- Course Code
- RS 1505
- Credit Points
- 15
- Course Coordinator
- Dr W Tuladhar-Douglas
Pre-requisites
None.
Notes
This course will be available in 2012/13.
Overview
This course develops a Religious-Studies perspective on religions. Asian religions (Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, Hinduism, Shinto) as well as a few smaller traditions will be explored in their historical, systematic, and practical/ritual dimensions. In addition to studying religions of the world, we will look at how religions see the world and how the relate to it.
Structure
1 two-hour lecture per week and 1 one-hour tutorial every fortnight.
Assessment
1st Attempt: One 1,500 wprd essay (30%); 1 two-hour exam (70%).
Resit: 1 two-hour exam (100%), provided each element of assessment is CAS 6 or above.
Formative Assessment
Continuous informal assessment of performance in class.
Feedback
Feedback for in course assessment will be provided in typed form on the School's grade report sheet. Such assessment will highlight in particular those things the student has done well, and those things which could be done to strengthen the essay for a higher grade.