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Degree Programme Table: Religion and Literature (MSc) - 1 Year (Full-Time) (PTMSCRELLI1F)

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Year 1 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: September

Notes:
Students take a total of 180 credits, comprising 120 credits of taught courses and the dissertation at 60 credits.

All course choices should be discussed with and are subject to the approval of the Programme Director.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Approaches to Research in Divinity and Religious Studies
DIVI11011 10 credits
Approaches to Research: Religion and Literature
BIST11029 10 credits
Dissertation (MSc/MTh in Religion and Literature)

Must be passed at 50%

DIVI11025 60 credits
Literature and Religion: Exploring the Connections
BIST11028 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select between 40 and 80 credits in this group.

Religion and Literature (MTH/MSC) (FULL TIME) - LEVEL(S) 11

Select between 40 and 80 credits of the following courses
Buddhist Literature (PG)
DIVI11030 20 credits
Jews and Non-Jews: Co-existence, Conflict, Co-operation (PG)
DIVI11036 20 credits
The Holocaust in History and Culture (PG)
DIVI11037 20 credits
Issues of Religion and Ethics in Literature
DIVI11042 20 credits
The Future of the End of the World: Interdisciplinary Interpretations (PG)
DIVI11044 20 credits
Understanding the Hindu Epics: Mahabharata and Ramayana
REST11022 20 credits
Lives of the Buddha in Indian Art and Literature
REST11026 20 credits
Science and Religion in Literature
THET11037 20 credits
Literary Classics of the Islamic World
THET11042 20 credits
Scottish Literature, Imagination, and Faith
THET11049 20 credits
Peacebuilding, Theology and the Arts
THET11061 20 credits
AND

Group B

Select between 0 and 40 credits in this group.

Level 11 courses in the School of Divinity

Select between 0 and 40 credits from Level 11 courses in the School of Divinity
AND

Level 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
AND

Level 10 courses in the School of Divinity

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 10 courses in the School of Divinity
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