Undergraduate Course: Theories of Religion (REST10041)
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 | This course explores a selection of key modern theories of religion in the context of debates on disciplinarity and interdisciplinarity in the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. |
| Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
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,
Revision Session Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
172 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Assessment will be based entirely on in-course work in order to develop critical reasoning based on primary source analysis. Three items of work to be assessed:
9 x weekly written commentaries on seminar readings as preparation for seminar discussion (100 words per week = 1000 words = 20%) beginning in Week 2.
Essay 1 on category formation and definitional theory, to be submitted by week 5 (2,000 words = 30%). In addition to summative feedback, this early submission date will provide formative feedback for the longer second essay.
Essay 2 which will present and defend the student's preferred theory of religion based on comparative discussion of at least TWO theorists explored in the course (3,000 words = 50%).
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| Feedback |
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, a student should have:
(1) understood how to define 'religion' in the light of definitional theory;
(2) engaged critically with an illustrative selection of modern theories of 'religion' through weekly written commentaries prepared for seminar discussion;
(3) rehearsed and refined nuanced arguments in two essays comparing different kinds of definitions and theories of 'religion';
(4) participated in constructive oral discussion and debate with seminar members;
(6) defended her/his own preferred working theory of 'religion' in the second, longer essay;
(7) shown ability to identify and describe different research paradigms (humanities, social science, natural science) underpinning particular theories of 'religion';
(8) demonstrated an ability to identify key terms and their meanings;
(9) demonstrated good judgement about how to judge the relative importance of items on course bibliogrpahies.
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Steven Sutcliffe
Tel: (0131 6)50 8947
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Course secretary | Ms Katrina Munro
Tel: (0131 6)50 8900
Email: |
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