Module Descriptors
EMOTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS
OASS60491
Key Facts
School of Digital, Technologies and Arts
Level 6
15 credits
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 20
Independent Study Hours: 130
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- COURSEWORK -ESSAY weighted at 50%
- JOURNAL weighted at 50%
Module Details
Module Texts
Crump, D. (2006), Feeling Like God: A Spiritual Journey to Emotional Wholeness, Toronto, Ontario: Clements.
Gavrilyuk, P. (2004), The Suffering of the Impassible God, Oxford: Oxford University Press
Goleman, D. (2005), Emotional Intelligence: Why it can matter more than IQ, London: Bloomsbury.
Scazzero, P. (2003), The Emotionally Healthy Church: A Strategy for Discipleship that Actually Changes Lives, Grand Rapids: Zondervan.
Sharp, P. (2002), Nurturing Emotional Literacy, London: David Fulton.
Gavrilyuk, P. (2004), The Suffering of the Impassible God, Oxford: Oxford University Press
Goleman, D. (2005), Emotional Intelligence: Why it can matter more than IQ, London: Bloomsbury.
Scazzero, P. (2003), The Emotionally Healthy Church: A Strategy for Discipleship that Actually Changes Lives, Grand Rapids: Zondervan.
Sharp, P. (2002), Nurturing Emotional Literacy, London: David Fulton.
Module Resources
On-site library and internet access to Staffordshire University Library
PCs with standard suite of University software providing access to e-mail, the internet, word processing, etc.
Rooms with access for disabled students, and suitable for group work
PCs with standard suite of University software providing access to e-mail, the internet, word processing, etc.
Rooms with access for disabled students, and suitable for group work
Module Learning Strategies
150 hours, of which 20 will be lectures, tutorials and learning groups, a minimum of 40 fieldwork hours, and the rest directed/independent study. Lectures will involve a range of interactive teaching methods.
Module Indicative Content
The aim of this module is to explore selected relational issues in work and ministry, employing interrelated insights from the fields of emotional literacy and systematic theology. It deepens psychological understanding by exploring current developments in brain science and growing recognition of the significance of the emotions in the educational field. It deepens theological understanding by exploring the current debate concerning divine impassibility, and explores the implications for theological anthropology. Key aspects of relational dynamics, such as self-esteem, friendship, love, anger, conflict, mediation, and forgiveness, are explored from psychological and theological perspectives, with attention to students' own experiences. Students reflect on how they may develop their own and clients' emotional literacy, both in church contexts and in wider society.
Module Additional Assessment Details
1. An Essay that discusses the role of emotional literacy in work and ministry (Learning outcomes 1, 2)
2: Professional Journal Entry related to an aspect of professional practice (Learning Outcomes 3,4)
2: Professional Journal Entry related to an aspect of professional practice (Learning Outcomes 3,4)