Course Catalogue - Religious Studies

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Religious Studies

SCQF Level 08 (10 courses)

Code	Availability	Course Name	Period	Credits
REST08015	SV1	Global Religions A: Judaism, Buddhism, Islam	Semester 1	20
REST08017		Global Religions B: Indigenous African Religions and Religions of Asia	Not delivered this year	20
REST08010		Global Religions: South Asian, Indigenous and New Traditions	Not delivered this year	20
REST08009		Lived Religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam	Not delivered this year	20
REST08019	SV1	Modern Hebrew 1A	Semester 2	20
REST08014		Qur'anic Studies: History, Themes and Practice	Not delivered this year	20
REST08011		Religion in Culture: Theory, History and Interpretation	Not delivered this year	20
REST08018	SV1	Religion in Modern Britain	Semester 2	20
REST08020	SV1	Religions of Ancient India: Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism	Semester 2	20
REST08016	SV1	Studying Religions	Semester 1	20

SCQF Level 10 (23 courses)

Code	Availability	Course Name	Period	Credits
REST10013		African Voices in the Study of Religions	Not delivered this year	20
REST10047	SV1	Field-Work Approaches for the Study of Religion	Semester 1	20
REST10046		Hindu Traditions: History, Power and Agency	Not delivered this year	20
REST10007		Indigenous Religions: Sub-Saharan Africa 3/4	Not delivered this year	20
REST10044		Islam Past and Present: Issues of Gender and Ethics	Not delivered this year	20
REST10053	SV1	Israel: Promised Land and Land of Conflict	Semester 1	20
REST10034	SV1	Jewish Christian Relations in Modern Times	Semester 2	20
REST10049	SV1	Modern Religious and Ethical Debates in Contemporary Literature	Semester 2	20
REST10045		New Age Beliefs and Practices	Not delivered this year	20
REST10009		New Indigenous Religious Movements 3/4	Not delivered this year	20
REST10052	SV1	New Spiritualities: from New Age to Holistic	Semester 2	20
REST10022		Promised Land or Land of Conflict 3/4	Not delivered this year	20
REST10035	SV1	Religion and Nationalism in the Contemporary World	Semester 2	20
REST10043		Studies in the Qur'an	Not delivered this year	20
REST10051		The Hindu Epics: Mahabharata and Ramayana	Not delivered this year	20
REST10041	SV1	Theories of Religion	Semester 1	20
REST10048	SV1	Theravada Buddhism	Semester 2	20
REST10033		Visual Representations of the Holocaust and Religion	Not delivered this year	20
REST10050		Year Abroad Work Religious Studies	Not delivered this year	40
THET10050	SV1	Christian-Muslim Relations: diatribe, discourse and dialogue	Semester 1	20
THET10028	SV1	Film, Religion and Ethics 3/4	Semester 1	20
THET10054	SV1	Literature of the Islamic World	Semester 2	20
THET10016	SV1	Metaphysics and Morality	Semester 2	20

SCQF Level 11 (20 courses)

Code	Availability	Course Name	Period	Credits
REST11015	SV1	Contemporary Theories of Religion	Semester 1	20
REST11014	SS1	Dissertation (MSc in Religious Studies)	Full Year	60
REST11024	SV1	Elementary Modern Hebrew 1A	Semester 2	20
REST11018		Hindu Traditions: Critical Investigations	Not delivered this year	20
REST11010		New Age Spirituality in Contemporary Culture	Not delivered this year	20
REST11009		New Religious Movements in Global Perspective	Not delivered this year	20
REST11023	SV1	New Spiritualities	Semester 2	20
REST11016		Reflections on Gender and Ethics in Classical and Contemporary Islam	Not delivered this year	20
REST11019	SV1	Religion and Nationalism: Theory and Performance	Semester 2	20
REST11002		Religion and the New African Diaspora	Not delivered this year	20
REST11008		Selected Themes in the Study of Religion	Not delivered this year	20
REST11017		The Holocaust in Visual Culture	Not delivered this year	20
REST11020	SV1	The Practice of Field-Work in the Study of Religion	Semester 1	20
REST11013	SV1	Themes and Explorations in Jewish-Christian Relations	Semester 2	20
REST11012	SS1	Theory and Method in the Study of Religion	Semester 1	20
REST11021		Theravada Buddhism from Benares to Bangkok	Not delivered this year	20
REST11022		Understanding the Hindu Epics: Mahabharata and Ramayana	Not delivered this year	20
IMES11079		Hebrew for Arabic Speakers	Not delivered this year	20
ASST11074	SS1	Japanese Religions in the Modern Era	Semester 1	20
ASST11071	SS1	The Buddhist Brush: Discursive and Graphic Expressions of Japanese Buddhism	Semester 2	20