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Undergraduate Course: Shamanism 3/4 (REST10010)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Divinity CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityAvailable to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaReligious Studies Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionAn 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 (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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-requisitesNone
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?Yes
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
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's 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.
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 Not entered
KeywordsSham
Contacts
Course organiserProf James Cox
Tel: (0131 6)50 8942
Email: J.Cox@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Paula Kruyff
Tel: (0131 6)5
Email: Paula.Kruyff@ed.ac.uk
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