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Postgraduate Course: Ecology, Ethics and Religion (BIME11024)

Course Outline
School School of Biomedical Sciences College College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Course type Standard Availability Not available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken) SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits 10
Home subject area Biomedical Sciences Other subject area None
Course website None Taught in Gaelic? No
Course description The study of ecological ethics, and the investigation of the relationship between ecological ethics and religions through primary texts in ecological ethics and religious environmentalism, and case studies of religious practice in relation to ecological
issues.
Entry Requirements
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2010/11 Full Year, Not available to visiting students (SS1) WebCT enabled:  Yes Quota:  None
Location Activity Description Weeks Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
No Classes have been defined for this Course
First Class First class information not currently available
No Exam Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course learners should be able to do the following:
&· Expound compare and critically discuss specified concepts and approaches in ecological ethics, and religious practices and beliefs in relation to ecology.
&· Describe critically the relationship between religious and philosophical narrations of creation/nature and human being, and in particular as these affect the natural environment.
&· Display a capacity for moral reasoning to contemporary ecological dilemmas.
Assessment Information
Formal summative written assessment will constitute 60% of
the student's grade. Online assessment will incorporate a
variety of activities will constitute 40% of their overall course
grade and is taken to represent a formative assessment of
learning throughout the programme.
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Approximately 10-14 hours a week (includes online talks and
independent study such as reading, engaging with online
resources and assessment activities)
Keywords Not entered
Contacts
Course organiser Miss Sharron Ogle
Tel:
Email: sogle@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Course secretary Ms Caroline Morris
Tel: (0131 6)51 3255
Email: c.d.morris@ed.ac.uk
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