Course Modules

On successful completion of the MA Social Work you will reflect on your practice to meet the aims of the threshold requirements for entry into the profession as a registered social worker.

At the point of qualification, you are expected to have developed analytical techniques and problem-solving skills and to be able to demonstrate personal responsibility and decision making in complex and unpredictable professional situations.

Academic tutors will focus on your academic and professional development, provide pastoral care, support the link between theory and social work practice and enable you to understand service user and carer perspectives.

This module is designed to explore critically the pedagogical models of physical education. It will facilitate the understanding of these models and how they can be implemented within a physical education setting.

You will critically explore effective leadership and management models, practice, and strategies. You will learn how these can be utilised in the role of a subject leader in physical education, level 3 coach, or other equivalent professional role.

This module allows you to critically engage with the notion of leadership in a Christian context and to evaluate its compatibility with Scripture and Christian tradition. You will consider both ordained and lay leadership, examining how it can best reflect

This module introduces you to key concepts in Christian spirituality and allows you to reflect theologically on the relationship between spirituality, theology and other appropriate disciplines, e.g. insights from education and psychology. You will draw on a range of sources

The dissertation represents the culmination of the whole programme and the final stage in assessment. You will undertake a critical enquiry into a particular area of theological interest or professional practice, utilising analytical and methodological skills acquired during the course.

This module allows you to reflect theologically on your local context. You will critically examine different approaches to theological reflection with a focus on their practical deployment within the local context. The module then explores the ways in which social

This module equips you to engage and reflect theologically on social, political and pastoral issues and questions which arise locally, nationally and globally. You will critically examine public and practical theological methodologies and perspectives utilised by British and international theologians.