Philosophy of Religion

Learning Outcomes

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• express views clearly and concisely.
• contribute to discussion in a critical but dispassionate way.
• work effectively to deadlines.
• undertake independent work, including identifying and using appropriate resources.
• take notes from talks and written materials.

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• some of the central questions in philosophy of religion, and competing answers to these questions.
• central arguments that have been offered for and against these answers.
• how the issues you explore in this module relate to those in other modules (e.g. Epistemology, Metaphysics, Ethics of Belief).

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• interpret, synthesise and criticise philosophically complex texts and positions.
• articulate and defend your own views regarding the issues the module concerns.
• present philosophical ideas in writing, clearly and carefully.
• debate and criticise ideas and arguments in an even-handed fashion.

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Draft piece

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback:
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

Draft piece

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback:
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

Draft piece

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback:
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.