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SYLLABUS
History of Religions, Thesis, in-depth course , 15 ECTS Credits
 
COURSE CATEGORY   Fristående kurs
MAIN FIELD OF STUDY   Religious Studies - RKA
SUBJECT AREA  
  COURSE CODE   790G16
AIM OF THE COURSE
On completion of the course, the student should on an advanced way be able to
- formulate an issue in the field of history of religion or anthropology of religion and, with a scientific approach, examine it by means of the theory and method traditions of the discipline,
- retrieve and interpret relevant data and texts, and in the form of academic work, present the results
- critically discuss and assess work within the subject area
- analyse chosen speciality within history of religion or anthropology of religion.
CONTENTS
From the theory and method traditions of the discipline, the course includes independent studies of a problem in history of religion or anthropology of religion by means of current research literature.
TEACHING
The course work mainly consists of independent thesis work. In addition, there will be teaching in the form of supervision, seminars and a presentation seminar. The seminars in all cases imply work that should be carried out in advance. The results are presented in writing and defended at a thesis seminar. The course also includes discussing other students' thesis plans and completed theses. In addition to this, the student should study independently.
EXAMINATION
The course is examined through defending the own essay at a seminar discussion and normally also by publicly discussing others' essays.

Students failing an exam covering either the entire course or part of the course two times are entitled to have a new examiner appointed for the reexamination.

Students who have passed an examination may not retake it in order to improve their grades.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Completed course History of Religions, in-depth course, 15 HE credits, or the equivalent.
GRADING
A grade of Pass with Credit, Pass or Fail is given for the course
CERTIFICATE
Course certificate is issued by the Faculty Board on request. The Department provides a special form which should be submitted to the Student Affairs Division.
COURSE LITERATURE
The course literature is decided upon by the department in question.
OTHER INFORMATION
Planning and implementation of a course must take its starting point in the wording of the syllabus. The course evaluation included in each course must therefore take up the question how well the course agrees with the syllabus.

The course is carried out in such a way that both men´s and women´s experience and knowledge is made visible and developed.
 
History of Religions, Thesis, in-depth course
Religionshistoria uppsats, fördjupningskurs
 
Department responsible
for the course or equivalent:
IKK - Department of Culture and Communication
           
Registrar No: LiU-2008/00111   Course Code: 790G16      
    Exam codes: see Local Computer System      
Subject/Subject Area : Religious Studies - RKA          
           
Level   Education level     Subject Area Code   Field of Education  
G2X   Basic level     RKA   TL  
The syllabus was approved by the Board of Faculty of Arts and Science 2008-09-11