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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2021/2022

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Religious Studies

SCQF Level 08 (6 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
REST08021 SV1 Global Indigenous Religions Semester 2 20
REST08022 SV1 Jews and Muslims: Religions, Cultures, Histories Semester 2 20
REST08019 Modern Hebrew 1A Not delivered this year 20
REST08018 Religion in Modern Britain Not delivered this year 20
REST08020 SV1 Religions of Ancient India: Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism Semester 2 20
REST08016 SV1 Studying Religions Semester 1 20

SCQF Level 10 (22 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
REST10054 SV1 Atheism, Humanism and Non-Religion Semester 2 20
REST10058 Buddhist Ethics Not delivered this year 20
REST10047 SV1 Field-Work Approaches for the Study of Religion Semester 2 20
REST10046 Hindu Traditions: History, Power and Agency Not delivered this year 20
REST10059 Indigenous Futures: Knowledge, Ecology and Politics Not delivered this year 20
REST10044 Islam Past and Present: Issues of Gender and Ethics Not delivered this year 20
REST10034 Jewish Christian Relations in Modern Times Not delivered this year 20
REST10057 SV1 Lives of the Buddha: Jataka Stories and Early Buddhism Semester 1 20
REST10049 SV1 Modern Religious and Ethical Debates in Contemporary Literature Semester 1 20
REST10052 New Spiritualities: from New Age to Holistic Not delivered this year 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 1 20
REST10056 Religions in Africa 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 Theravada Buddhism Not delivered this year 20
REST10033 SV1 Visual Representations of the Holocaust and Religion Semester 2 20
ASST10157 SV1 Buddhism and the Statutory State in Eighth and Ninth Century East Asia Semester 1 20
THET10050 SV1 Christian-Muslim Relations: diatribe, discourse and dialogue Semester 2 20
THET10028 Film, Religion and Ethics 3/4 Not delivered this year 20
THET10054 SV1 Literature of the Islamic World Semester 2 20
THET10016 Metaphysics and Morality Not delivered this year 20

SCQF Level 11 (22 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
REST11027 African Religious Diversity Not delivered this year 20
REST11025 SV1 Atheism and the Rejection of Religion Semester 2 20
REST11015 Contemporary Theories of Religion Not delivered this year 20
REST11014 SS1 Dissertation (MSc in Religious Studies) Full Year 60
REST11018 Hindu Traditions: Critical Investigations Not delivered this year 20
REST11028 SV1 Issues of Religion and Ethics in Modern Literature Semester 1 20
REST11026 SV1 Lives of the Buddha in Indian Art and Literature Semester 1 20
REST11010 New Age Spirituality in Contemporary Culture Not delivered this year 20
REST11023 New Spiritualities Not delivered this year 20
REST11016 SV1 Reflections on Gender and Ethics in Classical and Contemporary Islam Semester 2 20
REST11019 SV1 Religion and Nationalism: Theory and Performance Semester 1 20
REST11008 Selected Themes in the Study of Religion Not delivered this year 20
REST11017 SV1 The Holocaust in Visual Culture Semester 2 20
REST11020 SV1 The Practice of Field-Work in the Study of Religion Semester 2 20
REST11013 Themes and Explorations in Jewish-Christian Relations Not delivered this year 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
ASST11073 SV1 Buddhism and the Statutory State in Eighth and Ninth Century East Asia Semester 1 20
IMES11079 Hebrew for Arabic Speakers Not delivered this year 20
ASST11074 Japanese Religions in the Modern Era Not delivered this year 20
ASST11071 SS1 The Buddhist Brush: Discursive and Graphic Expressions of Japanese Buddhism Semester 2 20
Key
Available to all students - SV
Not available to visiting students - SS
Part-year visiting students only - VV
 
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