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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2014/2015
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Degree Programme Table: Science and Religion (MSc) (Part-time) (PTMSCSCIRE1P)

Year 1, Academic year 2014/15, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Before selecting your courses, please ensure you have met with your Programme Manager.

    1. Courses run in either Semester 1 OR Semester 2.
    2. Course availability may vary subject to staffing arrangements.
    3. Candidates must take a total of 120 credits of courses over the four semesters of their part time degree in addition to the 60 credit dissertation in the second year of study. Normally, a total of 60 credits will be taken in each academic year, but this can be varied with the explicit agreement of the programme director.



  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 0 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 6 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select a minimum of 0 credits and a maximum of 60 credits from these collections:  

    Select exactly 10 credits course level 11, as available
    DIVI11011     Approaches to Research in Divinity and Religious Studies     (10 credits)

    Notes:Compulsory course to be taken either in Year 1 or 2.

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 10 credits course level 11, as available
    DIVI11015     Approaches to Research: Science and Religion     (10 credits)

    Notes:Compulsory course to be taken either in Year 1 or 2.
     

    Select exactly 20 credits course level 11, as available
    THET11035     Cosmos, Cell and Creator     (20 credits)

    Notes:Compulsory course to be taken either in Year 1 or 2.

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits course level 11, as available
    THET11015     History of Science and Religion in the Christian Tradition     (20 credits)

    Notes:Compulsory course to be taken either in Year 1 or 2.

     


    AND   

    Overarching rule collection group: B  
    Select a minimum of 0 credits and a maximum of 60 credits from these collections:  

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from Level 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

    Notes:A maximum of 40 credits can be selected from this group in total over programme years 1 & 2, with approval from your Programme Director.


     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 60 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    THET11038    Science and Scripture   20  
    THET11011    Ecology, Ethics and Spirit   20  
    PHIL11081    Philosophy of Time MSc   20  
    THET11037    Science and Religion in Literature   20  
    THET11039    Key Thinkers in Science and Religion   20  
    PGHC11205    Man and the Natural World in the Enlightenment   20  
    PHIL11083    Philosophical Issues in Evolution MSc   20  
    THET11020    Ethics in a Technological Society   20  

    Notes:At least 20 credits must be selected from this group in total over programme years 1 & 2,
     



    Year 2, Academic year 2014/15, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Before selecting your courses, please ensure you have met with your Programme Manager.

    1. Courses run in either Semester 1 OR Semester 2.
    2. Course availability may vary subject to staffing arrangements.
    3. Candidates must take a total of 120 credits of courses over the four semesters of their part time degree in addition to the 60 credit dissertation in the second year of study. Normally, a total of 60 credits will be taken in each academic year, but this can be varied with the explicit agreement of the programme director.



  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 1 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    DIVI11010 Dissertation (MSc in Science and Religion) As available 60




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 6 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 10 credits course level 11, as available
    DIVI11015     Approaches to Research: Science and Religion     (10 credits)

    Notes: Compulsory course to be taken either in Year 1 or 2.
     

    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select a minimum of 0 credits and a maximum of 60 credits from these collections:  

    Select exactly 10 credits course level 11, as available
    DIVI11011     Approaches to Research in Divinity and Religious Studies     (10 credits)

    Notes:Compulsory course to be taken either in Year 1 or 2.

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits course level 11, as available
    THET11035     Cosmos, Cell and Creator     (20 credits)

    Notes:Compulsory course to be taken either in Year 1 or 2.


     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits course level 11, as available
    THET11015     History of Science and Religion in the Christian Tradition     (20 credits)

    Notes:Compulsory course to be taken either in Year 1 or 2.
     


    AND   

    Overarching rule collection group: B  
    Select a minimum of 0 credits and a maximum of 60 credits from these collections:  

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from Level 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

    Notes:A maximum of 40 credits can be selected from this group in total over programme years 1 & 2, with approval from your Programme Director.


     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 60 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    THET11038    Science and Scripture   20  
    THET11011    Ecology, Ethics and Spirit   20  
    PHIL11081    Philosophy of Time MSc   20  
    THET11037    Science and Religion in Literature   20  
    THET11039    Key Thinkers in Science and Religion   20  
    PGHC11205    Man and the Natural World in the Enlightenment   20  
    PHIL11083    Philosophical Issues in Evolution MSc   20  
    THET11020    Ethics in a Technological Society   20  

    Notes:At least 20 credits must be selected from this group in total over programme years 1 & 2.
     



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