Theological Studies induction information

About your programme

Module information

You’ll complete your course one block or ‘semester’ at a time. In each semester you’ll study modules. Some are core modules you have to take – others you’ll be able to choose between when you arrive, personalising the course to your interests.

In your first semester you will study the following modules:

• Church History Core

Church History (Core )

This module offers a broad introduction to Church History, beginning with the origins of Christianity in the Greco-Roman world, to the age of transition from late Antiquity to the early Middle Ages, and reaching the late medieval period until the eve of the Protestant Reformation.

Special attention will be given to doctrinal and institutional developments in the first millennium, and to Church and society in Christian Europe for the later period.

• Fundamentals of Systematic Theology Core

Fundamentals of Systematic Theology (Core)

This module offers an introduction to the main themes of fundamental and systematic theology.

The course begins by examining the key building blocks of the study of theology: revelation, tradition, scripture and dogma, before moving on to the study Christology and the Trinity.

Subsequent topics include the development of doctrine, the nature of authority in the Church, and Mariology.

The module concludes with a consideration of the nature of faith and its relationship to reason, an examination nature of apologetics and its role in evangelisation, and a consideration of Vatican II and contemporary Catholic theology.

Further information about the structure of your course can be found within the programme specification document.