Lectures are the main teaching method in the module.
They lay out the basic material and raise the key issues. Seminars are used to check students' comprehension, and look in more detail at key texts and issues. Tutorials are used to hand back and discuss unassessed essays and to plan for assessed essays. 2-2,500 word unassessed essay and one seminar paper. J N D Kelly, Early Christian Doctrines 5th ed .