Studies in Religion
Semester 2 2020 unit of study availability
Some Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences units of study originally intended to run in Semester 2, 2020 are no longer available.
A full and up-to-date list of units of study available in Semester 2, 2020 from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, can be found on this webpage.
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Studies in Religion |
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Major |
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| A major in Studies in Religion requires 48 credit points from this table including: | |||
| (i) 12 credit points of 1000-level core units | |||
| (ii) 12 credit points of 2000-level selective units | |||
| (iii) 18 credit points of 3000-level selective units | |||
| (iv) 6 credit points of 3000-level Interdisciplinary Project units | |||
Minor |
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| A minor in Studies in Religion requires 36 credit points from this table including: | |||
| (i) 12 credit points of 1000-level core units | |||
| (ii) 12 credit points of 2000-level selective units | |||
| (iii) 12 credit points of 3000-level selective units | |||
1000-level units of study |
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Core |
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| RLST1002 Religion: Texts, Life and Tradition |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| RLST1005 Atheism, Fundamentalism and New Religions |
6 | Semester 2 |
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2000-level units of study |
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Selective |
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| RLST2614 Philosophy of Religion: Reason and Belief This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Studies in Religion N RLST2014 |
Semester 1 |
| RLST2624 The Birth of Christianity |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Studies in Religion or 6 credit points at 1000 level in in Studies in Religion and 6 credit points at 1000 level in Ancient History N RLST2024 |
Semester 1 |
| RLST2639 Secular Religion: Faith in Modernity This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Studies in Religion |
Semester 1 |
| RLST2640 Contemporary Religious Trends |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Studies in Religion N RLST2627 or RLST3603 |
Semester 2 |
| BBCL2610 The New Testament Literature |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points including at least 6 in BBCL1001, BBCL1002, HBRW1111, HBRW1112, RLST1002 and 6 from Hebrew, Biblical and Jewish Studies, Ancient History, Anthropology, Archaeology, History, English, Philosophy, Studies in Religion, Arabic Studies or 6 Senior credit points in BBCL2603, BBCL2607, BBCL2609 or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Biblical Studies and Classical Hebrew or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Jewish Civilisation, Thought and Culture or Studies in Religion |
Semester 2 |
| CLST2614 The Celtic Otherworld |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in the Celtic Studies minor or 12 credit points at 1000 level in the Studies in Religion major N CLST3616 |
Semester 1 |
3000-level units of study |
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Selective |
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| RLST3601 Rethinking Religion This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Studies in Religion |
Semester 1 |
| RLST3604 Ancient Egyptian Religion and Magic This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Studies in Religion or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Ancient History N RLST2636 |
Semester 1 |
| RLST3605 Sex, Desire and the Sacred |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Studies in Religion N RLST2635 |
Semester 2 |
| RLST3606 Sacred Creativity: Text, Image, Film This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Studies in Religion N RLST2628, RLST2625 |
Semester 2 |
| RLST3607 Witchcraft Paganism and Western Esotericism This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Studies in Religion N RLST2626 |
Semester 1 |
| RLST3608 Religion and Violence, Faith and Blood This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Studies in Religion N RLST2620 |
Semester 2 |
| RLST3609 Religion and the Medieval World |
6 | P 12 credit point at 2000 level in Studies in Religion N RLST2605 |
Semester 1 |
| RLST3610 New Discoveries in Religion in Antiquity |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Studies in Religion |
Semester 2 |
Interdisciplinary project unit of study |
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| Where this major is being completed as a first major towards a degree, students should ensure that the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study is undertaken. | |||
| Where this major is being completed as a second major from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences towards a degree, the Industry and Community Project unit of study is the appropriate unit to select. | |||
| RLST3999 Interdisciplinary Impact |
6 | P Completion of at least 90 credit points N Interdisciplinary Impact in another major |
Intensive December Intensive July Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| RLST3998 Industry and Community Project |
6 | C Interdisciplinary Impact in any major. |
Intensive February Intensive July Semester 1 Semester 2 |