ABSTRACT
This chapter considers the approach to curriculum at Ripon Hall, in order then to expand in some detail the handling of fieldwork and community service. A graduate in a subject other than theology must spend three years in training, during which he must read for a theological degree or diploma in a university setting. Lichfield Theological College, until its recent closure, provided a form of sandwich course training which may provoke similar experiments. The curriculum is divided into three concurrent courses, designated as theological, pastoral and social studies. These are pursued in parallel by each student, from the beginning of his period of training. The student is encouraged to stretch his formal theological understanding into categories which bear upon human issues and situations. Colleges have been under severe pressure from many quarters to add supposedly essential elements to the curriculum, for example, psychology, sociology, educational method, counselling, etc.
