Level Three

Module Descriptors

 

To complete Level III, you need to successfully undertake:

Both modules in Group A.
One module from Group B.
One module from Group C.
Two modules from Group D.

The Dissertation module (Group E) unless you have decided not to take Honours.

Certain of the following modules are mandatory for Youth & Community Work (Y&C), Community and Family Studies (C&F) or Children & Schools Work (C&S) students.

 

Group A:

Module 321: Issues in Applied Theology

Applied theology interfaces with social science disciplines that deal with human society and understanding the person. The module introduces an approach for integrating theology with the social sciences. This reflective and methodological approach is then applied to specific social situations in student-led presentations. 

 

Module 351: Block Placement (double module)

This double module gives students an experience of practice in a five-week full-time placement of their own choice.  This experience is then reflected on from a learning and a theological perspective.  

 

Group B:

Module 331: Cross-Cultural Professional Studies (Double Module)

The special focus of this module will be crucial, missiological issues in the world Christian movement, and questions involved in effective cross-cultural communication and ministry. It will use a primarily student-driven seminar methodology, but will also include individual and group sessions dealing with issues encountered in or arising out of the cross-cultural overseas Block Placement.

 

Module 332: Evangelism Professional Studies (double module)

This module examines the modern philosophical background which shapes people’s understanding and their resistance to the Christian message.  In the light of these findings the student is encouraged critically to analyse methods and strategies currently employed to make the gospel relevant.

 

Module 333: Pastoral Professional Studies (double module)

This module looks at the biblical-theological/experience-care interface as it relates to issues in pastoral practice. The material is covered in lectures and student-led seminars, while students are also engaged in a year-long placement.

 

Module 334: Youth and Community Work Professional Studies (double module)

This module seeks to enable students to master a level of understanding of social policy through study of debates around issues of truth, justice and love. It then seeks to enable students to state a personal position with regard to their own practice within this context whilst also showing an understanding of alternative views. It is designed to promote excellence in practice and ministry. Student-led seminars and a year-long placement form an essential part. 
(This module is mandatory for Youth & Community Work students)

 

Module 336: Community and Family Professional Studies (double module)

This module examines biblical and theological perspectives in family and community. It explores the interaction between sociological and psychological theories and models and the theology of community and family work, and investigates how this interaction influences community and family work practice. This module promotes excellence in practice and ministry. Student-led seminars and a year-long placement form an essential part.

(This module is mandatory for Community & Family Studies students)

  

Module 337:  Children and Schools Work Professional Studies

This module aims to critically examine contemporary and theological perspectives in regard to children and schools work.  It explores the interaction between sociological and psychological theories and models and how they interact with the theological perspectives on children and schools work.  It is also designed to promote excellence in practice and professional ministry.
(This module is mandatory for Children & Schools Work students)

 

Group C:

Module 311: New Testament Theology (Greek Texts)

In this module we study aspects of the New Testament from the Greek text, majoring on important ethical and theological passages; this module focuses on the theology of the New Testament, that is, the beliefs expressed by the New Testament writers concerning God, Christ, the salvation of the world and its application in the world today.

 

Module 312: New Testament Theology (English Texts)

In this module we study aspects of the New Testament from the English translations, majoring on important ethical and theological passages; this module focuses on the theology of the New Testament, that is, the beliefs expressed by the New Testament writers concerning God, Christ, the salvation of the world and its application in the world today.

 

Module 315: Biblical Hebrew

This module is designed to give the student an understanding of the grammar, syntax, and vocabulary of biblical Hebrew.  By the end of the module the student will have written short Hebrew sentences and practiced translating Hebrew biblical texts.

 

Module 341: Managing and Resourcing Youth and Community Work

This module is designed to encourage participants to critically reflect on known management of themselves, of the workplace and of other individuals, by interacting with key texts on these topics and then reflecting on their own abilities to meet the requirements of management and resourcing Youth and Community Work within an anti-discriminatory framework.
(This module is mandatory for Youth and Community Work students, Community & Family Studies students and Children & Schools Work students.)

 

Group D:

Module 313: Old Testament Theology (Hebrew Texts)

This module provides the student with an awareness of issues which relate to modern Old Testament theology. This is applied to an in-depth critical study of the theology of a major Old Testament prophet, by means of the Hebrew text, with a view to establishing the relevance of such study to the forthcoming life and ministry of the student.

 

Module 314: Old Testament Theology (English Texts)

This module provides the student with an awareness of issues, which relate to modern Old Testament theology. This is applied to an in-depth critical study of the theology of a major Old Testament prophet, with a view to establishing the relevance of such study to the forthcoming life and ministry of the student.

 

Module 322: Contemporary Theologies Worldwide

This module explores the range of theologies found today with a special emphasis on theologies and theological issues not commonly found in the Western Evangelical tradition.  Interaction with primary theological texts is a core part of the module’s methodology.

 

Module 323: Reformation Texts and the Church Today

This module aims to acquaint the student with the writings of the major personalities of the Protestant Reformation with a view to understanding the distinctives of classical Protestant theology and practice, and to working out its contemporary application. 

 

Module 324: Perspectives on Christian Counseling

This module provides a theoretical and practical introduction to a range of issues encountered in counseling situations. Possible causes and a range of therapeutic approaches are discussed, with input from visiting practitioners, in order to help students acquire the tools for evaluating counseling methodologies from a Christian perspective.

 

Module 342: Family Development and Crisis Intervention

This module is designed to build on module 241 to deal with key issues around how individuals grow, particularly focusing on family development and specific processes that families go through. This would involve various interventions and approaches that a community youth or family worker may adopt. Particular attention is paid to crisis intervention, group processes, problem solving, conflict resolution, and managing a team. The module highlights personal development issues for the worker as they seek to work in the context of the voluntary or statutory sector.
(This module is mandatory for Community and Family Studies students and Children & Schools Work students.)

 

Module 352: Practice Project 

This module gives students the opportunity for a project in an area of practice. This could be a specifically identifiable, coherent project in the same setting as their professional studies placement, or in a setting that exposes them to other significant areas of work that impinge on applied theology practice. Its actual form is flexible – from a relatively short residential to a 15 week piece of work.

(This module is mandatory for Youth and Community Work students.)

 

 

Module 354: Christian Spirituality

This module is designed to enable the student to explore Christian spirituality more fully through primary texts and to engage with and evaluate other Christian traditions through the study and experience of at least one such tradition.

 

Group E:

Dissertation Module
Module 335: Dissertation (double module)

The dissertation can deal with any aspect of applied theology. The linking of theory and practice is an important aspect of the treatment of the topic.