Theology and Liberal Arts

This new programme offered at London School of Theology is designed to offer a well rounded, interdisciplinary approach to theology and discipleship. Students will engage theologically with philosophy, ethics, arts, and music to think critically and rigorously about what it means to be a disciple of Jesus in society today.

Building on the existing strengths of our flagship BA in Theology, it offers opportunities to relate Christian belief and theological understanding to leadership, public life, philosophy, ethics, psychology, sociology, literature, music and the arts. Core Theology modules are complemented by a wide variety of options that allow you to tailor the programme to your own interests and needs. The overall mission of the programme is ‘Discipleship for Citizenship’. It aims to produce graduates who are confident and knowledgeable in their faith, while at the same time being intellectually, culturally and politically engaged for the common good of society. All in all, study on this programme will enable you to gain a versatile, high-quality humanities degree that can be applied to a broad variety of contexts—one that reflects LST’s long-standing commitment to relating God’s Word to God’s world.

The BA Theology and Liberal Arts programme addresses our changing cultural and intellectual context and seeks to relate Christian faith incisively, relevantly and practically to contemporary society. You will have the privilege of studying alongside and interacting with students and faculty from diverse backgrounds and denominations, which enriches the whole study programme. Personal spiritual growth comes not only through the taught programmes, but also through placement and dissertation options, through wider community participation, and through extracurricular activities organised by the student body.

This programme can be studied full-time or part-time, with the BA Hons degree taking three and six years respectively to complete. While certain optional modules need to be taken on campus in London, core Theology and Interdisciplinary modules and a large proportion of Optional modules are offered in both on-campus and online modes. Whether you study on campus or online, you will be part of the same programme as all others pursuing this degree. You can also choose to blend on-campus or online modules in almost any combination (timetable permitting) to suit your individual circumstances. Each year you will be able to choose to study in on-campus, online or blended modes. (Do note, however, that you cannot switch modes in the middle of a module, or halfway through the year, as modules are timetabled and taught differently in each mode.)

Although teaching methods are different for each mode, on-campus and online modules meet the same learning outcomes, carry the same type of assessments, and benefit from comparably high- quality teaching and tutoring.