Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Study Details: 1 Year Full-time
Religion continues to shape our world and our understanding of it. Deepening our knowledge of religious beliefs and practices is essential to responding to some of the greatest ethical and political challenges we face.
On this course you'll explore how religious traditions shape our understanding of the world, and how they sometimes facilitate, disrupt, or otherwise influence society and culture. You'll learn about the relevance of theology, sacred scripture, religious ritual, and faith-based organisations to contemporary issues such as climate change, terrorism, global development, gender, sexuality and race discrimination, migration and diaspora.
You'll also critically interrogate the concept of ‘religion’ in the context of different theories of politics, policy and social change, engaging with hotly debated and contested topics such secularisation, religious identity and representation, religion and the public sphere.
A bachelor degree with a 2:1 (hons)
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This course will equip you with a range of in-depth subject knowledge, but it will allow you to develop high-level skills in research, analysis, interpretation and communication.
All of these qualities are valuable to a range of employers across sectors and industries, and we’re proud of our record in preparing postgraduates for their careers after graduation. They’ve gone into roles such as teaching, NGO, charity and third sector, local government, consultancy, business management, administration, accountancy, law, journalism and the civil service among others.
Many of our graduates also progress to further study, and ultimately pursue academic careers.
Year 1 compulsory modules
Religion, Politics and Society 30
Studying Religion: Research Process, Methods and Ethics 30
Year 1 optional modules (selection of typical options shown below)
Module Name Credits
Religion, Gender and Sexuality 30
Theology and Public Life 30
Research Project (Theology and Religious Studies) 30
Special Options in Theology and Religious Studies 30
External Placement 30
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