Religious Studies: Religion in Late Antiquity (MA)

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• Objectives
  To offer knowledge and expertise for further research and/or a role in higher education, RE teaching, or a range of allied professions valuing a humanities postgraduate degree.
• Entry requirements
  Entry Requirements:
  
  The course is suitable for graduates in Religious Studies and a wide variety of Humanities disciplines and Social Sciences.
  
  Applicants should possess a First or Second Class UK Honours degree, or equivalent.
• Academic title
  Religious Studies: Religion in Late Antiquity (MA)
• Course description
  Course Description:
  
  Part 1 consists of a skills module and two optional modules which are flexible in order to permit the variability of content from year to year.
  
  Current options include:
  
      * Byzantine Christianity
      * Byzantine Greek Texts
      * Patristic Latin Texts
      * Heresy
      * Religion and Society in Late Antiquity
      * Second Century Christianity
      * Syriac Christianity
      * Syriac Texts
  
  Supporting languages are also available: Arabic, Greek Hebrew, Latin and Syriac.
  
  Assessment is via written assignments of approximately 5,000 words.
  
  Part 2 consists of a dissertation of approximately 16,000 words on a topic of the student’s choice, to be submitted at the beginning of September.
  
  Special Features:
  
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        Draws on internationally-recognised expertise in religion from Late Antiquity to the contemporary era, across a wide geographical area and sensitive to issues in the public eye.
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        Small student-focussed tutorials rather than formal lectures
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        A flexible programme of study geared towards the individual student.
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        Provides a subject-specific introduction to postgraduate study skills.
  

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