Special Regulations

A. THE CERTIFICATE IN THEOLOGY

1. A. 1. Admission requirements Candidates will normally be expected to have five GCSE passes, one of which must be in English Language and two of which must be at Advanced Level. Exemptions from this requirement for mature student candidates or those otherwise qualified may be made at the discretion of the Supervisory Committee.
2. A. 2. Course requirements The length of the course is two years. A minimum of eight papers must be taken from the syllabus as outlined for the Bachelor of Theology. In Part 1 candidates must take all four papers. In Part 2 they must take one paper each from sections B, C, and D. The Supervisory Committee may dispense a candidate from individual compulsory papers on the basis of previous academic work, but not from the total number of papers required.

B. THE CERTIFICATE FOR THEOLOGY GRADUATES

1. B. 1. Admission requirements Candidates for the Certificate for Theology Graduates must have obtained an Honours or Joint Honours Degree in Theology. Candidates for the one-year course must have obtained at least second class honours. Candidates for the one-year course who have not taken the Honour School of Theology in Oxford must apply to the Supervisory Committee.
2. B. 2. Course requirements One-year candidates must take at least four papers. Two-year candidates must take at least eight papers. There are no compulsory papers. All papers will be examined at the same level. Each paper will be examined by an essay of 7,000 words, except that:
   1. (a) candidates may integrate two papers in a single essay of 12,000 words (which will still count as two papers);
   2. (b) one-year candidates may substitute a written examination in one paper, and two-year candidates in up to three papers, except for paper D.1;
   3. (c) candidates may take papers additional to the minimum requirement by written examination, except for paper D.1.

C. REGULATIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

1. C. 1. Registration and fees Not later than the end of the second week of Michaelmas Term, colleges shall forward the names of non-members of the University who wish to be registered as candidates for either of the two certificates, together with the registration fee prescribed (see Appendix I) in accordance with the appropriate regulation. No registration fee is payable for matriculated members of the University, but colleges shall, by the stated time, notify the Registrar of all such students commencing certificate courses.
2. C. 2. Examination Further provisions governing the examination for the Certificates in Theology are given in the regulations for the Bachelor of Theology.