These are the foundational sub-Honours years in which students acquire key skills and knowledge relating to each of the core subject areas of Divinity. It is also the time in which students discover more clearly where their own particular interests lie. Most teaching during these years is through lectures, supplemented by small-group tutorials. Honours teaching is primarily by seminars, with groups of often fewer than ten and rarely more than fifteen students. Greater emphasis is put on individual study.
Honours students prepare regular papers for the seminars and take a major role in their conduct.
The other modules may be chosen from offerings within Divinity or from a wide range of courses in the Faculty of Arts or Faculty of Science. A brief description follows for each of the First Level core modules. The First Level Theology module provides an introduction to the rich theological tradition of Christianity. It also considers some of the distinctive challenges to faith presented by modern secular culture. Practical Theology stands at the interface between Christian belief and its implementation in practice.