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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2014/2015
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Degree Programme Table: Asian Religions (MSc) (Part-time) (PTMSCASIRE1P)

Year 1, Academic year 2014/15, Starting month: September

  • Notes: The following is the recommended programme structure for the first year of study. However, it is possible to be flexible; you must confirm your particular study arrangement with the Programme Director.


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 2 compulsory course(s).


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




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 1 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, during Semester 2
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ASST11071    The Buddhist Brush: Discursive and Graphic Expressions of Japanese Buddhism   20  
    REST11008    Selected Themes in the Study of Religion   20  
    ASST11078    Mahayana and Vajrayana in India   20  
    WRCH11019    Christianity in Asia, 1700 to the Present   20  
    REST11019    Religion and Nationalism: Theory and Performance   20  

     


    Year 2, Academic year 2014/15, Starting month: September

  • Notes: The following is the recommended programme structure for the second year of study. However, it is possible to be flexible; you must finalise your particular programme of study with the Programme Director.


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 1 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    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
    ASST11074    Japanese Religions in the Modern Era   20  
    ASST11073    Buddhism and the Statutory State in Eighth and Ninth Century East Asia   20  
    REST11012    Theory and Method in the Study of Religion   20  
    ASST11079    The Origins of Buddhism in India   20  
    ASST11076    Chinese Religions: Confucianism, Daoism and 'Popular Religion'   20  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, during Semester 2
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ASST11071    The Buddhist Brush: Discursive and Graphic Expressions of Japanese Buddhism   20  
    REST11008    Selected Themes in the Study of Religion   20  
    ASST11078    Mahayana and Vajrayana in India   20  
    WRCH11019    Christianity in Asia, 1700 to the Present   20  
    REST11019    Religion and Nationalism: Theory and Performance   20  

     


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