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Degree Programme Table: Buddhist Studies (MSc) - 1 Year (Full time) (PTMSCBUDST1F)

Jump to: Year 1

Year 1 Academic year: 2025/26, 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: Buddhist Studies
DIVI11093 10 credits
Dissertation (MSc Buddhist Studies)

Must be passed at 50%

DIVI11094 60 credits
Envisioning Buddhist Studies: Methods and Themes
DIVI11084 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select between 40 and 80 credits in this group.

ROU_Buddhist Studies MSc course options

Select between 40 and 80 credits of the following courses
Chinese Religions: Confucianism, Daoism and 'Popular Religion'
ASST11076 20 credits
Buddhism and the State in Early East Asia
ASST11125 20 credits
Buddhist Literature (PG)
DIVI11030 20 credits
Introducing Sanskrit (PG)
DIVI11054 20 credits
Intermediate Sanskrit (PG)
DIVI11055 20 credits
Buddhist Ethics (PG)
DIVI11068 20 credits
Buddhist Studies in Practice
DIVI11085 20 credits
Art for the Afterlife: Buddhist Relics in Asian Material Culture
HIAR11105 20 credits
Indian Philosophies of Mind and Language
PHIL11199 20 credits
Japanese Philosophy MSc
PHIL11212 20 credits
Buddhist Philosophy MSc
PHIL11231 20 credits
Theravada Buddhism from Benares to Bangkok
REST11021 20 credits
Lives of the Buddha in Indian Art and Literature
REST11026 20 credits
AND

Group B

Select between 0 and 40 credits in this group.

Level 10 and 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 10 and 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
Notes:
Select between 0 and 20 credits from other relevant Level 11 or Level 10 courses, or language courses. All choices are subject to approval by the Programme Director.
OR

PGT Supervised Research Essay

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
PGT Supervised Research Essay
DIVI11064 20 credits
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