Course Handbooks

Handbooks contain general information about academic life in Oxford as well as specific details relating to individual degree courses.

The Schedules of Papers contain descriptions of the papers (units of study) available to students on all three BA courses and the Postgraduate Diploma in Theology and Religion. These descriptions include information on course content, delivery and assessment.

The Preliminary Examination is the first year of the BA course. The Final Honour School comprises years two and three of the course.

All Handbooks and Schedules of Papers are named according to the year in which students will be examined. Please note that the details of the courses may vary according to the year in which you started the course. Ensure that you are consulting the correct handbook.

Prospective students and applicants are advised that the course undertaken by students in future years may vary in its detail. Please see the University’s information on potential course changes. For the most representative information available, applicants should consult the most recent Handbooks and Schedules of Papers.

Please note that in August 2022, the Faculty of Oriental Studies changed its name to the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. The title of the joint degree offered by that Faculty with the Faculty of Theology and Religion is also changing to mark this transition. The handbooks published to students reflect the different course titles currently in use - both the BA in Religion and Oriental Studies and the BA in Religion and Asian and Middle Eastern Studies - but the content of the two BA courses (and of their handbooks) is otherwise identical.

Preliminary Examinations in 2023

Students commencing the first year of the course in October 2022 will take a Preliminary Examination in 2023.

Final Honour School Examinations in 2023

    Final Honour School Examinations in 2024

     

      Handbooks contain general information about academic life in Oxford as well as and specific details relating to individual courses.

      • Handbook for Postgraduate Diploma/Master of Theology in Applied Theology 2016-17
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      • Schedule of Papers for Postgraduate Diploma in Theology and Religion for examination in 2023
      • Schedule of Papers for Postgraduate Diploma in Theology and Religion for examination in 2024
      • Handbook for postgraduate taught degrees 2018-19
      • Handbook for postgraduate taught degrees 2019-20
      • Handbook for postgraduate taught degrees 2020-21
      • Handbook for postgraduate taught degrees 2021-2022
      • Handbook for postgraduate taught degrees 2022-2023
      • Handbook for postgraduate research degrees 2018-19
      • Handbook for postgraduate research degrees 2019-20
      • Handbook for postgraduate research degrees 2020-21
      • Handbook for postgraduate research degrees 2021-22
      • Handbook for postgraduate research degrees 2022-2023