Programme And Module Handbook
 
Programme Specification


Date Specification Approved
College College Arts and Law
School Phil, Theology and Religion
Department Theology and Religion
Partner College and School
Collaborative Organisation and Form of Collaboration
Qualification and Programme Title B.A. Fundamental Catholic Theology Full-time
Programme Code 6742
Delivery Location Validated
Language of Study English
Length of Programme 3 Year(s)
Accreditations This programme has no outside accreditations
Aims of the Programme This information is to be supplied
Programme Outcomes
Students are expected to have Knowledge and Understanding of: Which will be gained through the following Teaching and Learning methods: and assessed using the following methods:
Year One: Introduction to the Mystery of Christ and His Church: Introduction to St Thomas, Metaphysics, History of Philosophy, Synoptic Gospels, Liturgy, Aspects of the History of Western Christianity, Christian Latin and Pastoral Theology
Year Two: Foundations: Divine Revelation and its Transmission: Foundational Theory (Revelation and Transcendental Method), the Old Testament (Psalms and Pentateuch), Biblical Greek, Philosophical Ethics, Epistemology, Anthropology, History of Philosophy and Pastoral Theology
Year Three: Systematics: The Mystery of the Triune God: New Testament Theologies, the Blessed Trinity, Christology, Fundamental Moral Theology, Ecclesiology, Evangelisation Theology, Patrology, Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Science and Pastoral Theology
Lectures, class discussions, guided reading (often with follow-up tasks), seminars, presentations, worksheets, written assignments, oral presentations, extended independent research and learning, keeping a journal, field-work with theological reflection on experience, intensive one-to-one tutorial supervision
Written assignments and essays (1,000 words and 3,000 words), written examinations, oral examinations, seminar presentations, extended independent research and learning, pass/fail placement and field-work reports
Students are expected to have attained the following Skills and other Attributes: Which will be gained through the following Teaching and Learning methods: and assessed using the following methods:
Be able to identify, gather and discuss primary data and source material, whether through textual studies or fieldwork
Be able to work collaboratively as a member of a team or group
Be able to use library resources in order to identify source material, compile bibliographies, inform research and enhance presentations
Be able to use IT and computer skills for data capture, to identify source material and support research and presentations
Be able to communicate information, ideas, principles and theories by appropriate oral and visual means
Be able to to attend to, reproduce accurately and reflect on the ideas and arguments of others
Be able to undertake independent study (including time management)
Be able to communicate information, ideas, arguments, principles and theories by a variety of means, for example essays of various lengths which are clearly organised and presented
Be able to engage with empathy and integrity with the convictions and behaviours of others
Be able to show critical self-awareness about one's own beliefs, commitments and prejudices
Lectures, class discussions, guided reading (often with follow-up tasks), seminars, presentations, worksheets, written assignments, oral presentations, extended independent research and learning, keeping a journal, field-work with theological reflection on experience, intensive one-to-one tutorial supervision
Written assignments and essays (1,000 words and 3,000 words), written examinations, oral examinations, seminar presentations, extended independent research and learning, pass/fail placement and field-work reports