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Postgraduate Course: Film and Religion (THET11024)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Divinity CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis course is designed to enable students to: Deepen their critical abilities to interpret film; Understand key concepts in film criticism and theory; Evaluate specific theological and religious approaches to film. Deconstruct underlying world-views embodied in cinematic narratives and characterisations.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Students MUST NOT also be taking Film, Religion and Ethics 3/4 (THET10028)
Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesThis is a graduate-level course. Please confirm subject prerequisites with the Course Manager.
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. View films in a more critical, discerning and imaginative fashion, summarise, compare and critically write about specific approaches to 'religious and theological film-analysis'
  2. Use appropriate key concepts employed in film criticism when interpreting the moral and religious world of specific films
  3. Deconstruct the ethical virtues, value commitments and world views enacted in selected films
  4. Describe and critically analyse the religious and theological significance of specific films produced both in Hollywood and beyond
  5. Develop transferable skills in web research, writing about film and visual literacy
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsFilm&Rel
Contacts
Course organiserProf Jolyon Mitchell
Tel: (0131 6)50 8922
Email: Jolyon.Mitchell@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Suzi Higton
Tel: (0131 6)50 7227
Email: suzi.higton@ed.ac.uk
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