Programme structure: Theology (Graduate Diploma: Trinity and Bristol Baptist Colleges) - what's running in 2013/14

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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:
Early Christianity: Roman Empire AD 90-451 (Trinity and Baptist College) THRS11021 10 Optional AYEAR
Pastoral Theology and Practice (Trinity & Baptist College) THRS11022 10 Optional AYEAR
Anglican Worship and Preaching (Trinity & Baptist College) THRS11023 10 Optional AYEAR
Continuing the Mission of Jesus (Trinity & Baptist College) THRS11024 10 Optional AYEAR
Free Church Worship and Preaching (Trinity & Baptist College) THRS11030 10 Optional AYEAR
Integral Mission (Trinity & Baptist College) THRS11031 10 Optional AYEAR
Beginners' New Testament Greek (Trinity & Baptist College) THRS11032 10 Optional AYEAR
Learning Journal (Trinity & Baptist College) THRS11035 10 Optional AYEAR
Getting into the Old Testament (Trinity & Baptist College) THRS11038 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
Getting into the New Testament (Trinity & Baptist College) THRS11042 10 Optional AYEAR
The interpretation of the Bible (i) (Trinity & Baptist College) THRS20115 10 Optional AYEAR
The Book of Job: God, Chaos and Suffering (Trinity & Baptist College) THRS20117 10 Optional AYEAR
The Gospel of John in the Contemporary World (Trinity & Baptist College) THRS20118 10 Optional AYEAR
The Letter to the Romans (Trinity & Baptist College) THRS20119 10 Optional AYEAR
Proclaiming God's Word (Trinity & Baptist College) THRS20126 10 Optional AYEAR
Developments in Global Mission (Trinity & Baptist College) THRS20132 10 Optional AYEAR
Elementary New Testament Greek (Trinity & Baptist College) THRS20137 20 Optional AYEAR
Engagement with Context Yr2 L2 (Trinity and Baptist College) THRS20139 20 Optional AYEAR
International Visit (Trinity & Baptist College) THRS20140 20 Optional AYEAR
Essential Worship: Principles and Practice (Trinity & Baptist College) THRS20141 10 Optional AYEAR
Integrated Learning Week: The Spirit in Context (Trinity & Baptist College) THRS20146 10 Optional AYEAR
Elementary Biblical Hebrew (Trinity & Baptist College) THRS20153 20 Optional AYEAR
Community Placement (Trinity & Baptist College) THRS20154 10 Optional AYEAR
Engagement with Context Yr1 L2 (Trinity & Baptist College) THRS20155 20 Optional AYEAR
Secular or Sector Placement (Trinity & Baptist College) THRS20156 20 Optional AYEAR
Creating New Congregations (Trinity & Baptist Colleges) THRS20165 20 Optional AYEAR
Emerging Churches (Trinity and Baptist College) THRS20166 20 Optional AYEAR
The Question of Divine Suffering (Trinity and Baptist Colleges) THRS20109 10 Optional AYEAR
The Theology of Karl Barth (Trinity and Baptist Colleges) THRS20179 20 Optional AYEAR
Baptist History and Principles (Trinity and Baptist College) THRS30045 20 Optional AYEAR
God, Humanity & the Earth: Environmental Theology for a Time of Crisis (Trinity and Baptist Colleges) THRS30072 10 Optional AYEAR
Issues in Biblical Theology (Trinity & Baptist College) THRS30112 20 Optional AYEAR
Genesis 1-11: God, Humanity and Hope (Trinity & Baptist College) THRS30114 10 Optional AYEAR
Luke-Acts (Trinity & Baptist College) THRS30115 10 Optional AYEAR
The Saving God (Trinity & Baptist College) THRS30117 20 Optional AYEAR
Intermediate Biblical Hebrew (Trinity & Baptist College) THRS30126 20 Optional AYEAR
Intermediate New Testament Greek (Trinity & Baptist College) THRS30127 20 Optional AYEAR
Dissertation (Trinity & Baptist College) THRS30128 30 Optional AYEAR
Portfolio of Baptist Ministerial Practice (Trinity & Baptist College) THRS30129 20 Optional AYEAR
Church Placement (Trinity & Baptist College) THRS30134 10 Optional AYEAR
Engagement with Context Yr 2 L3 (Trinity & Baptist College) THRS30135 20 Optional AYEAR
The Book of Job: God, Chaos and Suffering (Trinity and Baptist College) THRS30141 10 Optional AYEAR
The Gospel of John in the Contemporary World (Trinity and Baptist College) THRS30142 10 Optional AYEAR
The Letter to the Romans (Trinity and Baptist College) THRS30143 10 Optional AYEAR
The Book of Isaiah (Trinity and Baptist College) THRS30144 10 Optional AYEAR
Elementary Biblical Hebrew (Trinity and Baptist College) THRS30145 10 Optional AYEAR
Elementary New Testament Greek and Exegesis (Trinity and Baptist College) THRS30146 20 Optional AYEAR
Apologetics and Evangelism (Trinity and Baptist College) THRS30148 10 Optional AYEAR
The Saving God (Trinity and Baptist College) THRS30155 10 Optional TB-1
Proclaiming God's Word (Trinity and Baptist College) THRS30157 10 Optional TB-1
Navigating Life's Milestones: Responsible Caring (Trinity and Baptist College) THRS30158 20 Optional TB-1
Urban Ministry and Mission THRS30159 10 Optional AYEAR
Integrated Learning Week: Leadership (Trinity and Baptist College) THRS30160 10 Optional TB-1
Essential Worship: Principles and Practice (Trinity and Baptist College) THRS30164 10 Optional TB-1
Church: The Big Questions - Authority, Ministry and Sacraments (Trinity and Baptist College) THRS30165 20 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.