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Master of Arts (Honours) Biblical Studies and International Relations


MA (Hons) Biblical Studies (Joint Honours): First year
Code Module name Credits
Old Testament 1: Torah and Prophets 20 AND
New Testament 1: Jesus and the Gospels 20 AND
( Hebrew 1: Introduction to Hebrew Language 20 OR
New Testament Greek 1 20 ) AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year

MA (Hons) International Relations (Joint Honours): First Year
Code Module name Credits
Introduction to International Relations 20 AND
Foreign Policy Analysis and International Security 20 AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year


MA (Hons) Biblical Studies (Joint Honours): Second year
Code Module name Credits
( * Old Testament 2: Wisdom, Psalms, Apocalyptic and Apocryphal Literature 20 AND
* New Testament 2: Paul and the Epistles 20 AND
( Hebrew 2 20 OR
New Testament Greek 2 20 )) AND
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • pass at grade 11 or better required in modules marked *
MA (Hons) International Relations (Joint Honours): Second Year
Code Module name Credits
* Theoretical Approaches to International Relations 20 AND
* Issues in International Relations 20 AND
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • pass at grade 11 or better required in modules marked *

Entry to Honours

Students who meet the requirements specified above, and who meet all other programme requirements, will be given automatic entry into Honours programmes.

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MA Honours

The general requirements are 480 credits over a period of normally four years (and not more than five years) or part-time equivalent, of which the final two years form an approved Honours programme of 240 credits, of which 90 credits are at 4000 level and at least a further 120 credits at 3000 and/or 4000 levels.


MA (Hons) Biblical Studies (Joint Honours): Third year
Code Module name Credits
Biblical Hermeneutics and Exegesis 30 AND
View list 30 credits from Module List: DI3716, DI4600 - DI4749, DI4750 - DI4789
Reading in the Greek New Testament 30
DI4608 Gospel of Matthew (English Texts) 30
DI4609 Gospel of Matthew (Greek Texts) 30
DI4610 Christology and Pneumatology in the New Testament 30
DI4615 New Testament Special Topic 30
DI4616 New Testament Special Topic - Atonement 30
DI4626 The Book of Revelation: English Texts 30
DI4627 The Book of Revelation: English and Greek Texts 30
Epistle to the Hebrews: English Text 30
DI4629 Epistle to the Hebrews: Greek Text 30
DI4630 The Gospel of Mark: English Text 30
DI4631 The Gospel of Mark: Greek Text 30
Hebrew Prose and Poetry 30
DI4705 Biblical Aramaic 30
DI4710 Exegesis of Biblical Hebrew Texts 30
DI4711 Old Testament Special Topic : Creation and Chaos in the Old Testament and Ancient Near East 30
DI4712 The Dead Sea Scrolls: English Text 30
DI4713 The Dead Sea Scrolls: Hebrew Text 30
DI4715 The Pentateuch 30
Hebrew Readings 30
DI4728 Poetry and Prayer: An Introduction to the Psalms 30
DI4729 Poetry and Prayer: An Introduction to the Psalms (Hebrew) 30
DI4730 The Book of Daniel 30
Ancient Jewish Literature from 1 Enoch to the Mishnah 30
DI4732 King and Messiah in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and Second Temple Judaism 30
Creation and Chaos in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East 30
DI4750 Themes and Texts in Christian-Buddhist Dialogue 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

