MA Religions of Asia and Africa
Master
In City of London
Description
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Type
Master
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Location
City of london
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Start date
Different dates available
Venue: Russell Square: College Buildings
Start of programme: September intake only
Mode of Attendance: Full-time or Part-time
FROM 2017-18
Students must take 180 credits comprised of 120 taught credits (including core and option modules) AND a 60 credit dissertation.
The MA Religions of Asia and Africa is designed both as an end qualification in itself and as a platform preparing students for more advanced graduate work.
It typically suits students falling into one of the following three categories:
students planning to pursue further research, which may involve at a subsequent stage the acquisition of a doctoral degree and a career in higher education;
students willing to pursue a career or professional activity, for which advanced knowledge of the religions of Asia and Africa and of the theoretical and practical issues involved in their study is essential: arts, media, teaching, NGOs and charities, interfaith dialogue, consultancy for governmental agencies or the private sector, religious institutions, museums, and more.
students who wish to pursue the academic study of religions as a complement to their personal experience and commitments: religious ministers and clerics from all confessions, believers, yoga and meditation practitioners; anyone interested in specific religious traditions or in religion as an essential dimension of life, and in the critical and experiential enhancement that their academic study may offer.
The MA Religions of Asia and Africa at SOAS offers the premier postgraduate curriculum in the U.K. for the study of the religions of Asia and Africa. It covers a wider range of religious traditions than most comparable programmes, whether in the U.K. or abroad: Buddhism in nearly all its doctrinal and regional varieties, Asian and African Christianities, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Shinto, Taoism, Zoroastrianism as well as the local religious cultures of Asia and Africa.
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Subjects
- Buddhism
- Part Time
- Yoga
- Meditation
- IT
- Teaching
- Buddhist Studies
- Islam
- Religions
- Religion
- Gender
- Global
- Indian Religions
- Japanese Religions
- Christianities
- Study of Islam
- Study of Religions
- Relevant languages
Course programme
Learn a language as part of this programme
Degree programmes at SOAS - including this one - can include language courses in more than forty African and Asian languages. It is SOAS students’ command of an African or Asian language which sets SOAS apart from other universities.
Overview- Students must complete 120 credits of MA taught modules in addition to the compulsory dissertation (60 credits).
- Up to 90 credits modules must be selected from the religious pathways listed below.
- Up to 30 credits modules may be selected as a language module (most are taught in the Faculty of Languages and Cultures).
Note: Students wishing to take other SOAS modules relevant to their studies but taught outside the department may do so with the written approval of the tutor of the relevant module, the Department's MA Convenor and the Faculty's Associate Dean for Learning and Teaching.
Students may be allowed to study for the MA on a part-time basis:The part-time MA may be taken over two years, in which case the student takes two 30 credits (or equivalent 15 credits) in the first year, and two 30 credits (or equivalent 15 credits) and the dissertation in the second year.
Alternatively, it can be taken over three years, in which case the student can distribute the 120 credits evenly in each of the three years. The dissertation can be written in year two or three, but it is strongly recommended that this be undertaken in the final year of the degree. It must be submitted in September of the year in which the student registers for it.
Dissertation- Dissertation in Buddhist Studies
- Dissertation in Gender Studies and Religion
- Dissertation in Indian Religions
- Dissertation in Japanese Religions
- Dissertation in the Christianities of Asia and Africa
- Dissertation in the Study of Islam
- Dissertation in the Study of Religions
- Buddhism in Tibet
- Buddhist Meditation in India and Tibet
- East Asian Buddhist Thought
- Imag(in)ing Buddhahood in South Asia (1)
- Imag(in)ing Buddhahood in South Asia (2)
- Religious Practice in Japan: Texts, Rituals and Believers
- Chinese Buddhism in Pre-Modern Period
- Chinese Religious Texts: A Reading Seminar
- East Asian Buddhist Thought
- The Great Tradition of Taoism
- Colonialism and Christian Missions in Africa: Readings from the Archives
- Eastern and Orthodox Christianity
- Christians and Muslims in Syriac Texts
- East Asian Buddhist Thought
- Religious Practice in Japan: Texts, Rituals and Believers
- Judaism and Gender
- Avestan I
- The Origins and Development of Yoga in Ancient India
- Zoroastrianism: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
- Modern Trends in Islam
- Muslim Britain: Perspectives and Realities
- Jainism: History, Doctrine and the Contemporary World
- Non-Violence in Jain Scriptures, Philosophy and Law
- Prakrit Language 1 (PG)
- East Asian Buddhist Thought
- Religious Practice in Japan: Texts, Rituals and Believers
- Family, Work and Leisure in Ancient Judaism
- Jewishness on Screen
- Judaism and Gender
- Religion, Nationhood and Ethnicity in Judaism
- The Holocaust in Theology, Literature and Art
- Death and Religion
- Religions and Development
- Colonialism and Christian Missions in Africa: Readings from the Archives
- Avestan I
- Pahlavi Language
- Zoroastrianism: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
- Religions on the move: New Currents and Emerging Trends in Global Religion
This is the structure for 2018/19 applicants
If you are a current student you can find structure information on Moodle or through your Department.
Programme Specification- MA Religions of Asia and Africa Programme Specification 2017-18 (pdf; 195kb)
- MA Religions of Asia and Africa Programme Details 2017-18 (pdf; 351kb)
Important notice regarding changes to programmes and modules
MA Religions of Asia and Africa