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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Divinity : Theology and Ethics

Undergraduate Course: Ecology, Ethics and Religion (THET10021)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Divinity CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThe 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.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesVisiting 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.
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
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 religious 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; demonstrate an ability to identify key terms and their meanings; demonstrate good judgement about how to judge the relative importance of items on course bibliographies.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsEcolER
Contacts
Course organiserProf Michael Northcott
Tel: (0131 6)50 8947
Email: M.Northcott@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Katrina Munro
Tel: (0131 6)50 8900
Email: Kate.Munro@ed.ac.uk
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