmodern God.

If not taken in the second year, you may also take up to two Finals modules (in total) in another department.

A level offer – AAB including a social science or humanities subject.

BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma/OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma – DDD and A levels as above.

Typical IB score - 36 to include 665 in higher level subjects.

In addition to satisfying the University’s general entry requirements, please note:
 

• We welcome applications from those with other qualifications equivalent to our standard entry requirements and from mature students with non-standard qualifications or who may have had a break in their study. Please contact our Admissions Selectors.

• We are pleased to consider applications for deferred entry.

• If you are an international student who does not meet the requirements for direct entry to this degree, you may be eligible to take an International Foundation Year pathway programme at the Durham University International Study Centre.

Science A levels

Applicants taking Science A levels that include a practical component will be required to take and pass this as a condition of entry. This applies only to applicants sitting A levels with an English examination board.

The tuition fees shown for students are for one complete academic year of full time study and are set according to the academic year of entry. Fees for subsequent years of your course may rise in line with an inflationary uplift as determined by the government.

Theology and Religion

Of those students who graduated:
 

• 80% are in paid employment or further study 15 months after graduation across all our programmes

Of those in employment:
 

• 91% are in high skilled employment

• With an average salary of £23,000.