Program Overview

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Theology, Religion, and Ethics BA (Hons)

Overview

Explore humankind’s everlasting search for meaning with our Theology, Religion, and Ethics degree. You will investigate long-held traditions, analyse contemporary issues, and apply your studies to a globalised world.

Course Content

You will cover topics from across the globe, including:

• bioethics
• politics and the Bible
• religion in contemporary society
• world religions
• theological anthropology

Hands-on Learning

While on our theology, religion, and ethics course, you will actively learn outside the classroom. For example, you will have opportunities to visit:

• international religious sites like Jerusalem or Rome
• religious communities
• London’s major galleries and museums

Expert Teaching and Support

Your lecturers are experts with diverse experience and are here to support your personal and professional growth. Our student, Simeon, tells us that our academics are “extremely helpful, friendly, and approachable”.

Work Placements

You can complete a work placement to apply your learning to a professional environment.

Previous BA Theology, Religion, and Ethics students have worked in:

• the religious sector
• think tanks
• charities and NGOs
• schools
• units for ethical and social responsibility in the corporate sector

Course Structure

Modules

Each year consists of 120 credits. You are expected to gain a minimum of 80 credits in modules offered by the Theology, Religion and Ethics programme, and can choose from a set of non-programme module options for the remaining 40 credits if you would like to.

Year 1

• Foundations in Biblical Interpretation (Core)
• Key Concepts in World Religions (Core)
• The Nature of Religion (Core)
• Introduction to Ethics (Core)
• Church History (Core option)
• Fundamentals of Systematic Theology (Core option)
• Film, Style and Form (Optional)
• Critical Theory and Literature (Optional)
• Rethinking Modernity (Optional)
• History of Education (Optional)
• Revolutions and Rebellions (Optional)
• The Public Role of the Arts and Humanities (Optional)
• Citizenship, Education and Children's Rights (Optional)
• Christology (Optional)

Year 2

• Religion and Reason (Core)
• Bioethics (Core)
• Trinitarian Theology (Core)
• Synoptic Gospels (Core)
• Religion in Contemporary Society (Core)
• Responsible Leadership in the 21st Century (Core)
• An Interdisciplinary Encounter With the Sacred (Core)
• Dissertation (Core option)
• Extended Essay (Core option)
• Christian Spirituality (Core)
• An Interdisciplinary Encounter With the Sacred (Core)
• Bioethics II (Core)
• Ecclesiology and Mariology (Core option)
• Fundamentals of Systematic Theology (Core option)

Teaching Methods

You'll be taught on our beautiful and historic campus located in Twickenham, London.

Theology, Religion, and Ethics can be studied either full-time or part-time.

Our teaching involves lectures from leading experts in the fields of Christian theology, Religion, and Ethics, drawing from St Mary's leading research centres in Religion and Theology.

We make full use of class seminars, which encourage group work, offer a wide variety of active and interactive tasks, and provide plenty of scope for discussion. We also engage in innovative teaching methods - multimedia delivery of content, creative use of online learning environments, and the active acquisition of digital research skills - which supplement more traditional methods and ensuring the best and most engaging guidance and instruction for you.

Class sizes tend to be between 10 to 15 students.

Assessment Methods

We seek to furnish your excellence, experience, and employability through a broad range of assessment methods. This includes written essays and traditional exams, but also oral presentations, short video assignments, reports or reviews of specific texts, visual portfolios of visits to centres of religious significance, interpretive exercises on ancient materials, and a dissertation assessment for final-year students assessing independent thinking and research skills.

This range of assessment methods ensures you attain a variety of skills that make the most of your acquired knowledge.

Feedback

We adhere to the university’s policy of providing feedback on assessments within 15 working days.

Entry Requirements

2025 and 2026 Entries

• Start date: September 2026
• Standard offer: 120 UCAS points
• Contextual offer: 96 UCAS points

International Requirements

International students should check our country-specific pages for equivalents. If English is not your first language you will need to achieve an IELTS score of 6.0 overall with no less than 5.5 in any section (or equivalent).

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Further Information

For more information about entry requirements please get in touch.

Fees and Funding

Tuition Fees

• Home: £9,535
• International: £17,100

Please note: these fees are annual and may increase as detailed in our tuition fee variation disclaimer.

For more information on foundation year fees for home students, please check the details on our tuition fee page.

Information about tuition fees, student loans, and funding your studies can be found within our fees and funding section.

Additional Costs

Your tuition fees will cover the cost of all mandatory elements of your programme.

Additional costs could be incurred depending on optional modules chosen and other projects undertaken.

For further information about additional costs please see our additional costs webpage.

Scholarships

Find out more about our range of scholarships and bursaries available to undergraduate students .

Living Costs

A guide to your living costs has been created by our Student Funding Team.

Accommodation costs vary depending on whether you opt for an en suite room and on-site catering. Take a look at our accommodation options and the prices you can expect to pay.

Career Opportunities

With our Theology, Religion, and Ethics degree, you will develop key transferrable skills, including flexibility, analysis, and communication.

You can contact our Career Services at for further information on work and postgraduate opportunities.

Some examples of job roles and areas of work for graduates of Theology, Religion, and Ethics BA (Hons) include:

• journalism
• teaching
• healthcare
• caring professions
• pastoral care
• local government
• civil service

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100%of students say teaching staff have supported their learning well.

Data for Theology, Religion and Ethics (Full time) at St Mary's University, Twickenham, over two years

90%in work or doing further study 15 months after the course.

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