Course summary

Our newly revalidated postgraduate programmes offer a broader range of option modules, especially in the areas of doctrine, church history and practical ministry, along with modules which are designed to integrate theological disciplines. The PGDip makes our training for gospel ministry available more widely at a postgraduate level. What distinguishes the PGDip from the MA and MTheol (year 4) is that it does not require a research component, although you can do a short research project if you choose. PGDip students take 120 credits worth of modules at Level 7: a compulsory module on hermeneutics and epistemology, which is common to all of our postgraduate programmes, worth 30 credits, plus 90 credits of electives, at least 30 of which must be a taught Specialist Master's-Level module. The programme is designed for many people who want to study and prepare for ministry at a postgraduate level, but for whom independent research is not the right fit. The programme can be taken over one year full time or two years part time.