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The MTh is divided into two parts. Part I is the first year of taught study during which full-time students must be resident in Oxford and part-time students must participate regularly in accordance with University Regulations for part-time study. The MTh may be taken either full-time (residential) in two years, or part-time in three or four years. Students may transfer from full-time to part-time after the first year.

Students will take four units in total during Part I. The two core units are:

  • Doctrine, Context and Practice
  • Experiential Project with Theological Reflection.

Further units may include the following options:

  • Sociology of Religion
  • Pastoral Psychology
  • Science and Faith in the Modern World
  • The Use of the Bible
  • Christian Spirituality
  • Liturgy and Worship
  • Christian Ethics
  • Mission in the Modern World
  • Inter-faith Dialogue
  • Ecclesiology in an Ecumenical Context

The Doctrine, Context and Practice unit is taught by weekly classes. The other three modules are taught by individual supervision. This means that each student will be provided with a tutor with whom they meet regularly to discuss their written work, resulting in an extended essay for each unit taken.

In Part II of the MTh, students will write a dissertation of up to 20,000 words on an agreed aspect of applied theology. This dissertation can be completed part-time.