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Undergraduate Handbook 2025-2026 (archived)

Module TMMC2157: Independent Learning Project (Short)

Department: Theology, Ministry and Mission

TMMC2157: Independent Learning Project (Short)

TypeLevelCreditsAvailabilityModule CapLocation
Tied 2 10 Available in 2025/2026 None. Durham

Tied To

Pre-requisites

  • None

Corequisites

  • None

Excluded Combinations

  • None

Aims

  • To offer an opportunity for students to engage in independent learning related to a topic, issue, or ministerial area, not available elsewhere in the programme and suitable to this level.

Content

  • Participants will, in consultation and negotiation with the tutor, identify a topic, issue, or ministerial area relevant to the study of the theory and practice of ministry and in which there is academic expertise in the institution.
  • An independent learning project will be developed which may include both library and practical research.
  • The area chosen may enhance and/or integrate study from the taught module programme providing the independent study is clearly distinguished from the content of such taught modules

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge
  • Give a detailed account and analysis of one or more themes in theology, ministry and mission, questioning how appropriate connections may be made with the practices of Christian discipleship, ministry and mission in and beyond the church.
Subject-specific Skills
  • Apply critical theological reflection methodologies knowledgeably and appropriately to reflect on the chosen subject area in the context of discipleship, mission and ministry, communicating with relevance and sensitivity in writing.
Key Skills
  • Identify, gather, analyse and evaluate textual source materials for a specific purpose.
  • Undertake a critical analysis of information and arguments, communicating these effectively, showing critical awareness of their own beliefs, commitments and prejudices.
  • Take responsibility for a project that involves independent inquiry; the management of time, resources and use of IT; meeting deadlines, evaluating the project and learning from it.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

  • The module will engage the student in the tutorials, negotiation of individual learning, and self-managed study.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

ActivityNumberFrequencyDurationTotal HoursAttendance Monitored
Supervision 3 1 hour 3
Personal Study 97
Total 100

Summative Assessment

ComponentComponent WeightingElementLength/DurationElement WeightingResit Opportunity
Written Assignment 100% Special Study 3000 words 100%

Formative Assessment

To develop a plan for the independent learning project including topic, stages and deadlines

Students who do not attend monitored activities shown under Teaching Methods and Learning Hours, or who fail to complete the summative or formative assessment(s) specified above, may be subject to the Academic Progress procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University.