The programme details of this course are provided by:School of Divinity: The School of Divinity has an internationally renowned staff and an outstanding reputation for excellence in both teaching and research. It regularly ranks among the very top departments in the UK in both, and is the best department nationally in Religious Studies in Theology in The Guardian University Guide (2013), achieving a perfect score of 100% in student satisfaction. A centre of cutting-edge research in biblical and theological studies, it offers innovative programmes and a highly supportive environment for learning, with a close-knit college community and outstanding opportunities to pursue the exciting task of exploring theological questions in the contemporary world.School of Psychology and Neuroscience: The School of Psychology & Neuroscience is housed in a quiet quadrangle where our historic buildings have been modernised to a high standard. Our academics are closely involved in research as well as teaching, and the School is ranked among the top in every one of the national Research Assessment Exercises (RAEs). This excellence in research has immediate benefits for the teaching of our undergraduate students who are able to undertake research projects supervised by experts in their field. Many of our students go on to further research, as well as a range of other careers in the private and public sector.

Distinctive features of this course

As a Joint Honours degree student you will study both subjects equally offering you a wide choice of options within subjects. You will focus the teachings and practices of the Christian faith, rooted in biblical and theological studies and consider the significance of faith today, and challenges to it, along with exploring a range of modern scientific psychology (social, physiological, evolutionary, developmental, cognitive, neuroscience, etc.) and some of its interdisciplinary boundaries. There is a wide variety of specialist topics for you to pursue including pastoral counselling or homiletics or the interactions of Christian theology with current scientific and philosophical developments, social cognition and evolution, group processes, emotion, visual perception, or memory processes. It may be possible to spend a semester or year studying abroad as part of this degree programme.