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Bible and Theology

Entry requirements


UCAS Tariff

96-112

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About this course


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Course option

3years

Distance learning (full-time) | 2024

Other options

6 years | Distance learning (part-time) | 2024

Subject

Theology and religious studies

BA Bible and Theology

The Bible and Theology Programmes offers students the opportunity to explore the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament and to learn about the history and development of Christian thought.

Modules examine different ways of imagining the world within the Judaeo-Christian tradition and focus on its beliefs, teachings and practices. In doing so, the programme also looks to situate Judaeo-Christian traditions within contemporary social, political, theological and spiritual debates.

Modules

Year One – Level 4 (CertHE, DipHE & BA)

• Academic Skills (20 credits; compulsory)
• Introduction to Christian Ethics (20 credits; compulsory)
• Introduction to the Hebrew Bible (20 credits; compulsory)
• Introduction to the New Testament (20 credits; compulsory)
• Introduction to the Study of Religion (20 credits; compulsory)
• Introduction to Theology (20 credits; compulsory).

Year Two – Level 5 (DipHE & BA)

Year A Entry

• Confessing with Saint Augustine: God and Religion in the Twilight of the Roman Empire (20 credits; compulsory)
• God and the World: The Cosmos in Religious & Ethical Perspective (20 credits; compulsory)
• Interpreting the Hebrew Bible from Contemporary Perspectives (20 credits; compulsory)
• The Ethics of Violence (20 credits; compulsory)
• The Letters of Paul (20 credits; compulsory)
• Theology and Inter-Religious Encounter (20 credits; compulsory).

Year B Entry

• Jesus through Faith and Culture (20 credits; compulsory)
• Jews, Christians and Romans: From Maccabees to Masada (20 credits; compulsory)
• Modern Christian Theology (20 credits; compulsory)
• Sex, Sexuality, and Gender (20 credits; compulsory)
• The Meaning of Life (20 credits; compulsory)
• Travelling with Luke: A Journey through Luke-Acts (20 credits; compulsory).

Year Three – Level 6 (BA)

Year A Entry

• Confessing with Saint Augustine: God and Religion in the Twilight of the Roman Empire (20 credits; optional)
• Dissertation (40 credits; compulsory)
• God and the World: The Cosmos in Religious & Ethical Perspective (20 credits; optional)
• Interpreting the Hebrew Bible from Contemporary Perspectives (20 credits; optional)
• The Ethics of Violence (20 credits; optional)
• The Letters of Paul (20 credits; optional)
• Theology and Inter-Religious Encounter (20 credits; optional).

Year B Entry

• Dissertation (40 credits; compulsory)
• Jesus through Faith and Culture (20 credits; optional)
• Jews, Christians and Romans: From Maccabees to Masada (20 credits; optional)
• Modern Christian Theology (20 credits; optional)
• Sex, Sexuality, and Gender (20 credits; optional)
• The Meaning of Life (20 credits; optional)
• Travelling with Luke: A Journey through Luke-Acts (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 methods

Assessment will primarily be via coursework assignments.

Tuition fees

Select where you currently live to see what you'll pay:

Channel Islands
£9,000
per year
England
£9,000
per year
EU
£9,000
per year
International
£13,500
per year
Northern Ireland
£9,000
per year
Scotland
£9,000
per year
Wales
£9,000
per year

The Uni


Course location:

Online

Department:

Humanities and Social Sciences

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How do students rate their degree experience?

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Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

97%
UK students
3%
International students
58%
Male students
42%
Female students
78%
2:1 or above
18%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

C
D
A

After graduation


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Theology and religious studies

What are graduates doing after six months?

This is what graduates told us they were doing (and earning), shortly after completing their course. We've crunched the numbers to show you if these immediate prospects are high, medium or low, compared to those studying this subject/s at other universities.

£15,600
low
Average annual salary
92%
low
Employed or in further education

Top job areas of graduates

13%
Sales assistants and retail cashiers
12%
Other elementary services occupations
10%
Caring personal services

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.

What about your long term prospects?

Looking further ahead, below is a rough guide for what graduates went on to earn.

Theology and religious studies

The graph shows median earnings of graduates who achieved a degree in this subject area one, three and five years after graduating from here.

£18k

£18k

Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree.

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