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Programme Requirements for 2026/27 Session


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B.A. Politics, Religion and Philosophy with Year Abroad Full-time

Year: 4
2026/27 Session

Students must choose ONE 40 credit module from the Independent Research list

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Dissertation 08 20905 40 Full Term
LH Dissertation (Theology & Religion) 09 24094 40 Full Term
LH Philosophical Project 08 27860 40 Full Term
LH Placement-based Dissertation (Theology and Religion) 09 28286 40 Full Term

Students must then select a further 80 credits from across the Politics, Philosophy and Theology and Religion lists. If students are taking the independent research credits in Politics, they may take their credits only from the Philosophy and Theology and Religion lists. Optional modules: If students are taking any other independent research credit arrangement, their further 80 credits must include one 20 credit option from Politics only. Optional modules: Students are expected to balance their taught module credits evenly with 40 credits in semester 1 and 40 credits in semes Optional modules: Certain modules are co-requisites. This will be made clear to students in module choice paperwork. Optional modules: The list below is indicative and may vary from year to year. All students on the programme will be provided with a definitive list of the optional modules available in a given year as part of the module choice exercise in the summer term of the preceding academic year.

Theology and Religion:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
Jewish Religious Responses to the Holocaust 09 25720 20 Semester 1
LH Advanced Readings in Christian Ethics 09 30844 20 Semester 1 or 2
LH Atheisms: From Voltaire to Dawkins 09 30875 20 Semester 2
LH Christmas and Ethical Consuming 09 29805 20 Semester 1
LH Gender, Sexualities and Religion 09 36089 20 Semester 2
LH God Beyond Borders: Building Interfaith Bridges 09 36088 20 Semester 2
LH God and Money 09 36090 20 Semester 1
LH God in Modern Philosophy 09 30874 20 Semester 1 or 2
LH Historical and Contemporary Debates on the Holocaust 09 37066 20 Semester 1
LH Law and ethics as theology in Christian and Muslim thought and practice 09 37849 20 Semester 1
LH Politics in the Name of God: From Democratization to Holy War 09 28794 20 Semester 1
LH Power, Society and Identity : critical thinkers for the study of religions 2 09 30842 20 Semester 2
LH Queer Spiritualities 09 30881 20 Semester 2
LH The Ethics of Character 09 29766 20 Semester 2
LH Understanding and Countering Radical Islamic thought and practices 09 29771 20 Semester 2
LH Visions of God in Christian Theology 09 35158 20 Semester 2
LH Women and Embodiment in Religious Ritual Practices 09 30974 20 Semester 1
LH World Christianity: Christian Theology on Five Continents 09 35140 20 Semester 2
LH “Women” and Wellbeing: Soulful Dimensions 09 30838 20 Semester 1

POLSIS:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Challenges to Liberal Democracy in Europe 08 36016 20 Semester 2
LH Climate Change in Asia 08 35195 20 Semester 1
LH Conflict and Peace: Theory and Practice 08 36017 20 Semester 2
LH Contemporary International Political Economy 08 20911 20 Semester 1
LH Controversies in Contemporary Democracies 08 22555 20 Semester 1
LH Corruption and Clientelism: Global Perspective 08 36018 20 Semester 2
LH Environment and climate politics: from global to local 08 36020 20 Semester 1
LH Global Security 08 36022 20 Semester 1
LH International Negotiation 08 37821 20 Semester 1
LH International Political Theory 08 31388 20 Semester 2
LH Issues in US Domestic Politics 08 23878 20 Semester 1
LH Law, Politics and the International System: Mediating Power beyond the State 08 27837 20 Semester 1
LH Parliamentary Studies 08 32399 20 Semester 2
LH Political Theory and Social Criticism 08 37479 20 Semester 1
LH Power in Britain 08 20907 20 Semester 1
LH Regionalism and the Global South 08 37823 20 Semester 2
LH Security in Europe: Actors, Crises and Threats 08 28902 20 Semester 2
LH The Diplomacy of the Arab-Israeli Conflict 08 27327 20 Semester 1
LH The Politics of Protest and Dissent 08 37822 20 Semester 1
LH Topics in British Politics 08 20912 20 Semester 1
LH Understanding Migration 08 36029 20 Semester 2
LI Organisational Behaviour 07 36205 20 Semester 1
LM Rising Powers 08 26175 20 Semester 1
LM Services and Retail Marketing 07 37285 20 Semester 1

Philosophy:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Bodies and Beauty 09 30158 20 Semester 2
LH Fantastic Beasts and How to Understand them: Topics in Philosophy of Biology 09 30840 20 Semester 1
LH It’s About Time! 09 30950 20 Semester 2
LH Just War 09 29256 20 Semester 1
LH Nietzsche 09 26095 20 Semester 1
LH Philosophy of Mathematics 09 26094 20 Semester 2
LH Prejudice Race + Gender 08 26796 20 Semester 1
LH Reason and Belief 09 31431 20 Semester 2
LH Social Justice 09 30837 20 Semester 1
LH Topics in Philosophy of Religion 08 26825 20 Semester 2

CAL Future Skills Modules CAL Future Skills Modules (Students who undertook a Professional Skills module at level I will not be able to undertake a Professional Skills module at level H.)

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Professional Skills 09 36876 20 Semester 1
LH Professional Skills - Freelance 09 37013 20 Semester 1