Theology, Religion and Ethics
St Mary's University, Twickenham
UCAS Code: V600 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Entry requirements
A level
Pass Access to Higher Education Diploma with 60 credits including 45 credits at Level 3
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
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About this course
**Dissect ancient disciplines and contemporary problems with our hands-on Theology, Religion, and Ethics degree**
Explore humankind’s everlasting search for meaning with our Theology, Religion, and Ethics degree. You will investigate long-held traditions, analyse contemporary issues, and apply your studies to a globalised world.
You will cover topics from across the globe, including:
- bioethics
- politics and the Bible
- religion in contemporary society
- world religions
- theological anthropology.
**Hands-on learning outside the classroom**
While on our theology, religion, and ethics course, you will actively learn outside the classroom. For example, you will have opportunities to visit:
- international religious sites like Jerusalem or Rome
- religious communities
- London’s major galleries and museums.
**Expert teaching and support**
Your lecturers are experts with diverse experience and are here to support your personal and professional growth. Our student, Simeon, tells us that our academics are "extremely helpful, friendly, and approachable".
**Welcoming to everyone**
While the degree takes account of the University's Catholic identity and ethos, we welcome students regardless of belief or faith.
**Work placements: build professional experience**
You can complete a work placement to apply your learning to a professional environment.
Previous BA Theology, Religion, and Ethics students have worked in:
- the religious sector
- think tanks
- charities and NGOs
- schools
- units for ethical and social responsibility in the corporate sector.
Modules
Year 1 - Whether you are studying for a Single Honours degree or combining Theology & Religious Studies with another subject, the first year offers foundations in Christian Theology, Biblical Interpretation & Religious Studies. Year 2 - In the second & third year the detailed content of your degree will be determined more by your own interests & your future professional & personal needs. Single Honours students study more Theology & Religious Studies than Joint Honours students. There is also an option at Level 5 for a work placement, which can lead to job opportunities after graduation. Year 3 - The third year modules require students to engage more directly with the latest academic scholarship & they often reflect tutors' own research interests. In the 3rd year students have the opportunity for individual guided research, working on a topic of your choice with a tutor in a dissertation of 10,000 words or a 5,000 word extended essay.
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Theology can actually be a very vocational subject —by far the most common move for theology graduates is to go into the clergy and at the moment we have a serious shortage of people willing to go into what is one of the oldest graduate careers. If you want to study theology but don't want to follow a religious career, then there are plenty of options available. 2015 graduates went into all sorts of jobs requiring a degree, from education and community work, to marketing, HR and financial analysis. Postgraduate study is also popular — a lot of theology graduates train as teachers, or go into Masters or even doctoral study - where philosophy and law are very popular postgraduate subjects of study.
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