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DR504U: TOPICS IN SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY: GOD, CHRIST, AND SALVATION (2024-2025)

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Course Overview

This course engages at length and in depth with the classic topics of God, Christ, and salvation in the Christian theological tradition, aiming to foster critical reflection on the scope and coherence of Christian teachings as well as on the defining concerns and conventions of Christian systematic theology, and to cultivate in students the interpretative and analytical skills required for advanced work in the discipline. In this course, students will engage intensively with one or more major texts from the Christian doctrinal tradition, with a particular focus on modern and contemporary sources.

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Term First Term Credit Points 30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Brian R. Brock

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Any Postgraduate Programme

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

In this course, students will engage intensively with one or more works of significance from the Christian doctrinal tradition in order to explore the doctrinal loci of God, Christ, and salvation and their related themes. This will typically involve close study either of a series of excepts from one major theological text or of a variety of excepts drawn from a range of doctrinal texts, though on occasion other modes of engagement and other resources of significance may be pursued.


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Tutorial/Seminar Participation

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 10
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Student's participation in the conversations and debates in the seminar will be monitored over the weeks of the course.

Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Text Analysis

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 30
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Word Count: 2,000

Detailed written feedback will be provided on the analysis.

Learning Outcomes
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Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 60
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One research essay of 5,000 words on relevant topic.

Detailed written feedback will be provided on the essay.

Word Count 5000
Learning Outcomes
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Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Resit Assessments

Resubmission of coursework

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Learning Outcomes
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Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualEvaluateFormulate and articulate critical questions concerning the history, development and coherence of the Christian doctrines under consideration.
ConceptualCreateExpress complex theological ideas and judgments in both oral and written arguments.
FactualUnderstandIdentify and describe the chief contours of the doctrines of God, Christology and Soteriology as encountered in course materials.
ConceptualAnalyseAppreciate and analyse the logic and arguments involved in the development and articulation of the Christian doctrines under consideration.

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