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Undergraduate Course: Shamanism 3/4 (REST10010)

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	Religious Studies	Other subject area	None
Course website	None
Course description	An examination of different approaches to the study of shamanism, including definitions, characteristics and typologies, with a particular focus on Arctic shamanism, and concluding with a study of neo-shamanism in contemporary Western society.

Entry Requirements
Pre-requisites	It is RECOMMENDED that students have passed Religion 2A: Making Sense of Religion: Phenomenological, Historical and Cultural Approaches to the Study of Religion (REST08008) AND 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	None
Prospectus website	http://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/visiting-exchange/courses

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 College	Lecture		1-11					14:00 - 15:50
First Class	Week 1, Friday, 14:00 - 15:50, Zone: New College. Room 1.07

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
At the conclusion of the course students should be able to: 1) define shamanism and discriminate among its uses in scholarly literature; 2) distinguish between shamanistic types of religious practitioners and more narrowly defined shamanistic practices; 3) describe the way shamans are chosen and initiated; 4) outline the inducements involved in shamanic trances; 5) place in conceptual categories the types of spirits encountered in a shaman&Šs altered states of consciousness; 6) analyse the function of shamans in indigenous societies. Skills in preparing for, and presenting seminars, particularly in co-operative group settings, will also be developed in the course.

Assessment Information
10% on seminar presentations and participation, 30% on an essay, 60% on degree examination.
Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information

Special Arrangements
Not entered

Contacts
Course organiser	Prof James Cox Tel: (0131 6)50 8942 Email: J.Cox@ed.ac.uk	Course secretary	Mrs Joanne Cannon Tel: (0131 6)50 8900 Email: j.cannon@ed.ac.uk

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