The college and university have tried their best to make sure that the quality of education wasn't diminished this year because of COVID-19. This year being my dissertation year, with more emphasis on self-study and research instead of lots of contact hours with tutors, made it so that I didn't feel the impact as much as I might have in a different course. My supervisors this year have been excellent, so even though I didn't have a lot of contact hours, each tutorial session I had with them allowed me to hone my research further and further.

If you know what you want out of the course and what area you want to go into going forward, this is a really great course. The freedom in the range of topics you can pick for your papers really allows you to tailor the course to your specific needs. That being said, if you don't know, it might be better to choose a course with a more specific scope. I knew what I wanted to study and my future goals going into the course, and so I got a lot out of exploring theology from the lens of that area, but for someone with a less clear vision it may be harder to do that. Lectures can be hit or miss depending on if they are relevant to what you are studying, but it's worth it to listen to see if there are any interesting ideas you can write about in your paper. The most important people are the supervisors for your papers. If you get really good supervisors, you'll be challenged and stretched to go beyond your own assumptions and views about theology in order to craft a really good paper.