Postgraduate Course: Approaches to Research: World Christianity (DIVI11017)
Course Outline
| School | School of Divinity |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | In the second semester of the Approaches to Research course, World Christianity candidates will study selected sources in the historical, social scientific, and theological study of world Christianity. These will be selected for their value in demonstrating key methodologies and with the overall aim of helping students prepare for their dissertation work and lay the foundations for further research in the area. |
| Course description |
Academic Description:
This 10-credit course lays the essential foundations for the Masters dissertation by introducing students to resources and appropriate methodologies for historical, theological, and social scientific approaches to the study of world Christianity.
Syllabus/Outline Content:
The course builds upon the first semester Approaches to Research course by introducing World Christianity candidates to selected on-line databases and resources for the historical, social scientific, and theological study of world Christianity. These will be selected for their value in demonstrating key methodologies and with the overall aim of helping students prepare for their dissertation work and lay the foundations for further research in the area.
Student Learning Experience Information:
The course covers 4 weeks of introductory classes (2 hours), and then culminates in the dissertation proposal session in week 10 in which students present their intended dissertation project to the whole class. In the interim students prepare their written dissertation proposal. This is marked and feedback supplied in time for appropriate revisions to be made for the oral presentation.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate familiarity with some of the main methodological issues raised by the historical, social scientific, and theological study of world Christianity.
- Access appropriate on-line or archival resources for their dissertations.
- Present a coherent and viable dissertation proposal in both written and oral form.
- Where appropriate, formulate a viable application for subsequent PhD work.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
2 hours sessions in Weeks 1-4 and dissertation proposal session in Week 10. |
| Keywords | Christianity,sources,methods |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Alexander Chow
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Course secretary | Miss Rachel Dutton
Tel: (0131 6)50 7227
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