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.
- Schedule of Papers for the Preliminary Examination in 2023
- Handbook for the Preliminary Examination in Theology and Religion in 2023
- Handbook for the Preliminary Examination in Philosophy and Theology in 2023
- Handbook for the Preliminary Examination in Religion and Asian and Middle Eastern Studies in 2023
Final Honour School Examinations in 2023
- Schedule of Papers for the Final Honour School Examination in 2023
- Handbook for the Final Honour School Examination in Theology and Religion in 2023
- Handbook for the Final Honour School Examination in Philosophy and Theology in 2023
- Handbook for the Final Honour School Examination in Religion and Oriental Studies in 2023
Final Honour School Examinations in 2024
- Schedule of Papers for the Final Honour School Examination in 2024
- Handbook for the Final Honour School Examination in Theology and Religion in 2024
- Handbook for the Final Honour School Examination in Philosophy and Theology in 2024
- Handbook for the Final Honour School Examination in Religion and Oriental Studies in 2024
- Handbook for the Final Honour School Examination in Religion and Asian and Middle Eastern Studies in 2024