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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2020/2021

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Year 1 Academic year: 2020/21, Starting in: September

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.

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

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

Approaches to Research in Divinity and Religious Studies

AND

The range of courses available may vary due to staffing arrangements. At least 20 credits must be selected from this group in either Year 1 or 2.

From diatribe to dialogue in Christian-Muslim relations

History of Christianity in Africa

Critical Debates in Christian Mission

Christianity in Asia, 1700 to the Present

Theologies of World Christianity

AND

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

Approaches to Research: World Christianity

A maximum of 40 credits can be selected from this group in total over programme years 1 & 2.

AND

A maximum of 20 credits can be selected from this group in total over programme years 1 & 2.

OR

A maximum of 20 credits can be selected from this group in total over programme years 1 & 2.

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

Selected Themes in the Study of World Christianity

Year 2 Academic year: 2020/21, Starting in: September

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

Dissertation (MTh/MSc in Christianity in the Non-Western World)

Course options

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

Approaches to Research: World Christianity

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

Approaches to Research in Divinity and Religious Studies

AND

The range of courses available may vary due to staffing arrangements. At least 20 credits must be selected from this group in either Year 1 or 2.

From diatribe to dialogue in Christian-Muslim relations

History of Christianity in Africa

Critical Debates in Christian Mission

Christianity in Asia, 1700 to the Present

Theologies of World Christianity

AND

A maximum of 40 credits can be selected from this group in total over programme years 1 & 2.

AND

A maximum of 20 credits can be selected from this group in total over programme years 1 & 2.

OR

A maximum of 20 credits can be selected from this group in total over programme years 1 & 2.

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

Selected Themes in the Study of World Christianity

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