Programmes & Modules Handbook

B.A. Politics, Religion and Philosophy Full-time

Year: 3
2023/24 Session

Students must choose only ONE of the from the following list modules. (credits value can vary)

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH 6000-word Dissertation (Theology and Religion)	09 28285	20	Full Term
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 Philosophical Project	09 21805	20	Full Term
LH Placement-based Dissertation (Theology and Religion)	09 28286	40	Full Term

Depending on the credit value of the compulsory module selected, students must choose optional modules that will bring their total for Year 3 to 120 credits. Students choose at least 20 credits from at least two of the participating departments:

THEOLOGY AND RELIGION (Indicative list) at least 20 credits:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
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 Historical and Contemporary Debates on the Holocaust	09 37066	20	Semester 1
LH Islamic Philosophy	09 38919	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 The Ethics of Character	09 29766	20	Semester 2
LH Understanding and Countering Radical Islamic thought and practices	09 29771	20	Semester 2

POLSIS (Indicative list) at least 20 credits:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Contemporary International Political Economy	08 20911	20	Semester 1
LH Controversies in Contemporary Democracies	08 22555	20	Semester 1
LH Gender and World Politics	08 36021	20	Semester 1
LH International Political Theory	08 31388	20	Semester 2
LH Parties and Voters across the Globe	08 36025	20	Semester 1
LH Political Theory and Social Criticism	08 37479	20	Semester 1
LH Topics in British Politics	08 20912	20	Semester 1

PHILOSOPHY (Indicative list) at least 20 credits:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Being Good and Doing Right: Issues in Contemporary Moral Theory	08 26794	20	Semester 2
LH Bodies and Beauty	09 30158	20	Semester 2
LH Global Bioethics	08 17542	20	Semester 2
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 1
LH Social Justice	09 30837	20	Semester 2
LH Topics in Philosophy of Religion	08 26825	20	Semester 1

Students may also apply to undertake a Professional Skills module at level H. If successful this will be taken in place of one of their semester 1 taught modules. The placement can be taken either during the summer vacation (part-time or full-time) or during semester 1 (part-time only). The placement must be completed prior to the Christmas vacation.

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

Students who have taken LI 37673 Sustainable Development: Climate, Culture, Society and Policy cannot take the LH version of this module.

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Sustainable Development: Climate, Culture, Society and Policy	09 38933	20	Semester 1