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Degree Programme Table: Asian Religions (MSc) (Full-time) (PTMSCASIRE1F)

Year 1, Academic year 2013/14, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Students may take option courses outside the DPT within LLC without the approval of their Programme Director. Before choosing an option outside the School of LLC, the approval of the Programme Director must be obtained.


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 3 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ASST11080 Terminology, Topics and Methods in the Study of Asian Religions Semester 1 20
    CLLC11003 Research Skills and Methods Semester 1 20
    ASST11068 MSc in Asian Religions Dissertation Semester 2 60




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 2 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, during Semester 1
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ASST11079    The Origins of Buddhism in India   20  
    ASST11074    Japanese Religions in the Modern Era   20  
    REST11012    Theory and Method in the Study of Religion   20  
    REST11015    Contemporary Theories of Religion   20  
    REST11018    Hindu Traditions: Critical Investigations   20  
    ASST11073    Buddhism and the Statutory State in Eighth and Ninth Century East Asia   20  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 60 credits from the following list of courses, during Semester 2
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ASST11078    Mahayana and Vajrayana in India   20  
    ASST11076    Chinese Religions: Confucianism, Daoism and 'Popular Religion'   20  
    ASST11071    The Buddhist Brush: Discursive and Graphic Expressions of Japanese Buddhism   20  
    REST11008    Selected Themes in the Study of Religion   20  
    WRCH11008    Christian History in Asia   20  

     


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