College of Humanities and Social Science

School of Divinity (Schedule B)

Biblical Studies (46 courses)

SCQF Level 8

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
U00139	Biblical Studies: An Introduction 1	-	S1	20
U00140	Biblical Texts in Translation 1	-	S2	20
DV0045	Hebrew 1	-	Y	20
DV0046	Hebrew 2	yes	Y	20
DV0145	Judaism 2	yes	S2	20
DV0048	New Testament 2	yes	S2	20
DV0047	New Testament Greek 1	-	Y	20
DV0024	New Testament Greek 2	yes	Y	20
DV0054	Old Testament 2	yes	S1	20

SCQF Level 10

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
U03411	'A People Apart'? Explorations in Modern Jewish Thought 3/4	yes	S1	20
U03409	'The 'Jew' in the Text': Representations of the Holocaust and Jewish Identity 3/4	yes	S2	20
DV0021	Advanced Hebrew Language 3/4	yes	*	20
DV0026	Advanced Readings in the Greek Bible and Related Literature 3/4	yes	S1	20
OT0022	Aramaic 3/4	yes	*	20
DV0019	Biblical Hebrew Texts A 3/4	yes	S1	20
DV0020	Biblical Hebrew Texts B 3/4	yes	*	20
DV0029	Biblical Interpretation 3/4	yes	S1	20
TH0013	Canaanite Religion 3/4	yes	*	20
OT0013	Egyptian Religion 3/4	yes	*	20
OT0012	Hebrew Myth 3/4	yes	*	20
OT0018	Hebrew Prophecy 3/4	yes	S2	20
DV0160	Hebrew Scripture Theology 3/4	yes	*	20
U03020	Method in Reading the Hebrew Bible 3/4	yes	*	20
DV0025	Mystery Cults, Stoicism and Earliest Christianity 3/4	yes	*	20
DV0121	New Testament Greek 3	yes	S2	20
DV0118	New Testament Texts 3/4	yes	*	20
DV0022	Politics and the Old Testament 3/4	yes	S1	20
OT0021	Post-Biblical Hebrew 3/4	yes	*	20
U03410	Promised Land or Land of Conflict 3/4	yes	*	20
DV0051	Religious Themes in New Testament Writings 3/4	yes	*	20
DV0119	Studies on the Historical Jesus 3/4	yes	*	20
U03438	The Bible and Literature	yes	S2	20
OT0015	The Dead Sea Scrolls and Christian Origins 3/4	yes	S2	20
DV0049	The Gospels 3/4	yes	*	20
DV0156	Theology and Religious Studies: Final Dissertation	yes	TBA	40
OT0020	Ugaritic 3/4	yes	*	20
DV0120	Women and Religion in the New Testament World 3/4	yes	S1	20
DV0050	Writings of the Apostle Paul 3/4	yes	S2	20

SCQF Level 11

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
P00194	Advanced Greek Readings	yes	S1	20
P00602	Advanced Hebrew Reading	yes	S1	20
P00949	Aramaic	yes	*	20
P00875	Dissertation (MTh/MSc in Biblical Studies)	-	TBA	60
P00951	Hebrew and Aramaic Texts from Qumran	yes	*	20
P00600	Hebrew Prophecy	yes	S2	20
P00193	Selected Topics in Biblical Studies	yes	S2	20
P00170	Textual Criticism in Biblical Studies	yes	*	20

Ecclesiastical History (31 courses)

SCQF Level 8

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
DV0012	Ecclesiastical History 2Ah: Gospel and Church in the Pluralistic Roman World	yes	S1	20
DV0013	Ecclesiastical History 2Bh: Popular Religion, Women and Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe	yes	*	20
U03616	Ecclesiastical History 2C: Social Christianity in the North Atlantic World	yes	S2	20
U00512	History of Christianity as a World Religion 1A	-	S1	20
U00511	History of Christianity as a World Religion 1B	-	S2	20

SCQF Level 10

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
DV0159	Apocalypse Now: Modern Millennial Movements 3/4	yes	*	20
EH0004	Augustine in his Age 3/4	yes	S2	20
U00513	Christianity in Asia: Past Patterns and Present Processes 3/4	yes	S1	20
DV0147	Church and Society in Late Medieval Scotland 3/4	yes	*	20
DV0044	Church, Conflict and Community in Britain and Ireland 1850-1914 3/4	yes	S2	20
U02660	Early Christian Writers 3/4	yes	*	20
DV0116	Early North African Christianity 3/4	yes	*	20
DV0015	John Calvin: Scholar, Pastor, Teacher 3/4	yes	*	20
U02659	Paradise Lost? Christianity in the Pacific 1668-1999 3/4	yes	S2	20
DV0157	Reformation Theology, Protestant and Catholic 3/4	yes	S2	20
DV0018	Religion, Government and Society in the Tudor State 3/4	yes	*	20
DV0043	Religion, Liberalism and Nationalism in Britain and Ireland 1815-1850 3/4	yes	S1	20
DV0117	The Creation of a Protestant Scotland 1558-1638 3/4	yes	S2	20
U00142	The Making of Christian Orthodoxy 325-451 3/4	yes	*	20
DV0148	Themes in the Recent History of Christianity in Africa 3/4	yes	S2	20
DV0156	Theology and Religious Studies: Final Dissertation	yes	TBA	40

