Module Descriptors
PRACTICAL THEOLOGY
CYMI50238
Key Facts
Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies
Level 5
15 credits
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Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 30
Independent Study Hours: 120
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
  • COURSEWORK -ESSAY weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Additional Assessment Details
A 3000 word essay. Students are to examine and evaluate a key theological concept in Christian theology and demonstrate its implications for and challenges to professional practice and their Christian belief and living.
Assess Learning Outcomes 1-4.
Module Resources
Interactive whiteboard and data projectors
On-site library and internet access to Staffordshire University Library
Access to internet connected PCs
Appropriately equipped and accessible lecture rooms
Practice based: appropriately equipped office/study space, admin support, meeting rooms, art/craft resources, volunteer team
Module Indicative Content
The following core concepts may be included: Creation, Christology, Soteriology, Pneumatology, Eschatology and Trinity. These will be explored through both historical theology and contemporary contextual theology, in the context of professional practice.
Module Learning Strategies
This module incorporates several inter-related learning strategies. The interactive learning groups will provide lectures and seminars involving a combination of group activities, student led work, simulations, skills practice, discussion etc. The independent study provides opportunity for reading, library based and online research. The remote learning in the professional practice work place will help develop professional skills.
Module Texts
Griffiths, S (2007) A Christlike Ministry. Cambridge, YCT Press.
McGrath, A. (2006) Christian Theology, an Introduction. Oxford, Blackwell.
Thomson, J. (2008) Telling the Difference. Cambridge, YCT Press.