BA Philosophy and Theology

How will I learn?

Each module is taught by a two-hour session once a week over two 11-week terms, or one term in the case of half modules. In seminars, discussion groups and tutorials it is the norm for students to take sides in debating a topic and defend their position vigorously. These discussions develop your ability to marshal arguments but also help to dispel narrowness of vision, bias and any illusions that one’s own ideas are bound to be beyond challenge. Directed reading and other tasks guide independent learning. Additionally, you will have regular tutorials, normally on a one-to-one basis, to discuss work completed or in progress.

Especially in the earlier stages of the degree programme, you are helped to notice and learn from the way in which lectures, handouts and, indeed, classic articles in the subjects are structured and expressed. Special sessions on essay writing skills are given in the first year to help you learn how to organise material gleaned from your reading and begin writing good philosophical or theological prose. In the second and third years you are encouraged to become increasingly autonomous in structuring and expressing your own understanding and views.

How will I be assessed?

Each module is assessed by a combination of coursework tasks completed during or shortly after the period of module teaching, and an end-of-year essay.
Further information on the programme can be found in the Programme Specification and you can contact the Programme Convenor below:

Programme Convenor
Dr Peter Gallagher                 
Email: p.gallagher@heythrop.ac.uk
Telephone: 020 7795 4208