BA (Hons) Theology & Liberal Arts
Cert., Dip., BA (Hons)
The BA in Theology and Liberal Arts is designed to provide a broad theological education, integrating theology with humanities, arts and the sciences.
This innovative addition to LST’s suite of undergraduate courses has been carefully designed to meet the needs of contemporary students, and the contemporary church. We are thrilled to be running it, and we look forward to welcoming students onto it.
Programme Videos and Testimonials
Why Liberal Arts?
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Key Information
Applications for the Theology and Liberal Arts programme are invited at certificate, diploma or degree level. This programme can be studied full-time or part-time.
On-campus: Residential or non-residential. Lectures are timetabled Monday-Friday, 9am-6pm, delivered over three terms in two semesters from October-June.
Online: The BA Theology and Liberal Arts programme can be studied fully online, delivered in three semesters from October to July. Students can study together in timetabled blocks, interacting in discussion forums with module tutors.
Blended: All our undergraduate programmes, including BA Theology and Liberal Arts can be studied in blended mode, with Theology modules taken online.
Students enrolling for the Certificate, Diploma or BA (Hons) in Theology and Liberal Arts must demonstrate the ability to undertake an undergraduate programme of this nature successfully. This will normally mean two A levels plus three different GCSE passes at grade C or above (one GCSE must be English), or equivalent alternatives for students under 21.
If you do not meet the entry requirements, please contact the Engagement Team who will help you to identify a suitable programme of study. Mature students (aged 21 and over) without these qualifications will be considered individually.
For full-time students, it is expected that you will be able to commit around 40 hours per week to your studies.
For students studying on campus lectures will take place between 9am – 6pm on Mondays to Fridays. This normally equates to around 12 hours of lectures and 30 hours of personal study time.
Two practical placement modules are completed at levels 4 and 5, and a final dissertation project at level 6.
For students studying online we also recommend a commitment of 40 hours per week to enable you to complete the necessary work.
For part-time students it is expected that you will be able to commit around 20 hours per week to your studies. For students studying on campus lectures will take place between 9am – 5pm on Mondays & Tuesdays in Year 1 and Thursdays & Fridays in Year 2. For students studying online we also recommend a commitment of 20 hours per week to enable you to complete the necessary work.
Full-time students are expected to complete the BA in 3 years. Part-time students are expected to complete the BA in 6 years.
The BA in Theology & Liberal Arts equips students to pursue a variety of vocations and professions in different contexts after graduating. The interdisciplinary knowledge and skills obtained are well suited to a number of fields within an increasingly competitive graduate job market, including:
- Teaching
- Church Ministry
- Public Sector
- Work in Christian organisations or charities
- Business
- Arts and Entertainment
Graduates who perform well on this programme will also be finely prepared for further study, whether in theology or related disciplines.
What you will study
Level 4 (First year of full-time study)
The first level of study will comprise a grounding in the basics of theological education, supplemented by an introduction to liberal arts education and a range of theologically-informed liberal arts discipline.
The Level 4 modules you will study are:
- Theology and Liberal arts: Introducing Liberal Arts
- Philosophical Theology
- Theology, Imagination, and the Arts
- Science-Engaged Theology
- New Testament Introduction
- Old Testament Introduction
- Introduction to Doctrine
One optional Theology modules from:
- Faith in Time
- Introduction to Theology
- Global Christianity
- Key Christian Thinkers
- God and Creation
- Spiritual Theology 1
Level 5 and 6 (the second and third year of full time study)
The following levels of study will continue to build on the first level’s skills and conceptual foundation. In this programme, you will uniquely be able to pick and choose your modules based around your interests and passions. These modules continue to hone the skills learned in the first level while diving deeper into theological engagements with various humanities.
Some examples of Level 5 and 6 modules you will study are:
- Theology and Liberal Arts 2: Discipleship for Citizenship
- Theology and Liberal Arts Colloquium
- Justice: Divine and Human
- Sin, Grace, & Eschatology
- Person & Work of Christ
- Relational Theology
- Scripture, Exegesis, and Hermeneutics
- Spiritual Theology 2
Four Interdisciplinary Modules from:
- Multimedia and Multisensory Worship 1
- Music, Philosophy, and God
- Theology and Social Science
- Analytic Theology: Thinking the Faith
- Apologetics
- Reading the Faith: Christ in Literature
- Christ and Culture: Engaging Society Through the Arts
The BA Theology and Liberal Arts programme is quality assured by Middlesex University and you will receive a Middlesex award upon completion.
Programme Documents:
Andy Everhart
Programme Leader
My hope is that students on this programme would learn a variety of tools and approaches from various disciplines that enable and expand their theological thinking. I further hope that these tools and approaches equip students to develop creative solutions and new approaches to society’s ills, demonstrating the love and justice of Christ to a broken world. You will be reading new ideas, studying more than you have before, and encountering new approaches to Jesus and Church. I recommend coming with an open mind and humble heart ready to learn, but also ready to grow and develop as a learner.