Diploma of Higher Education Theology

Structure and modules

 

Structure

The DipHE is 240 credits; at least 100 credits must be at Level 4, and at least 100 credits at Level 5.

Requirements

Year 1
You must take all of:

  • 8 compulsory modules (totalling 100 credits)
  • Option modules, at Level 4 or Level 5, to take the total number of credits studied to at least 120 credits
  • Weekly church placement module (non-credit bearing) and associated reports

Year 2
You must take all of:

  • 7 compulsory modules (totalling 70 credits)
  • 1 of either MP2.3 or MP2.4 (10 credits)
  • Option modules, at Level 4, Level 5, or Level 6 to take the total number of credits studied to at least 120 credits
  • Weekly church placement module (non-credit bearing) and associated reports

 

Credit load

Normal credit load per year and range available (by agreement with College):

  • Full time: normal credit load per year is 120 credits; the range available per year is 100-140 credits
  • Part time: normal credit load per year is 60 credits; the range available per year is 40-80 credits.
  • There are limits to how much you can audit based on your credit load for the year.  See the Programme Information page for details.

 

Please note

Option modules are offered subject to viability (based on class size) and the College reserves the right to withdraw an option module if there is insufficient interest; not all option modules are offered every year. 

Part time: if you wish to study Hebrew as one of your option modules in your CertHE year, please note that the constraints of the part time pathways are such that you will automatically have to over-credit by 10 credits.  To avoid this, you may wish to defer your study of Hebrew to your DipHE year (ie Year 3 of 4 or Year 3 of 6 depending on your programme).

 

Modules

These are the modules running in 2023/24.  This is a provisional list and is subject to change (option modules and tutors). For a full list of the option modules which are potentially available in any given year, please see the Programme Specification.

Year 2

Semester 1 Semester 2

Compulsory modules
(80 credits)

BD2.1
Biblical Studies III (Biblical Theology)

10 credits

BD2.2
Biblical Studies IV (Canonical Exegesis)

10 credits

DC2.2
Doctrine II

10 credits

MP2.2 
Pastoral Ministry I
10 credits

DM2.1
Introduction to Christian Ethics

10 credits

DC2.7
Evangelism & Apologetics

10 credits

BM2.1
Word Ministry I
10 credits

 

MP2.3 or MP2.4 
Anglican Ministry or Independent Ministry

10 credits

MP2.7
Weekly Church Placement II

0 credits

Option modules
(at least 40 credits)
DM1.2
Foundations for Cross-Cultural Mission
10 credits
DC1.3
Philosophical Foundations
10 credits
  DC1.6
Reading Calvin's Institutes
10 credits
BL2.1 
Intermediate New Testament Greek
20 credits
BL2.2 
Introduction to Biblical Hebrew
20 credits
BL2.10 
Pauline Theology
10 credits 
DM2.4
Islam
10 credits
DM2.3 
Introduction to the World Church
10 credits
DM2.7
A Theology of Digital & Digital Ministries

10 credits

DM2.2 
Engagement with Cross-Cultural Mission
10 credits

 

DM2.5
 
Place & Season, Others & Self

10 credits

MP2.5
 
Cross-Cultural Outreach for Church-Based Ministry

10 credits

MP2.8
Ministry/Mission Experience Placement
0 credits

MP2.8
Ministry/Mission Experience Placement
0 credits
BL4.2
Reading Biblical Hebrew

20 credits
BL4.1
General Epistles (Greek)
20 credits
BL4.3
Advanced Biblical Hebrew Reading
20 credits
BD4.2
Justification
20 credits
BL4.7
The Psalms (English and Hebrew streams)
20 credits
BL4.6
The Book of Isaiah
20 credits
BL4.9
John's Gospel & the Johannine Epistles

20 credits
DM4.2
Cross-Cultural Mission Placement

20 credits
MP4.1
Training & Equipping Others for Children’s, Youth & Family Ministry

20 credits
DM4.8
Spiritual Formation in the Reformed Tradition
10 credits
MP4.3
Advanced Christian Leadership
20 credits

DC4.6
English Puritanism
10 credits

DM4.3
Global Theology & Practice
20 credits

Summer Intensives
(Continuing Students Only)

MP1.1
Foundations for Children's, Youth & Family Ministry

10 credits

MP2.1
Engagement with Children's, Youth & Family Ministry

10 credits

BM4.2
Biblical Genre in Word Ministry: Biblical Narrative
10 credits

DC4.5
Early English Baptists: Origins, Identities & Influence

10 credits

Part time students start on either Year A or Year B depending on which year they begin their academic programme. The academic year 2023/24 is Year B, meaning that part time students entering in 2023/24 will take Year B compulsory modules in 2023/24.   

These are the compulsory modules running in 2023/24. For a full list of the option modules, which are potentially available in any given year, please see the Programme Specification.