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Master of Arts (Honours) Biblical Studies and Comparative Literature


MA (Hons) Biblical Studies (Joint Honours): First year
Code Module name Credits
DI1003 Old Testament 1: Torah and Prophets 20 AND
DI1006 New Testament 1: Jesus and the Gospels 20 AND
( DI1004 Hebrew 1: Introduction to Hebrew Language 20 OR
DI1005 New Testament Greek 1 20 ) AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
MA (Hons) Comparative Literature (Joint Honours): First Year
Code Module name Credits
CO1001 The Nineteenth-Century Novel 20 AND
CO1002 Drama in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries 20 AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
MA (Hons) Biblical Studies (Joint Honours): Second year
Code Module name Credits
( * DI2001 Old Testament 2: Wisdom, Psalms, Apocalyptic and Apocryphal Literature 20 AND
* DI2003 New Testament 2: Paul and the Epistles 20 AND
( DI2002 Hebrew 2 20 OR
DI2201 New Testament Greek 2 20 )) AND
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • an average grade of 11 or above at first sitting must be attained in certain requisite 2000 level modules marked * Qualified Entry to Honours requires; a grade of 4.0 or above in each of the requisite modules marked * and passing the Honours Entry examinations for the modules marked * in which a student did not previously achieve a grade of 11.0 or above, such that the conditions for automatic entry to Honours Entry are met when the best grade now achieved in each module marked * is considered. An Honours Entry examination can only be taken in the same academic year as the first completed enrolment in the relevant requisite module.
MA (Hons) Comparative Literature (Joint Honours): Second Year
Code Module name Credits
CO2001 Good and Evil 20 AND
CO2002 Journeys 20 AND
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

OR with the approval of the UG Comparative Literature Programme Director, a pass in one of CO2001 or CO2002 and 20 credits in a cognate subject.

If credits are taken in a cognate subject an average of grade 11 or better across these and the CL modules must be achieved to guarantee honours entry.

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • Average of grade 11 or better OR With the approval of the UG Comparative Literature Programme Director, a pass in one of CO2001, CO2002 and 20 credits in cognate subject with an average of grade 11 or better across these and the CL credits.

Entry to Honours

Students who meet the requirements specified above, and who meet all other programme requirements, will be given automatic entry into Honours programmes.

See: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/media/teaching-and-learning/policies/honsentry.pdf )

MA Honours

The general requirements are 480 credits over a period of normally four years (and not more than five years) or part-time equivalent, of which the final two years form an approved Honours programme of 240 credits, of which 90 credits are at 4000 level and at least a further 120 credits at 3000 and/or 4000 levels.

