University of St Andrews

Key information

SCOTCAT credits : 20

ECTS credits : 10

Level : SCQF level 8

Semester: 1

Planned timetable: Lecture - Monday, Tuesday, Thursday (2-3pm), Practical - Wednesday, Friday

This module examines the intersections between science, theology, and the arts. It will consider the role of the imagination in how science and theology are engaged in past and contemporary popular culture. This module is organized around how the arts express and reconfigure core tensions in the relationship between scientific and theological ideas about what it means to be human. The range of art forms examined may include science-fiction, the Gothic, film, television, poetry and theatre.

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact: 3 hour lectures (11 weeks), 1 hour tutorial (10 weeks)

Scheduled learning hours: 49

Guided independent study hours: 155

Assessment pattern

As used by St Andrews: 2-hour Written Examination = 40%, Coursework (Essay and Book/Film Review) = 50%, Tutorial Participation = 10%

As defined by QAA
Written examinations : 40%
Practical examinations : 10%
Coursework: 50%

Re-assessment: 2-hour Written Examination = 100%

Personnel