Theology and Religion

• Our imaginative and exciting programme offers a great breadth of learning with the flexibility to specialise in the areas that interest you the most
• You can further develop interdisciplinary approaches by taking a module outside the Department of Theology and Religion, with the agreement of the programme director
• Throughout your studies you will benefit from access to the department’s extensive resources and enjoy a close working relationship with our exceptional academic staff
• You will learn to understand other people’s viewpoints, to communicate and debate effectively, to work independently and as part of a group, all skills essential for the workplace

The programme is divided into units of study called modules which are assigned 'credits'. The credit rating of a module is proportional to the total workload, with 1 credit being nominally equivalent to 10 hours of work.

Students on the MA Theology and Religion study 180 credits in total. All students study the dissertation. You will choose your remaining credits from a range of Masters modules. Any requests to take modules outside of the Department of Theology and Religion are dependent on the agreement of the programme director.

Our modules allow you to focus on a wide range of short topics drawn from the whole breadth of our research expertise. This will give you deeper understanding of a wide range of key topics and questions at the heart of research in theology and religion today, alongside the sustained study of one particular topic that will be the topic of your dissertation.