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Undergraduate Course: Ecology, Ethics and Religion (THET10021)

Course Outline
School School of Divinity College College of Humanities and Social Science
Course type Standard Availability Available to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken) SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) Credits 20
Home subject area Theology and Ethics Other subject area Environmental Courses
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 Students MUST have passed: God in Philosophy: Plato to Hume (THET08010) OR Systematic Theology 2Bh: Dogmatic Theology (THET08001) OR Religion 2A: Making Sense of Religion: Phenomenological, Historical and Cultural Approaches to the Study of Religion (REST08008) OR Religion 2B: Religion and Society: Social Scientific Approaches to the Study of Religions (REST08007)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites Visiting students should have at least 3 Divinity/Religious Studies courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses.
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1) WebCT enabled:  Yes Quota:  None
Location Activity Description Weeks Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
New CollegeLecture1-11 11:10 - 13:00
First Class Week 1, Thursday, 11:10 - 13:00, Zone: New College. Baillie Room
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours:Minutes Stationery Requirements Comments
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)Ecology, Ethics and Religion2:0016 sides
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 relgious 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
Essay 30%, weekly reflections 20%, 2 hour Degree examination 50%.
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
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Contacts
Course organiser Prof M Northcott
Tel: (0131 6)50 8947
Email: M.Northcott@ed.ac.uk
Course secretary Mrs Joanne Cannon
Tel: (0131 6)50 8900
Email: j.cannon@ed.ac.uk
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