Death, Religion and Culture MA

Master

In Winchester

£ 5,000 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Winchester

The programme attracts a diverse range of students including funeral directors, clergy from a variety of traditions, teachers, nurses and those preparing for a research degree, as well as a range of people who are simply fascinated by the subject.Study provides a view of historical and current approaches to death and dying, disposal and bereavement rituals, enabling a meeting of professional groups and students with particular interests in this area of speciality.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Winchester (Hampshire)
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University Of Winchester, SO22 4NR

Start date

On request

About this course


Students undertake structured discussion and debate through electronic forums and are provided with guided course readings and access to the e-resources held in the University library in order to complete assessments.A visit to a local crematorium, cemetery, mortuary and/or funeral home is an essential aspect of the programme.The programme is taught by a team of highly qualified and enthusiastic staff who include internationally renowned scholars.Programme Leader Dr Christina Welch

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Course programme

Core modules:

  • Contemporary Approaches to Death and Dying
  • Gateway to Independent Study
  • Independent Study

Optional modules:

  • Death in the Christian Tradition
  • Death in World Religions
  • Death and Martyrdom
  • The Philosophy, Ethics and Theology of Death
  • The Pastoral Care of the Dying and Bereaved
  • Death and Visual Culture
  • Philosophical Approaches to Mourning and Eulogy
  • Connecting Death to Professional Practice
  • Postgraduate Seminar

Death, Religion and Culture MA

£ 5,000 VAT inc.