MA (Hons) International Relations (Joint Honours): Third Year
Code Module name Credits
View list Between 30 and 60 credits from Module List : IR3000 - IR3999 AND
International Political Economy 30
International Regimes and Organisations 30
IR3007 Democracy and Democratisation 30
International Terrorism 30
IR3011 Ethics and World Politics 30
IR3013 Modern Ideologies 30
Case Studies in Conflict Analysis 30
International Relations and International Law 30
US Foreign Policy: The Dilemmas of Power 30
The Politics of Africa 30
International Security 30
Diplomacy and Conflict Intervention 30
IR3027 American New World Orders of the Twentieth Century 30
IR3028 Politics of China 30
IR3029 The Logic of Irregular Warfare 30
Human Rights in Theory and Practice 30
Globalisation and the War on Terrorism 30
Globalisation and its Disjunctures 30
Post-Conflict Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa 30
IR3034 The Political Theory of War and Peace 30
IR3035 Peace Processes and Violence 30
IR3036 Public International Law and International Legal Theory 30
IR3037 Central Asian Studies 30
IR3038 Conflict Management, Settlement and Resolution 30
IR3039 International Relations of the European Union 30
International Political Theory 30
Representations of Violent Conflict: Research Seminar 30
IR3043 Approaches to Counter-Terrorism 30
Pathways of European State Formation 30
Violence in Deeply-Divided Societies 30
Foreign Policy of Modern China 30
IR3047 Arrested Development? The Politics of Postcolonialism 30
IR3048 Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Intervention 30
IR3049 International History and International Relations 30
IR3050 State, Power, Crime 30
IR3051 International Relations Theory 30
IR3052 The Politics of Violence and Resistance in Latin America 30
Peacebuilding and Post-Conflict Transition in Latin America 30
IR3054 Mapping the Boundaries of Emerging and Evolving Securities 30
International Relations and the Internet 30
Political Leadership: Theories and History 30
Armaments and International Relations 30
Armed Forces, Societies and Governments: An International Perspective on Civil-Military Relations 30
IR3059 Anglo-American Relations Since 1939: The Special Relationship? 30
Rebellion and Revolution 30
IR3061 International Political Theology: Christian Realism and Beyond 30
IR3062 The United Nations since 1945 30
Organised Crime and Corruption 30
Critical Terrorism Studies 30
Refugees and International Relations 30
Emotional Encounters: Diplomacy, Power and Persuasion in World Politics 30
IR3067 The International Criminal Court in World Politics 30
Christianity and World Politics 30
IR3070 Armed Conflict in Postcolonial Africa 30
IR3071 Realism in International Relations 30
IR3072 New and emerging security threats in the Caucasus and Central Asia 30
Dilemmas of International Order: Governing Conflict and Human Rights 30
International Relations of Energy and the Environment 30
Leader Personality and Foreign Policy 30
Political Economy of Trade and Investment 30
The Motives and Enablers of Terrorist Violence 30
Hot Economics, Cold Politics? International Relations of Northeast Asia 30
IR3101 Russian Politics and Foreign Policy after Communism 30
The International Relations of Post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe 30
IR3111 Asian Security 30
Gender and Generation 30
Conflict in the Middle East 30
IR3301 Politics and State Formation in the Middle East 30
Democracy and Revolution in North Africa 30
The Arab - Israeli Conflict 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: IR4100 - IR4999 (excluding IR4794 - IR4795)
Communication in International Relations 15
IR4501 International Politics of Nuclear Weapons 30
IR4502 Conflict Management, Settlement and Resolution 30
IR4504 The Language of Politics 30
IR4506 Political Economy of the Modern Middle East 30
IR4508 Religion and World Politics 30
IR4509 World Order in the History of Political Thought 30
IR4512 Britain and the World 30
IR4514 Global Public Policy 30
The International Relations of Sub-Saharan Africa 30
IR4518 Ethics and the Use of Force 30
Politics and Development in Southeast Asia 30
IR4521 Representations of International Relations 30
IR4522 Critical Approaches to International Security 30
The Aftermath of the Wars: Liberal Dilemmas 30
IR4525 Ethno-National Conflict in the Post-Communist Space 30
IR4526 Terrorism, Radicalism and Extremism 30
IR4527 International Relations of the European Union 30
IR4528 Foreign Policy of Modern China 30
IR4529 Force in the Modern World 30
Genocide 30
IR4531 The Return of Great Power Politics 30
The Cultural Politics of Human Rights 30
IR4534 Terrorist Finance 30
Theories of Friendship, Solidarity and Peace 30
IR4536 Warmongers and Peacemakers: Religious Actors and Conflict 30
Identities, Belonging and Others 30
IR4539 International Law and International Legal Theory 30
The Changing Character of War 30
IR4541 Dealing in Darkness: An Anatomy of Realism in International Relations 30
IR4542 Gender and Terrorism 30
Activism and Resistance 30
Wars and Peace in the Caucasus 30
Indian Foreign Policy 30
The Psychology of International Security 30
IR4547 Shadows in the Global Political Economy 30
Force and Statecraft 30
IR4549 Theory, Critique and Ideology in International Relations 30
IR4550 Art and War 30
IR4551 Cosmopolitanism and Global Politics 30
The Politics of the Environment 30
Europe, America and the Transatlantic 30
IR4554 Global Aesthetics and Politics 30
Music, Politics and International Relations 30
IR4556 Politics and Time: Memory, Narrative and Mourning in Group Identity and Conflict 30
IR4558 Non-Western International Relations 30
Faith, Politics, and War: The Augustinian Tradition in IR 30
Security as Ethics: Rethinking the Global Polity 30
IR4562 The Political Lives of Objects 30
Rebels, Terrorists, Militias: The Comparative Analysis of Armed Groups 30
IR4564 Strategic Studies 30
Contemporary Political Theory: from revolution to recognition 30
Comparative regionalism 30
IR4567 The International Criminal Court in World Politics 30
IR4568 International Relations of Energy and the Environment 30
Geopolitics of Energy in the Caspian Region 30
Everyday Life and Global Politics 30
Conflict and intervention in world politics 30
Economy of Anger: Marxism, Psychoanalysis and the Politics of Status 30
Global Economic Governance: Visions and Realities 30
Ideologies and Social Movements in the Middle East 30
Political Order and Violence in the Middle East 30
International Relations of the Middle East 30
IR4603 Central Asia in International Politics 30
IR4604 Political Islam and International Relations 30
IR4605 The Arab - Israeli Conflict 30
Propaganda, Persuasion and Information War in the Middle East 30
Britain's Iraq War 1990-2004 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

