Theology and Religion PgDip

The Postgraduate Diploma in Theology and Religion is provided as an alternative qualification for those wishing to pursue graduate study in theology and religions but whose first degree is not in theology or religious studies. The Postgraduate Diploma in Theology and Religion offers an intensive period of study which you may complete either in nine months as a full-time student or in twenty-one months as a part-time student. The course is mainly taught via tutorials, for which you would customarily prepare written work to discuss with the tutor. You would also attend relevant classes and lectures as advertised for the BA in Theology and Religion, as well as seminars organised specifically for Postgraduate Diploma students (usually two per term). Teaching usually takes place up to the fourth week of Trinity term. Teaching for the Postgraduate Diploma in Theology and Religion is organised by your Director of Studies, appointed by the faculty, who may or may not be based in your college. Your Director of Studies may arrange for some or all of your teaching to be undertaken by other members of academic staff, but will still retain overall responsibility for your progress. Students who leave the University of Oxford with graduate qualifications in theology and religion enter a variety of careers all around the world. Students who complete the Postgraduate Diploma in Theology and Religion often progress to further academic study within the faculty or in other universities. Others have secured employment as, for example, school teachers, civil servants, lawyers, clergy or parliamentary research assistants.