Master

In Bristol

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Bristol

  • Duration

    2 Years

To promote academic Buddhist research in the South West of England. Suitable for: The MA will serve as an excellent basis for those planning research degrees in the field of Buddhist Studies.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Bristol (Avon)
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Faculty Of Arts, University Of Bristol, 7 Woodland Road, BS8 1TB

Start date

On request

About this course

An upper second-class honours degree or international equivalent, usually in an appropriate subject or subjects: Theology or Religious Studies, or Philosophy. Applicants with degrees in other subjects will be considered on their own merit.
IELTS score: 6.5 in all bands

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Subjects

  • Buddhist Studies

Course programme

MA in Buddhist Studies

Mode: part-time

The MA in Buddhist Studies is taught within the Centre for Buddhist Studies (consisting of a research group of staff and associated members) in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies. The University has an excellent collection of books on Buddhism, including texts in Pali, Sanskrit, Chinese and Tibetan. The MA offers you the opportunity for a detailed study of Buddhism, in Theravada, East Asian and Indo-Tibetan forms and includes a compulsory linguistic element.

Programme Structure

Language Units
One unit from the list below. This is currently three hours per week over two teaching blocks.

  • Buddhist Chinese
  • Classical Tibetan
  • Pali
  • Sanskrit

Please note that not all languages may be available in any one year.

Further Units

Four units from the list below (all students are normally required to take the first two of these units). Each is taught for two hours per week for one teaching block.

  • Research Methods in Arts 1
  • Research Methods in Arts 2
  • Abhidhamma
  • Aspects of Chinese Buddhism
  • Buddhism: The Foundations
  • Buddhism: The Mahayana Tradition
  • The Buddhist Path to Awakening
  • The Development of Buddhist Thought and Practice in Tibet
  • The Foundations of Tibetan Buddhism
  • The Origins and Development of Zen Buddhism
  • The Practice of Theravada Buddhism in Asia

Dissertation
A 15,000-word dissertation.

Buddhist Studies

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