Access to up to thirty 4000-level credits requires the permission of the Adviser of Studies.

MA (Hons) Biblical Studies (Joint Honours): Fourth year
Code Module name Credits
(( Honours Dissertation in Divinity 30 OR
Joint Dissertation (30cr) 30 ) AND
( View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: DI4015 with ID4002 AND
Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
Communication in Divinity 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: DI3716, DI4600 - DI4789 )) OR
DI4608 Gospel of Matthew (English Texts) 30
DI4609 Gospel of Matthew (Greek Texts) 30
DI4610 Christology and Pneumatology in the New Testament 30
DI4615 New Testament Special Topic 30
DI4616 New Testament Special Topic - Atonement 30
DI4626 The Book of Revelation: English Texts 30
DI4627 The Book of Revelation: English and Greek Texts 30
Epistle to the Hebrews: English Text 30
DI4629 Epistle to the Hebrews: Greek Text 30
DI4630 The Gospel of Mark: English Text 30
DI4631 The Gospel of Mark: Greek Text 30
Hebrew Prose and Poetry 30
DI4705 Biblical Aramaic 30
DI4710 Exegesis of Biblical Hebrew Texts 30
DI4711 Old Testament Special Topic : Creation and Chaos in the Old Testament and Ancient Near East 30
DI4712 The Dead Sea Scrolls: English Text 30
DI4713 The Dead Sea Scrolls: Hebrew Text 30
DI4715 The Pentateuch 30
Hebrew Readings 30
DI4728 Poetry and Prayer: An Introduction to the Psalms 30
DI4729 Poetry and Prayer: An Introduction to the Psalms (Hebrew) 30
DI4730 The Book of Daniel 30
Ancient Jewish Literature from 1 Enoch to the Mishnah 30
DI4732 King and Messiah in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and Second Temple Judaism 30
Creation and Chaos in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East 30
DI4750 Themes and Texts in Christian-Buddhist Dialogue 30
Reading in the Greek New Testament 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
( View list Between 30 and 60 credits from Module List: DI3716, DI4600 - DI4789 AND
DI4608 Gospel of Matthew (English Texts) 30
DI4609 Gospel of Matthew (Greek Texts) 30
DI4610 Christology and Pneumatology in the New Testament 30
DI4615 New Testament Special Topic 30
DI4616 New Testament Special Topic - Atonement 30
DI4626 The Book of Revelation: English Texts 30
DI4627 The Book of Revelation: English and Greek Texts 30
Epistle to the Hebrews: English Text 30
DI4629 Epistle to the Hebrews: Greek Text 30
DI4630 The Gospel of Mark: English Text 30
DI4631 The Gospel of Mark: Greek Text 30
Hebrew Prose and Poetry 30
DI4705 Biblical Aramaic 30
DI4710 Exegesis of Biblical Hebrew Texts 30
DI4711 Old Testament Special Topic : Creation and Chaos in the Old Testament and Ancient Near East 30
DI4712 The Dead Sea Scrolls: English Text 30
DI4713 The Dead Sea Scrolls: Hebrew Text 30
DI4715 The Pentateuch 30
Hebrew Readings 30
DI4728 Poetry and Prayer: An Introduction to the Psalms 30
DI4729 Poetry and Prayer: An Introduction to the Psalms (Hebrew) 30
DI4730 The Book of Daniel 30
Ancient Jewish Literature from 1 Enoch to the Mishnah 30
DI4732 King and Messiah in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and Second Temple Judaism 30
Creation and Chaos in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East 30
DI4750 Themes and Texts in Christian-Buddhist Dialogue 30
Reading in the Greek New Testament 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: DI4015 with ID4002 )
Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
Communication in Divinity 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