MA (Hons) Biblical Studies (Joint Honours): Third year
Code Module name Credits
DI3601 Biblical Hermeneutics and Exegesis 30 AND
View list 30 credits from Module List: DI3716, DI3717, DI4600 - DI4749, DI4750 - DI4789
DI3716 Reading in the Greek New Testament 30
DI4608 Gospel of Matthew (English Texts) 30
DI4609 Gospel of Matthew (Greek Texts) 30
DI4615 New Testament Special Topic: 30
DI4616 Atonement 30
DI4626 The Book of Revelation: English Texts 30
DI4627 The Book of Revelation: English and Greek Texts 30
DI4628 Epistle to the Hebrews: English Text 30
DI4629 Epistle to the Hebrews: Greek Text 30
DI4630 The Gospel of Mark: English Text 30
DI4631 The Gospel of Mark: Greek Text 30
DI4700 Hebrew Prose and Poetry 30
DI4705 Biblical Aramaic 30
DI4711 Old Testament Special Topic : The Bible and War 30
DI4726 Hebrew Readings 30
DI4730 The Book of Daniel 30
DI4731 Ancient Jewish Literature from 1 Enoch to the Mishnah 30
DI4732 King and Messiah in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and Second Temple Judaism 30
DI4733 Creation and Chaos in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East 30
DI4750 Themes and Texts in Christian-Buddhist Dialogue 30
DI3717 Holy Scripture, Sacred Earth: The Bible and Ecology 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year
MA (Hons) Comparative Literature (Joint Honours): Third Year
Code Module name Credits
View list 30 credits from Module Grouping: CO3000 - CO3019 AND
CO3001 Comparative Literature: Contours and Constellations I 15
CO3003 Comparative Literature: Contours and Constellations 2 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
View list 30 credits from Module Grouping: CO3020 - CO3049, CO4002 - CO4049
CO3020 Cultural Memory and Literature 15
CO3021 Crossing the Mediterranean 15
CO4002 The Literary Canon 15
CO4003 Issues in Cultural Studies 15
CO4020 Literature and the Bible 15
CO4021 Autobiography and the Visual Arts 15
CO4022 Illness and Literature 15
CO4024 Performing Early-Modern Sexualities 15
CO4026 Classicism in European Literature 15
CO4027 Folk and Fairy Tales 15
CO4029 Science and Culture in European Modernisms 15
CO4030 The Short Story 15
CO4031 Experiences of Exile 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year
MA (Hons) Biblical Studies (Joint Honours): Fourth year
Code Module name Credits
(( DI4498 Honours Dissertation in Divinity 30 OR
DI4794 Joint Dissertation (30cr) 30 ) AND
( View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: DI4015 with ID4002 AND
ID4002 Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
DI4015 Communication in Divinity 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: DI3716, DI3717, DI4600 - DI4789 )) OR
DI4608 Gospel of Matthew (English Texts) 30
DI4609 Gospel of Matthew (Greek Texts) 30
DI4615 New Testament Special Topic: 30
DI4616 Atonement 30
DI4626 The Book of Revelation: English Texts 30
DI4627 The Book of Revelation: English and Greek Texts 30
DI4628 Epistle to the Hebrews: English Text 30
DI4629 Epistle to the Hebrews: Greek Text 30
DI4630 The Gospel of Mark: English Text 30
DI4631 The Gospel of Mark: Greek Text 30
DI4700 Hebrew Prose and Poetry 30
DI4705 Biblical Aramaic 30
DI4711 Old Testament Special Topic : The Bible and War 30
DI4726 Hebrew Readings 30
DI4730 The Book of Daniel 30
DI4731 Ancient Jewish Literature from 1 Enoch to the Mishnah 30
DI4732 King and Messiah in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and Second Temple Judaism 30
DI4733 Creation and Chaos in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East 30
DI4750 Themes and Texts in Christian-Buddhist Dialogue 30
DI3716 Reading in the Greek New Testament 30
DI3717 Holy Scripture, Sacred Earth: The Bible and Ecology 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
( View list Between 30 and 60 credits from Module List: DI3716, DI3717, DI4600 - DI4789 AND
DI4608 Gospel of Matthew (English Texts) 30
DI4609 Gospel of Matthew (Greek Texts) 30
DI4615 New Testament Special Topic: 30
DI4616 Atonement 30
DI4626 The Book of Revelation: English Texts 30
DI4627 The Book of Revelation: English and Greek Texts 30
DI4628 Epistle to the Hebrews: English Text 30
DI4629 Epistle to the Hebrews: Greek Text 30
DI4630 The Gospel of Mark: English Text 30
DI4631 The Gospel of Mark: Greek Text 30
DI4700 Hebrew Prose and Poetry 30
DI4705 Biblical Aramaic 30
DI4711 Old Testament Special Topic : The Bible and War 30
DI4726 Hebrew Readings 30
DI4730 The Book of Daniel 30
DI4731 Ancient Jewish Literature from 1 Enoch to the Mishnah 30
DI4732 King and Messiah in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and Second Temple Judaism 30
DI4733 Creation and Chaos in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East 30
DI4750 Themes and Texts in Christian-Buddhist Dialogue 30
DI3716 Reading in the Greek New Testament 30
DI3717 Holy Scripture, Sacred Earth: The Bible and Ecology 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: DI4015 with ID4002 )
ID4002 Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
DI4015 Communication in Divinity 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

60 credits should be selected from DI3716, DI4600 - DI4789, (ID4002 with ID4002 if a 4000-level dissertation or comparable independent research project is taken in the other Honours subject.
MA (Hons) Comparative Literature (Joint Honours): Fourth Year
Code Module name Credits
View list 60 credits from Module List: CO3020 - CO3049, CO4002 - CO4049, CO4098 - CO4099, ML4794
CO3020 Cultural Memory and Literature 15
CO3021 Crossing the Mediterranean 15
CO4002 The Literary Canon 15
CO4003 Issues in Cultural Studies 15
CO4020 Literature and the Bible 15
CO4021 Autobiography and the Visual Arts 15
CO4022 Illness and Literature 15
CO4024 Performing Early-Modern Sexualities 15
CO4026 Classicism in European Literature 15
CO4027 Folk and Fairy Tales 15
CO4029 Science and Culture in European Modernisms 15
CO4030 The Short Story 15
CO4031 Experiences of Exile 15
CO4098 Short Dissertation in Comparative Literature 15
CO4099 Long Dissertation in Comparative Literature 30
ML4794 Joint Dissertation (30cr) 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

Study abroad

In the case of students who spend part of the Honours programme on a recognised Study Abroad scheme, the Programme Requirements will be amended to take into account overseas courses which are approved by the relevant St Andrews School in the Learning Agreement (see www.st-andrews.ac.uk/students/study-abroad/academic ).