Bachelor of Arts in Theology and Philosophy

CAO Code AH001Cover_Final_3_Aug08

NFQ Level 8
All Hallows College is a college of Dublin City University
All degrees are validated and accredited by DCU

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The Course
This four year BA programme (CAO Code AH001) enables students to achieve a competence in Theology and Philosophy. At registration students may opt to take their degree either on a Theology Major basis with Philosophy as a subsiderary subject or on a Joint Major basis where they will have equal credits in Theology and their other chosen subjects.

What is Theology?
Theology is talk about the experience of God. Over four years, students study and dialogue with the Christian understanding of the experience of God as reflected historically in the Scriptures, Church teachings and the work of outstanding theologians.

Courses in practical and moral theology consider the meaning of the Christian response in increasingly complex socio-historical contexts.

Attention is also paid to Ecumenism and what Christianity can learn from other Faiths.

Courses in Philosophy are taken in Year One and, in their second year, students participate in a field placement and reflect on their experience of e.g. teaching, youth work, prison work, communications, hospital visitation. This helps students integrate theology and life.

What is Philosophy?
Philosophy means a love of wisdom and explores the way in which philosophers from the Fifth Century BCE until the modern day have faced questions such as body, soul, person, death, meaning, ethics, and knowledge. Studying Philosophy helps students form critical, intelligent and balanced judgements about contemporary reality.

Grants
The Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theology and Philosophy is approved for Grants under the Higher Education Grants Scheme and the Government Free Fees Scheme.

Course Entry Requirements
For details on entry requirements and application procedures, please go to our BA Admissions page by clicking here.

Career Opportunities:
All Hallows graduates have found employment in the following areas:

  • Schools (teaching Religious Education and English)
  • Pastoral Centre
  • Department of Justice - Probation and Welfare Office
  • Social Work
  • Drug Rehabilitation Centres
  • Eastern Health Board
  • Amnesty International
  • Parishes - Youth Work and Bereavement Counselling
  • Chaplaincy - youth, prison and hospital
  • Counselling
  • Community Development
  • Parish Renewal
  • Colleges - teaching Theology
  • Civil Service
  • Administration

 

Further information:
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