60 credits should be selected from DI3716, DI4600 - DI4789, (ID4002 with ID4002 if a 4000-level dissertation or comparable independent research project is taken in the other Honours subject.
MA (Hons) International Relations (Joint Honours): Fourth Year
Code Module name Credits
View list Between 30 and 60 credits from Module List: IR4000 - IR4999, ID4002 AND
Honours Dissertation in International Relations 60
Communication in International Relations 15
IR4501 International Politics of Nuclear Weapons 30
IR4502 Conflict Management, Settlement and Resolution 30
IR4504 The Language of Politics 30
IR4506 Political Economy of the Modern Middle East 30
IR4508 Religion and World Politics 30
IR4509 World Order in the History of Political Thought 30
IR4512 Britain and the World 30
IR4514 Global Public Policy 30
The International Relations of Sub-Saharan Africa 30
IR4518 Ethics and the Use of Force 30
Politics and Development in Southeast Asia 30
IR4521 Representations of International Relations 30
IR4522 Critical Approaches to International Security 30
The Aftermath of the Wars: Liberal Dilemmas 30
IR4525 Ethno-National Conflict in the Post-Communist Space 30
IR4526 Terrorism, Radicalism and Extremism 30
IR4527 International Relations of the European Union 30
IR4528 Foreign Policy of Modern China 30
IR4529 Force in the Modern World 30
Genocide 30
IR4531 The Return of Great Power Politics 30
The Cultural Politics of Human Rights 30
IR4534 Terrorist Finance 30
Theories of Friendship, Solidarity and Peace 30
IR4536 Warmongers and Peacemakers: Religious Actors and Conflict 30
Identities, Belonging and Others 30
IR4539 International Law and International Legal Theory 30
The Changing Character of War 30
IR4541 Dealing in Darkness: An Anatomy of Realism in International Relations 30
IR4542 Gender and Terrorism 30
Activism and Resistance 30
Wars and Peace in the Caucasus 30
Indian Foreign Policy 30
The Psychology of International Security 30
IR4547 Shadows in the Global Political Economy 30
Force and Statecraft 30
IR4549 Theory, Critique and Ideology in International Relations 30
IR4550 Art and War 30
IR4551 Cosmopolitanism and Global Politics 30
The Politics of the Environment 30
Europe, America and the Transatlantic 30
IR4554 Global Aesthetics and Politics 30
Music, Politics and International Relations 30
IR4556 Politics and Time: Memory, Narrative and Mourning in Group Identity and Conflict 30
IR4558 Non-Western International Relations 30
Faith, Politics, and War: The Augustinian Tradition in IR 30
Security as Ethics: Rethinking the Global Polity 30
IR4562 The Political Lives of Objects 30
Rebels, Terrorists, Militias: The Comparative Analysis of Armed Groups 30
IR4564 Strategic Studies 30
Contemporary Political Theory: from revolution to recognition 30
Comparative regionalism 30
IR4567 The International Criminal Court in World Politics 30
IR4568 International Relations of Energy and the Environment 30
Geopolitics of Energy in the Caspian Region 30
Everyday Life and Global Politics 30
Conflict and intervention in world politics 30
Economy of Anger: Marxism, Psychoanalysis and the Politics of Status 30
Global Economic Governance: Visions and Realities 30
Ideologies and Social Movements in the Middle East 30
Political Order and Violence in the Middle East 30
International Relations of the Middle East 30
IR4603 Central Asia in International Politics 30
IR4604 Political Islam and International Relations 30
IR4605 The Arab - Israeli Conflict 30
Propaganda, Persuasion and Information War in the Middle East 30
Britain's Iraq War 1990-2004 30
IR4794 Joint Dissertation (30cr) 30
Joint Dissertation (60cr) 60
Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List : IR3000 - IR3999
International Political Economy 30
