Programme And Module Handbook
 
Programme Requirements for 2025/26 Session


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B.A. Philosophy, Religion and Ethics (Dual location) Full-time

Year: 3
2025/26 Session

Students must choose up to 40 credits from the following list. Students can only take ONE dissertation/project option.

Students opting for the 40 credit Dissertation in Theology and Religion will normally be expected to have taken the optional module Dissertation Preparation in their second year of study.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
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

Students must choose at least a further 80 credits of optional modules across A and B, with at least 20 credits from each group.

Students may replace 20 credits with one 20 credit module only from the CAL Future Skills list.

Students are expected to organise their credit balance evenly, or if taking the 20-credit dissertation/project, no more than 70 credits in either semester.

Group A - Philosophy (Indicative list – subject to variation each year)

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 Law and ethics as theology in Christian and Muslim thought and practice 09 37849 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

Group B (Indicative list - subject to variation each year):

Module Title Code Credits Semester
Jewish Religious Responses to the Holocaust 09 25720 20 Semester 1
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 Politics in the Name of God: From Democratization to Holy War 09 28794 20 Semester 1
LH Special Study 09 24042 20 Semester 1
LH Special Study 09 34865 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

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