Program Overview

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BA Religion and Theology with Study Abroad (V602)

Course summary

Studying Religion and Theology makes you an expert at understanding how people across the globe interact. You will learn how cultures and individuals deal with life-shaping questions and why changes and conflicts occur in religious cultures both past and present. These skills form a solid basis from which to pursue a range of careers including journalism, law, politics, publishing, teaching, communication and others.

Bristol is a culturally diverse and vibrant city, and we organise and encourage excursions to churches, mosques, and synagogues as well as Hindu and Sikh temples and Buddhist Centres. As part of your degree, you will have the opportunity to conduct fieldwork, enabling you to build community connections and discuss some of the big global questions with local people of diverse faiths and cultures.

You will have the opportunity to spend your third year abroad at one of our partner universities. Our students have studied in Jerusalem, Sydney, Tokyo, California, North Carolina, Boston, Montreal and closer to home in Leuven and Leiden.

Overview

Typical offer

• A-level standard offer: ABB
• A-level contextual offer: BBC

Programme duration

• 4 year(s) full-time
• Part-time study is not available for this course

Application method

• UCAS (Code: V602)

Location

• Clifton campus, Placements

Fees

• £9,535 per year, home students
• £27400 per year, international students

Course structure

Your first year provides a solid foundation in global religions' complex interactions across history and modernity. You will take units covering approaches to and issues in the study of world religions of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism across regional and cultural contexts.

In year two you will develop expertise and shape your degree by choosing optional units according to your interests. We offer a wide range of units on various aspects of and approaches to different Western and Asian religious traditions.

After successfully completing years one and two, you will spend your third year studying abroad at one of our partner institutions.

During your fourth year, you take optional units that enable you to focus on a theme or pursue broader issues. You will also complete a dissertation working closely with your supervisor who will advise you on choosing and researching a topic.

In any year you can choose to study one of the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Latin or Sanskrit (subject to availability).

You will join a welcoming community which enables you to interact closely with lecturers. Tutors employ a variety of teaching styles, ranging from small-group sessions to larger lecture units.

Entry requirements

We accept a wide variety of qualifications and welcome applications from students of all backgrounds.

A-level standard offer

• ABB

A-level contextual offer

• BBC

BTEC

• DDM in any Applied General BTEC National Level 3 Extended Diploma

International Baccalaureate Diploma

• 32 points overall with 16 at Higher Level

International Baccalaureate Diploma contextual offer

• 29 points overall with 14 at Higher Level

European Baccalaureate

• 77% overall

Scottish Qualifications Authority

• Advanced Higher: AB and Standard Higher: AABBB

Access to HE Diploma

• Access to HE Diploma in Humanities, Social Sciences, Law or History (or similar titles)

Welsh Baccalaureate

• Requirements are as for A-levels, where you can substitute a non-subject specific grade for the Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales or the Welsh Baccalaureate Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate at that grade

Cambridge Pre-U

• Requirements for principal subjects are as for A-level, where D1/D2 is A*, D3 is A, M1/M2 is B, and M3 is C

International qualifications

• The University of Bristol welcomes applications from international students, and we accept a wide range of qualifications for undergraduate and postgraduate study

GCSE profile requirements

• No specific subjects required

English language requirements

• If English is not your first language, you need to have one of the following:
  • IELTS 7.0 overall with 7.0 in writing and 6.5 in all other skills
  • GCSE English Language grade B or 6
  • an alternative qualification outlined in our Profile level B

Related courses

• BA Religion and Theology
• BA Philosophy and Theology

Next steps

• Visit us at an open day
• Download a prospectus
• Find out how to apply
• Make an enquiry