International Regimes and Organisations 30
IR3007 Democracy and Democratisation 30
International Terrorism 30
IR3011 Ethics and World Politics 30
IR3013 Modern Ideologies 30
Case Studies in Conflict Analysis 30
International Relations and International Law 30
US Foreign Policy: The Dilemmas of Power 30
The Politics of Africa 30
International Security 30
Diplomacy and Conflict Intervention 30
IR3027 American New World Orders of the Twentieth Century 30
IR3028 Politics of China 30
IR3029 The Logic of Irregular Warfare 30
Human Rights in Theory and Practice 30
Globalisation and the War on Terrorism 30
Globalisation and its Disjunctures 30
Post-Conflict Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa 30
IR3034 The Political Theory of War and Peace 30
IR3035 Peace Processes and Violence 30
IR3036 Public International Law and International Legal Theory 30
IR3037 Central Asian Studies 30
IR3038 Conflict Management, Settlement and Resolution 30
IR3039 International Relations of the European Union 30
International Political Theory 30
Representations of Violent Conflict: Research Seminar 30
IR3043 Approaches to Counter-Terrorism 30
Pathways of European State Formation 30
Violence in Deeply-Divided Societies 30
Foreign Policy of Modern China 30
IR3047 Arrested Development? The Politics of Postcolonialism 30
IR3048 Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Intervention 30
IR3049 International History and International Relations 30
IR3050 State, Power, Crime 30
IR3051 International Relations Theory 30
IR3052 The Politics of Violence and Resistance in Latin America 30
Peacebuilding and Post-Conflict Transition in Latin America 30
IR3054 Mapping the Boundaries of Emerging and Evolving Securities 30
International Relations and the Internet 30
Political Leadership: Theories and History 30
Armaments and International Relations 30
Armed Forces, Societies and Governments: An International Perspective on Civil-Military Relations 30
IR3059 Anglo-American Relations Since 1939: The Special Relationship? 30
Rebellion and Revolution 30
IR3061 International Political Theology: Christian Realism and Beyond 30
IR3062 The United Nations since 1945 30
Organised Crime and Corruption 30
Critical Terrorism Studies 30
Refugees and International Relations 30
Emotional Encounters: Diplomacy, Power and Persuasion in World Politics 30
IR3067 The International Criminal Court in World Politics 30
Christianity and World Politics 30
IR3070 Armed Conflict in Postcolonial Africa 30
IR3071 Realism in International Relations 30
IR3072 New and emerging security threats in the Caucasus and Central Asia 30
Dilemmas of International Order: Governing Conflict and Human Rights 30
International Relations of Energy and the Environment 30
Leader Personality and Foreign Policy 30
Political Economy of Trade and Investment 30
The Motives and Enablers of Terrorist Violence 30
Hot Economics, Cold Politics? International Relations of Northeast Asia 30
IR3101 Russian Politics and Foreign Policy after Communism 30
The International Relations of Post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe 30
IR3111 Asian Security 30
Gender and Generation 30
Conflict in the Middle East 30
IR3301 Politics and State Formation in the Middle East 30
Democracy and Revolution in North Africa 30
The Arab - Israeli Conflict 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

Access to up to thirty 3000-level credits requires the permission of the Adviser of Studies.

Study abroad

In the case of students who spend part of the Honours programme on a recognised Study Abroad scheme, the Programme Requirements will be amended to take into account overseas courses which are approved by the relevant 91¹û¶³ÊÓƵ School in the Learning Agreement (see ).