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BA (Hons) History and Religious Studies

University of Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

Explore human belief and action to gain a deep understanding of key forces in the shaping of our world and identities. You'll ask deep questions about what it means to be human, to examine answers to such questions, and the way that those answers €“ religious and otherwise €“ have shaped global events, cultures, and societies. Our students don't just study what others have said, or learn names, dates, and beliefs. They're historians and scholars of religion, investigating and interpreting events and evidence, practices and ideas for themselves, in order to understand the development of the individual, social and cultural identities.

General Eligibility

96 – 112 UCAS tariff points, CCC – BBC at A levels, MMM – DMM at BTEC or a Merit in your T-Level.

English Language or Literature and Maths Grade 4/C in GCSE (or equivalent) are normally required.

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Year 1

All students must complete these modules:

  • How to Time Travel: Doing History

  • Making the Modern World: Major Themes in History

  • Renaissances and Reformations: An Introduction to Early Modern Europe c. 1450-1750

  • New and Non-Religious Movements

  • Contemporary Religious Landscapes

  • Global Religions

2 Year 2

All students must complete these modules:

  • Research and Enquiry

  • Engaging Humanities

  • Religion, Superstition and Fear in Early Modern Europe 1540-1640

  • Islamic Politics and Philosophy

You can choose from the following modules:

  • Victorian Values: Class, Culture, Religion

  • The Politics of Gender: Sex, Power, and Authority in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe

  • The American Century: The USA from Great Depression to Vietnam

  • The God of Philosophy

  • Dharma: Tradition and Modernity

  • Christianity: Narrative Theology

3 Year 3

All students must complete these modules:

  • Work Placement

  • The Dissertation

  • Protestantism and Puritanism: Moderates and Radicals in Early Modern England, 1558-1642

  • God, Politics and Power

You can choose from the following modules:

  • Britain in the Age of Extremes, 1900-1945

  • Religion, Revolution, and Regicide: The British Civil Wars, Commonwealth, and Restoration, 1642-1689

  • Black America: From the Blues to Black Power

  • Love, Sex, and Death

  • Emergent Spiritualities

  • Buddhism from Gotama to Mindfulness

Language Requirement

  • IELTS5.5
  • TOEFL59
  • PTE50
  • Duolingo69

The IELTS score for international applicants is 6 (with no less than 5.5 in each component).

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