Undergraduate Course: New Indigenous Religious Movements 3/4 (REST10009)
Course Outline
| School | School of Divinity |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | A study of indigenously initiated and led new religious movements in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean and the Pacific, including African Independent Churches, Rastafari, Vodou, Umbanda, Candombl? and the Unification Church. |
| Course description |
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students should have at least 3 Divinity/Religious Studies courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 22,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Revision Session Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
170 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
60 %,
Coursework
30 %,
Practical Exam
10 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
10% Presentation
30% Essay
60% Degree examination |
| Feedback |
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
At the completion of the course students should have:
- a general knowledge of the phenomenon of new indigenous religious movements such as the AICs and the various discourses on the subject;
- the ability to examine the reasons for their emergence and in what ways they have continued to be socially relevant in the immediate contexts they are located;
- some basic insight into the relationship of the subject to wider discourses such as gender, modernity and globalization;
- the ability to demonstrate the identification of key terms and their meanings;
- the ability to demonstrate good judgement about how to judge the relative importance of items on course bibliographies.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | NewIndRM |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Afeosemime Adogame
Tel: (0131 6)50 8928
Email: |
Course secretary | Ms Katrina Munro
Tel: (0131 6)50 8900
Email: |
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