Modules

Year One – Level 4 (Cert HE, Dip HE & BA) • Contemporary Challenges: Making a Difference (20 credits; compulsory; Graduate Attributes Framework module) • Cultures and Philosophies of Politics (20 credits; optional) • Death, Burial and the Afterlife (20 credits; optional) • Exploring the Humanities (20 credits; compulsory) • From Egypt to the Near East: Phenomena of the Mediterranean (20 credits; optional) • Gender, Sex, & Sexuality: Historical & Critical Perspectives (20 credits; optional) • Humans and Other Animals (20 credits; optional) • Learning in the Digital Era (20 credits; compulsory; Graduate Attributes Framework module) • Morality, Ethics and Reason (20 credits; optional) • Myths and Mythology: How Stories Shape the World (20 credits; optional) • Power and Inequality (20 credits; optional) • The Colonial Project and the Humanities (20 credits; optional) • The Nature of Objects: Why Matter Matters (20 credits; optional). Year Two – Level 5 (Dip HE & BA) • Changemakers: Building your Personal Brand for Sustainable Employment (20 credits; compulsory; Graduate Attributes Framework module) • Changemakers: Creativity and Value Creation (20 credits; compulsory; Graduate Attributes Framework module) • Complex Bodies: Questioning Gender, Religion and Sexuality (20 credits; optional) • Cross Cultural Ethics: Christian and Islamic Approaches (20 credits; optional) • Faith Seeking Understanding: God and Philosophy in the Middle Ages (20 credits; optional) • Gender and Sexuality in the Ancient World (20 credits; optional) • Independent Religious Studies Project (20 credits; compulsory) • International Independent Study Module (40 credits; optional) • International Independent Study Module (60 credits; optional) • Judaism: From 70 CE to the Present Day (20 credits; optional) • Life of Muhammad (20 credits; optional) • Living Ancestors and Talking Tree: Indigenous Religions Today (20 credits; optional) • Questioning Gender and Theology (20 credits; optional) • Special Collections Research : The Roderic Bowen Library and Archives (20 credits; optional). Year Three – Level 6 (BA) • Complex Bodies: Questioning Gender, Religion and Sexuality (20 credits; optional) • Cross Cultural Ethics: Christian and Islamic Approaches (20 credits; optional) • Faith Seeking Understanding: God and Philosophy in the Middle Ages (20 credits; optional) • Gender and Sexuality in the Ancient World (20 credits; optional) • Independent Project (40 credits; compulsory; Graduate Attributes Framework module) • International Independent Study Module (40 credits; optional) • International Independent Study Module (60 credits; optional) • Judaism: From 70 CE to the Present Day (20 credits; optional) • Life of Muhammad (20 credits; optional) • Living Ancestors and Talking Tree: Indigenous Religions Today (20 credits; optional) • Questioning Gender and Theology (20 credits; optional) • Special Collections Research : The Roderic Bowen Library and Archives (20 credits; optional). Prospective students should be aware of the following: • Not all optional modules are offered every year • Optional modules are delivered subject to sufficient student numbers • Language modules are optional/compulsory/core according to linguistic ability • There are many Level 5 and Level 6 versions of the same module. Students can only take this module once; this depends on which year the modules are offered in.

Assessment method

The programme is assessed in a variety of ways and will include several of the following type of assessment: essays of 1000 to 4000 words in length, document analyses, book reviews, short reports and reflective journals, timed tests, take home exams, field journals, posters, group and individual presentations, dissertations of 10,000 words, wikis, commentaries and film evaluations.

Qualified teacher status (QTS)

To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:

• Course does not award QTS