Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.
Semester 2 Credit Value: | 10 |
ECTS Credits: | 5.0 |
European Credit Transfer System | |
This module seeks to understand what theology is and how to do it by learning from five important Christian theologians throughout key turning points in history. Each lecture and seminar will focus on what each thinker has believed and taught about Christianity, but the goal is to discern from each thinker the art of theological reflection itself.
Introduction and Overview of Class
Augustine
Aquinas
Luther
Theology after Modernity
Barth
Rahner
Contemporary Theological Questions and Reflections
Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
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Structured Guided Learning | Lecture materials | 10 | 1:00 | 10:00 | Potential to be delivered synchronously online - and in addition asynchronous recorded ReCap lecture |
Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Small group teaching | 5 | 1:00 | 5:00 | Potential to be delivered synchronously online |
Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Drop-in/surgery | 3 | 1:00 | 3:00 | Potential to provide synchronous online drop in sessions via Teams to discuss essays if PiP not poss |
Guided Independent Study | Independent study | 1 | 82:00 | 82:00 | N/A |
Total | 100:00 |
Lectures provide background material for assigned texts and guidance for further reading.
Small group teaching allows students to clarify problems and present arguments.
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
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Essay | 2 | M | 100 | 1500 words |
Formative Assessment is an assessment which develops your skills in being assessed, allows for you to receive feedback, and prepares you for being assessed. However, it does not count to your final mark.
Description | Semester | When Set | Comment |
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Written exercise | 2 | M | 250 words |
Both formative and summative work will measure your skills in three areas:
1. engaging with primary sources and relevant secondary literature;
2. offering nuanced interpretations of key passages in your own words;
3. constructing convincing arguments that demonstrate a definite claim about how to best understand the issue.