B.A. Religious Studies and English and American Literature (Hons)

The course structure below gives a flavour of the modules that will be available to you and provides details of the content of this programme. This listing is based on the current curriculum and may change year to year in response to new curriculum developments and innovation. Most programmes will require you to study a combination of compulsory and optional modules, you may also have the option to take ‘wild’ modules from other programmes offered by the University in order that you may customise your programme and explore other subject areas of interest to you or that may further enhance your employability.

Stage 1

Possible modules may include:

• Romanticism
• Early Drama
• Readings in the Twentieth Century
• Writing America
• Introduction to Hinduism & Buddhism
• Religion and Sex
• Gods of the Desert: Judaism and Islam
• What is Religion?
• Religion in the Contemporary World
• From: Eden To The End of The World: An Introduction to The Bible
• Introduction to Asian Traditions

You have the opportunity to select wild modules in this stage

Stage 2

Possible modules may include:

• Shakespeare and Early Modern Drama
• Chaucer and Late Medieval English Literature
• Novelty, Enlightenment and Emancipation: 18th Century Literature
• Early Modern Literature 1500-1700
• Modernism
• Reading Victorian Literature
• Declaring Independence: 19th Century US Literature
• The ContemporaryEmpire, New Nations and Migration
• Modern Islam: Liberal and Fundamentalist Thought
• Sociology of Religion
• The Sacred in Contemporary Society
• Anthropology of Religion

You have the opportunity to select wild modules in this stage

Stage 3

Possible modules may include:

• Theology and Religious Studies Dissertation
• Issues in Religious Studies
• Hindu Religious Thought
• Sociology of Religion
• Death of God ? :Christianity and the Modern World
• Christianity and Ethics
• William James: Philosopher, Psychologist and Scholar of Religion
• Continental Philosophy of Religion
• Gods and Government from the Roman Empire to Tony Blair
• History and Literature in Early Christianity:Luke-Acts
• Empire, New Nations and Migration
• The Contemporary