Religion, Philosophy & Ethics

Year 1

Courses are divided into modules. Each year you will normally take modules totalling 120 credits.

You will take at least four of the following compulsory modules, plus a selection of optional modules. In addition, students must take the compulsory Study Skills module.

You are required to take one compulsory module in your first year:

• Study Skills (15 credits)

You are also required to choose four modules (totalling 60 credits) from the following list, which may typically include:

• Elements of Ethics (15 credits)
• Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion (15 credits)
• Philosophical Texts in Historical Contexts (15 credits)
• Thinking about Evil (15 credits)
• Introduction to Islam (15 credits)
• Introduction to Buddhism (15 credits)

You are required to choose a further 45 credits from the above or below list which may typically include:

• Introduction to the Sociology of Religion (15 credits)
• Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament (15 credits)
• The New Testament: Gospels & Letters (15 credits)
• Introduction to the Anthropology of Religion (15 credits)
• Introduction to Jewish Thought & Practice (15 credits)
• Turning Points: An Introduction to the History of Christianity in England 1500-1900 (15 credits)
• Introduction to Early Christianity (15 credits)
• Introduction to Religion & Politics (15 credits)
• Systematic Theology: Nature and Method (15 credits)
• Introduction to Modern Christianity (15 credits)
• Introductory New Testament Greek with Texts (30 credits)

Year 2

You must take three core modules and choose your remaining modules from a range of options.

In addition, students have the opportunity to study abroad at one of our partner universities around the world in your second year. The list of partner universities currently includes:

• University of Helsinki

• National University of Singapore

• University of Toronto (semester one or full year only)

• University of North Carolina

• Süleyman Demirel University

• University of Sydney

• George Washington University

You are required to choose three modules (totalling 45 credits) from a list that may typically include:

• Philosophy & Film (15 credits)
• Ethics Philosophy and Literature (15 credits)
• Applied Ethics (15 credits)
• Religious Difference: Jewish, Christian & Other Perspectives (15 credits)
• Modern Islam I: History & Politics (15 credits)
• Buddhist Ethics (15 credits)
• Faith and Enlightenment: Philosophies of Religion from Anselm to Kant (15 credits)

Choose a further 75 credits from an extensive list of optional 15 and 30-credit modules that may typically include:

• Intermediate Greek with Texts (15 credits)
• Paul in Context (15 credits)
• Religion in Different Social & Geopolitical Contexts - Anthropological Perspectives (15 credits)
• Introduction to the Doctrine of the Person of Christ (15 credits)
• Religion, Culture & Society in Reformation Europe (15 credits)
• New Testament Greek & Exegesis A (15 credits)
• Religion & Politics in International & Transnational Contexts (15 credits)
• Ritual in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament (15 credits)
• Salvation and the City: Christian Faith and the Arts (15 credits)
• The Bible in the Modern Imagination (15 credits)
• Theological Themes of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament (15 credits)
• “What is Christianity?”: Patristic Perspectives (15 credits)
• Between Revolutions: British Christianity 1689-1860 (15 credits)
• Introduction to Biblical Hebrew (30 credits)

Year 3

You must take four core modules and choose your remaining modules from a range of options. You also have the opportunity to write a dissertation, for which you will receive one-to-one supervision with a member of staff.

You are required to choose four modules (totalling 60 credits) from the following list:

• The Search for Meaning (15 credits)
• Special Questions in Social Ethics (15 credits)
• Contemporary Thought in the Muslim World (15 credits)
• European Jews and the Orient (15 credits)
• Contemporary Theology and Philosophy (15 credits)
• Philosophy of Religious Life (15 credits)
• Theravada Buddhism (15 credits)

Choose a further 60 credits from an extensive list of optional 15 and 30-credit modules on topics which may typically include:

• Independent Study Project (30 credits)
• The English Reformation (15 credits)
• Exploring New Testament Theology I (15 credits)
• Hebrew Texts: Prose (15 credits)
• Hebrew Texts: Poetry (15 credits)
• Principles of Systematic Theology (15 credits)
• Women and Gender in the Bible (15 credits)
• Varieties of Religious Experience: Christianity in Britain 1850-1970 (15 credits)
• Anthropological Approaches to Religious Innovation and Questions of Being (15 credits)
• Religion, Politics & Global Media (15 credits)

King’s College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis to provide up-todate, innovative and relevant programmes of study. Therefore modules may change. We suggest you keep an eye on the course finder on our website for updates.