SCQF Level 11

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
P00532	Baptism in the Fathers and Reformers	-	*	20
P00533	Calvinist Theology and Piety in Britain and America, C. 1590-1660	-	S2	20
DV0171	Church and Society in Nineteenth Century Britain and Ireland	-	*	20
P00529	Creeds, Councils and Controversies: Patristic and Medieval	-	S1	20
P00531	Creeds, Councils and Controversies: Reformation and Modern	-	S2	20
P00592	Dissertation (MTh/MSc in Theology in History)	-	TBA	60
P00580	People, Prelates and Purgatory: Religious Perspectives in Late Medieval Scotland	yes	S1	20
DV0170	Reformation in Sixteenth Century Britain and Ireland	-	*	20
P00534	Scottish Theology from 1700	-	*	20
P01341	The Seven Ecumenical Councils 325-787	yes	*	20

Divinity (8 courses)

SCQF Level 11

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
P00604	Basic Research Methods in Divinity	yes	S1	10
P01999	Major Dissertation (Masters by Research)	-	Y	160
P00605	Preparing a Dissertation Proposal	yes	S2	10
P02000	Smaller Dissertation (Research Masters)	-	Y	100
P01998	Supervised Research Essay 1	-	S1	20
P02001	Supervised Research Essay 2	-	Y	20
P02002	Supervised Research Essay 3	-	Y	20
P02009	The Holocaust and Representation in History and Culture	-	S2	20

Religious Studies (27 courses)

SCQF Level 8

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
U02843	Religion 1A: Religion in the Contemporary World: Judaism, Christianity and Islam	-	S1	20
U02842	Religion 1B: Religion in the Contemporary World: Indigenous Religions and the Religions of Asia	-	S2	20
U02972	Religion 2A: Making Sense of Religion: Phenomenological, Historical and Cultural Approaches to the Study of Religion	yes	S1	20
U02844	Religion 2B: Religion and Society: Social Scientific Approaches to the Study of Religions	yes	S2	20

SCQF Level 10

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
U03411	'A People Apart'? Explorations in Modern Jewish Thought 3/4	yes	S1	20
U03409	'The 'Jew' in the Text': Representations of the Holocaust and Jewish Identity 3/4	yes	S2	20
U00145	African Voices in the Study of Religions	yes	S2	20
DV0123	Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religions 3/4	yes	*	20
U03022	Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religions 3/4 (VS1)	yes	*	20
DV0125	Chinese Religions 3/4A: Buddhism	yes	*	40
DV0004	Chinese Religions 3/4B: Traditional Chinese Religions	yes	*	40
DV0124	Diversity and Dissent in Indian Religious Traditions 3/4	yes	S1	20
DV0127	Indigenous Religions: Sub-Saharan Africa 3/4	yes	*	20
DV0128	Indigenous Religions: Traditions of Asia and the Pacific 3/4	yes	*	20
DV0162	Islam in Africa	yes	*	20
U02655	Jewish Views of Jesus 3/4	yes	*	20
DV0149	Key Figures in the Study of Religions 3/4	yes	S1	20
DV0111	Metaphysics and Morality 3/4	yes	*	20
DV0122	Methodological Issues in the Study of Religions 3/4	yes	*	20
U02656	New Age Religion 3/4	yes	S2	20
DV0129	New Indigenous Religious Movements 3/4	yes	S1	20
U03410	Promised Land or Land of Conflict 3/4	yes	*	20
U02657	Religion in Culture: Key Debates 3/4	yes	*	20
DV0130	Shamanism 3/4	yes	*	20
U03019	The Masters of Suspicion 3/4	yes	*	20
DV0156	Theology and Religious Studies: Final Dissertation	yes	TBA	40

SCQF Level 11

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
P01972	Religion and the New African Diaspora	-	S2	20

Theology and Ethics (58 courses)

SCQF Level 8

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
U03461	Christian Ethics 1	-	S1	20
U03462	Christian Ethics 2	-	S2	20
U00517	Christian Theology 1	-	S2	20
DV0103	Systematic Theology 2Ah: Uses of Philosophy	yes	S1	20
DV0056	Systematic Theology 2Bh: Dogmatic Theology	yes	S2	20

