University of St Andrews

Key information

SCOTCAT credits : 30

ECTS credits : 15

Level : SCQF level 11

Semester: 2

Availability restrictions: Not available as an optional module for any other programme, except with the Permission of the Head of School.

Planned timetable: 1-3 Tuesday and 1-3 Thursday

This module will examine how the central articles of the Christian faith, as expressed in the Apostles' Creed, have been engaged by artists throughout the history of Christianity. For each article of the creed, one major artwork - visual, literary or musical - will serve as the locus for discussing changing theological approaches to that doctrine and for examining the artistic methods developed to engage it (often in ways inaccessible to non-artistic forms of expression). Each week, this central discussion will be consolidated by student-led consideration of smaller artworks. By the end of the semester, students will have gained a basic grasp of the historical development both of Christian doctrine and of Western art, and of the distinctive ways in which Christianity and artistic forms have challenged, influenced and enlarged each other, and continue to do so.

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact: 4 hours.

Scheduled learning hours: 43

Guided independent study hours: 250

Assessment pattern

As used by St Andrews: 3-hour Written Examination = 40%, Coursework = 60%

As defined by QAA
Written examinations : 40%
Practical examinations : 35%
Coursework: 25%

Personnel

Module coordinator: Dr R A Lamb
Module teaching staff: Prof J Wolfe
Module coordinator email rl89@st-andrews.ac.uk