(iii) ADVANCED DIPLOMAS (ONE YEAR PART-TIME)

1. 1. Course
   1. (a) The course will consist of lectures, tutorials, seminars, and classes, on the subject of Biblical and Theological Studies. Candidates will be required also to undertake supervised pastoral practice and preaching. Candidates will be expected to have completed the Undergraduate Diploma in Biblical and Theological Studies offered by the College (formerly the Undergraduate Certificate in Biblical and Theological Studies) or an equivalent course of study approved by the Board of Studies.
   2. (b) The course may be taken on a part-time basis only over a period of at least one year and no more than two years. Candidates shall follow six subjects from the Schedule below.
2. 2. Every candidate will be required to satisfy the examiners in the following:
   1. (a) Attendance at the theoretical courses; students must attend a minimum of 75 per cent of the equivalent of 30 two-hour sessions;
   2. (b) Three coursework assignments, each of which shall not exceed 3,000 words or equivalent in length, based on the theoretical courses;
   3. (c) A dissertation of no more than 10,000 words, on a topic of theological interest to the candidate, the title of which shall be approved by the Course Director;
   4. (d) Completion of a placement of a minimum of eighty hours of supervised pastoral practice and preaching.
   5. (e) A satisfactory report of the period of supervised pastoral practice and preaching from a candidate's supervisor appointed for this purpose by the Course Director. Assignments under (b) and (c) will be forwarded to the examiners for consideration by such dates as the examiners shall determine and shall notify candidates.
3. 3. Candidates may be expected to attend a viva voce examination at the end of the course.
4. 4. The examiners may award a distinction to candidates for the Advanced Diploma.
5. 5. Candidates who fail to satisfy the examiners in the assignments under 2(b)-(c) may be permitted to resubmit work in respect of part or parts of the examination which they have failed on not more than one occasion which shall normally be within one year of the initial failure.

Schedule

Candidates must complete one group of the three subject groups shown below. Only one subject group is available each year. The definitive list of subjects for one year will be circulated to candidates not later than Friday of the third week of Michaelmas Term of that year. Candidates may not offer for the Advanced Diploma any subject group undertaken as part of the Undergraduate Diploma in Biblical and Theological Studies.

Subject Group A

1. 1. Pastoral theology
2. 2. The Atonement
3. 3. The Reformation
4. 4. ‘Romans’
5. 5. Covenant in the Old Testament
6. 6. Ethics

Subject Group B

1. 1. The Sacraments
2. 2. The Church and the Kingdom
3. 3. The Early Church
4. 4. The Psalms
5. 5. Social Context of Theology
6. 6. The Corinthian Letters

Subject Group C

1. 1. Old Testament Prophets
2. 2. Mission
3. 3. Luke and Acts
4. 4. Philosophy
5. 5. Modern Church History
6. 6. God and Revelation

1. 1. Course
   1. (a) The course will comprise four taught units [Until 1 October 2013: (selected from the list below)] and a [Until 1 October 2013: group] [From 1 October 2013: team] project.
   2. (b) The course is available on a part-time basis and will normally be taken over a period of one year, and may not be taken over a period of more than two years. [Until 1 October 2013: The course may either be taken in a distance learning mode or a face-to-face mode.]
2. 2. Every candidate will be required to satisfy the examiners in the following:
   1. (a) [Until 1 October 2013: active] participation in all parts of the course [Until 1 October 2013: to the satisfaction of the Course Director];
   2. (b) [Until 1 October 2013: active] participation in group discussions under the guidance, [Until 1 October 2013: and to the satisfaction,] of the student's tutor;
   3. (c) four assignments of 4,000 words each (or equivalent), based on the units 1-4 below;
   4. (d) a [Until 1 October 2013: group] [From 1 October 2013: team] project report of 4,000 words (or equivalent). Assignments under 2(c) and 2(d) above will be forwarded to the examiners for consideration by such dates as the examiners shall determine and shall notify candidates.
3. 3. Candidates will be required to achieve an overall pass for the four assignments under 2(c) above and the report under 2(d) above. All assignments under 2(c) and the project report under 2(d) carry equal weight.
4. 4. Candidates may be required to attend a viva voce examination at the end of the course.
5. 5. The examiners may award a Distinction to candidates for the Advanced Diploma.
6. 6. Candidates who fail to satisfy the examiners in the requirements under 2(c)-2(d) and 3 may be permitted to resubmit work in respect of the part or parts of the examination which they have failed for examination on not more than one occasion which shall normally be within one year of the examiners' decision to permit the candidate the opportunity to resubmit the work.

Schedule

Unit 1: The System Development Life-cycle and Management

Unit 2: Systems Analysis and Design—Data Driven and Procedural Techniques

Unit 3: Systems Analysis and Design—Data Organisation

Unit 4: Systems Analysis and Design—Objects and Architectures

Unit 5: [Until 1 October 2013: Group] [From 1 October 2013: Team] Project

[Until 1 October 2013: Any other unit (or units), defined by the Course Director and approved by the Board of Studies, may be substituted in place of one of Units 2, 3, or 4 above.]

1. 1. Course The course will comprise two modules:
   1. Module 1 Concepts and Methods for Local History
   2. Module 2 Databases for Historians
2. The course, which is available on a part-time, distance learning basis only, will normally be taken over a period of one year, and may not be taken over a period of more than two years.
3. 2. Every student will be required to satisfy the examiners in the following:
   1. (a) participation in all parts of the course to the satisfaction of the Course Director;
   2. (b) participation in electronic group discussions under the guidance, and to the satisfaction, of the student’s academic tutor;
   3. (c) one assignment of not more than 2,000 words, one assignment of not more than 2,500 words, one assignment of not more than 2,000 words plus supporting tables, and one assignment of not more than 3,000 words, based on the work covered in the Concepts and Methods module (Module 1);
   4. (d) one assignment of not more than 2,500 words, based on the work covered in the Databases module (Module 2);
   5. (e) one assignment of not more than 5,000 words, which will be a Local History project involving the use of a database of historical data.
4. Assignments under 2(c) - (e) above will be forwarded to the examiners for consideration by such dates as the examiners shall determine and shall notify students.
5. 3. Students will be required to pass all assignments in both modules to be awarded the Advanced Diploma. Students who fail to satisfy the examiners in the assignments under 2(c) - (e) may be permitted to resubmit work which they have failed for examination on not more than one occasion which shall normally be within in one year of the date on which the assignment was first due to be submitted.
6. 4. Students may be required to attend a viva voce examination at the end of the course of studies.
7. 5. The examiners may award a Distinction to candidates for the Advanced Diploma.