Programme structure: Theology (Graduate Diploma: Trinity and Bristol Baptist Colleges) - what's running in 2010/11

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Unit name Unit code Credit points Status Faculty of Arts Category Teaching Block
Students must choose a total of 120 credits, of which at least 80 credits must be at Level 6:
Getting into the Old Testament (Trinity & Baptist College) THRS11038 10 Optional AYEAR
Getting into the New Testament (Trinity & Baptist College) THRS11042 10 Optional AYEAR
Reading the Bible in Its Context and Ours (Trinity & Baptist College) THRS11039 10 Optional AYEAR
Essentials of Christian Belief (Trinity & Baptist College) THRS11040 10 Optional AYEAR
Following Jesus: Introducing Christian Discipleship (Trinity & Baptist College) THRS11041 10 Optional AYEAR
Secular or Sector Placement (Trinity & Baptist College) THRS20156 20 Optional AYEAR
Engagement with Context Yr 2 L3 (Trinity & Baptist College) THRS30135 20 Optional AYEAR
Church Placement (Trinity & Baptist College) THRS30134 10 Optional AYEAR
Engagement with Context Yr1 L2 (Trinity & Baptist College) THRS20155 20 Optional AYEAR
Community Placement (Trinity & Baptist College) THRS20154 10 Optional AYEAR
Modern Evangelical Christianity: England and USA (Trinity and Baptist College) THRS30166 20 Optional AYEAR
Theology (Graduate Diploma: Trinity and Bristol Baptist Colleges)   120      

Progression/award requirements

Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:

  • 40 out of 100 – for level C/4, I/5 & H/6 units
  • 50 out of 100 – for level M/7 units

For details on the weightings for classifying undergraduate degrees, please see the Agreed Weightings, by Faculty, to be applied for the Purposes of Calculating the Final Programme Mark and Degree Classification in Undergraduate Programmes.

For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.

Please refer to the specific progression/award requirements for programmes with a preliminary year of study, the Gateway programmes and International Foundation programmes.

Exit awards

All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.

  • To be awarded a Diploma of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 240 credit points, of which at least 90 must be at level 5.
  • To be awarded a Certificate of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 120 credit points at level 4.

Integrated Master's degrees may also allow the opportunity for a student to exit from the programme with an equivalent Bachelor's degree where a student has achieved 360 credit points, of which 90 must be at level 6, and has successfully met any additional criteria as described in the programme specification.

The opportunities for a student to exit from one of the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry with an Award is outlined in the relevant Programme Regulations (which are available as an annex in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes).

Additional progress information

Students who have been awarded the Graduate Diploma and have achieved an average of 55% may then proceed to the Postgraduate Diploma in Theology.

Students who have been awarded the Graduate Diploma and achieved an average of 60% or above may then proceed to the MA in Theology.

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