SCQF Level 10

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
DV0031	Bioethics 3/4	-	*	20
DV0163	Christ in Late Medieval and Renaissance Art	yes	S2	20
DV0033	Christian Ethics 3/4	yes	S2	20
DV0009	Christianity and World Religions 3/4	yes	*	20
DV0005	Church, Sacraments and Ministry 3/4	yes	S2	20
U03637	Conversing with Karl Barth 3/4	yes	*	20
DV0106	Death: Perspectives on Thanatology and Eschatology 3/4	yes	*	20
DV0161	Doctrine of Creation	yes	*	20
DV0158	Ecology, Ethics and Religion	yes	*	20
TH9990	Feminist Theology 3/4	yes	S1	20
DV0107	Film Ethics 3/4	-	*	20
U01980	Film, Religion and Ethics 3/4	yes	S2	20
U03203	God in Kant's Critique of Pure Reason 3/4	yes	S1	20
U00146	Grace & Desire for God in Modern Catholic Theology 3/4	yes	S2	20
DV0037	Homiletics 3/4	yes	*	20
DV0151	Karl Barth in Conversation 3/4	-	S1	20
DV0110	Liberation Theology 3/4	yes	S1	20
DV0111	Metaphysics and Morality 3/4	yes	*	20
DV0112	Mission in Contemporary Scotland 3/4	yes	*	20
DV0028	Modern Christology 3/4	yes	*	20
DV0006	Pastoral Care and Theology 3/4	yes	S1	20
DV0007	Pastoral Care and Theology: Supervised Placement 3/4	yes	S2	20
DV0150	Philosophical Theology: Descartes to Wittgenstein 3/4	yes	*	20
U00144	Religion and Philosophy: From Modernity to Postmodernity 3/4	yes	*	20
DV0146	Religion and the Media 3/4	yes	*	20
DV0062	Science and Christian Theology: Historical and Theological Perspectives 3/4	-	S2	20
U00147	Scottish Theology 3/4	yes	*	20
DV0038	Sociology of Religion 3/4	-	*	20
U03407	Technology, Religion and Ethics 3/4	-	S1	20
DV0063	Theology and Contemporary Science 3/4	-	*	20
DV0040	Theology and Practice 3/4	yes	*	20
DV0156	Theology and Religious Studies: Final Dissertation	yes	TBA	40
DV0064	Theology, Ideology and Culture 3/4	-	*	20

SCQF Level 11

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
P00544	Christian Ethics	-	S1	20
P00535	Church, State and Civil Society	-	S2	20
P00546	Communication Ethics	-	*	20
P00543	Communication Project (Theology and Ethics of Communication)	-	*	20
P00581	Dissertation (MTh/MSc in Ministry)	-	TBA	60
P00584	Dissertation (MTh/MSc in Theological Ethics)	-	TBA	60
P00555	Ecology, Ethics and Spirit	-	*	20
P01970	Ethics in a Technological Society	-	S1	20
P00547	Film Ethics	-	*	20
P00536	God in German Philosophy from Kant to Hegel	-	S2	20
P01828	Handling Conflict in Ministry	-	S2	20
P00860	History of Science and Religion in the Christian Tradition	yes	S1	20
P01827	Kant's God: Advanced Readings in Kant's Critique of Pure Reason	-	S1	20
P00542	Media Literacy and Theology	-	S1	20
P00557	Public Theology	-	*	20
P00541	Reflective Practice in Ministry	-	*	20
P00540	Resources for Ministry	-	*	20
P01029	Sacramental Theology in a Postmodern Context	-	*	20
P00539	Theology and the Global Economy	-	S2	20
P01826	Theology of Ministry Workshop	-	*	40

World Christianity (15 courses)

SCQF Level 11

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
P00526	An Introduction to New Religious Movements	-	*	20
P00522	Catholic Missions in China and Japan	-	*	20
P00523	Christian History in Asia	-	S1	20
P00518	Christian Theology in Africa	-	*	20
P00521	Christian Theology in Asia	-	S1	20
P00525	Christian-Muslim Dialogue in Africa and Asia	-	*	20
P00519	Christianity in the Middle East	-	*	20
P00548	Concepts and Methods in the Study of Non-Western Christianity	-	S1	20
P00582	Dissertation (MTh/MSc in Christianity in the Non-Western World)	-	TBA	60
P00549	Gospel and Culture	-	*	20
P00517	History of Christianity in Africa	-	*	20
P00524	Issues in Modern Mission	-	S2	20
P00516	Primal Religions in Africa	-	*	20
DV0164	Research Skills and Methods	-	*	0
P00558	Selected Themes in the Study of Non-Western Christianity	-	S2	20