2014 STUDENT GUIDE - The University of Sydney
2014 STUDENT GUIDE - The University of Sydney
2014 STUDENT GUIDE - The University of Sydney
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1x3000wd research proposal (50%),<br />
1x1000wd oral presentation (10%),<br />
tutorial participation (10%) Campus:<br />
Camperdown/Darlington Delivery Mode:<br />
Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day<br />
This unit investigates pressing<br />
contemporary issues in the method<br />
and study <strong>of</strong> religion. It prepares<br />
students for advanced research,<br />
including honours. Historical analysis<br />
<strong>of</strong> religion and contentious key<br />
terms are debated, as students<br />
are introduced to field studies<br />
methodology and other complex<br />
research strategies. <strong>The</strong>oretical work<br />
is more tightly integrated in this unit<br />
with research practice and the unit<br />
is structured to nurture the student<br />
in an extended research project,<br />
helping them to find a dynamic and<br />
assured academic voice.<br />
RLST3603<br />
Contemporary Australian<br />
Religion<br />
Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr<br />
Alex Norman Session: Semester 1 Classes:<br />
1x2-hr seminar/week Prerequisites:<br />
12 senior credit points from Studies<br />
in Religion Prohibitions: RLST2627<br />
Assessment: 1x750wd scoping exercise<br />
(10%), 1x750wd oral presentation (10%),<br />
seminar participation (10%), 1x2000wd<br />
research journal/plan (30%), 1x2500wd<br />
research report (40%) Campus:<br />
Camperdown/Darlington Delivery Mode:<br />
Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day<br />
Note: This unit is available as a<br />
designated ‘Advanced’ unit for students<br />
who are already enrolled in the BA<br />
(Advanced) degree program.<br />
Contemporary Australia manifests<br />
low levels <strong>of</strong> institutional religion,<br />
a multi-cultural and multi-faith<br />
population, and a vocal atheist/<br />
secularist lobby. It is an ideal<br />
laboratory for students to study<br />
twenty-first century trends. Learning<br />
activities include engagement<br />
with religion in the media and law,<br />
investigation <strong>of</strong> religious sites, the<br />
Constitution, and the Census data<br />
on religion. Issues examined include<br />
atheism and secularity, Aboriginal<br />
religion, spirituality, values, sport and<br />
ANZAC as religious phenomena, and<br />
the significant contribution <strong>of</strong> religion<br />
to politics, education, and art.<br />
WREL2001<br />
World Religions in<br />
Context<br />
Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr<br />
Alex Norman Session: Semester 1 Classes:<br />
1x2-hr lecture/week, 1x1-hr tutorial/<br />
week Prerequisites: 12 junior credit points<br />
from Studies in Religion Prohibitions:<br />
RLST2026 Assessment: 1x1000wd field<br />
report (25%), 1x1000wd methodological<br />
exercise (25%), 1x750wd essay plan<br />
presentation (10%), 1x1750wd essay<br />
(40%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington<br />
Delivery Mode: Normal (lecture/lab/<br />
tutorial) Day.<br />
Students will investigate typologies<br />
<strong>of</strong> ‘religion’, distinguishing between<br />
‘world religions’ and other<br />
‘religions’ (particularly indigenous<br />
religions), and recognise that<br />
these classifications resulted from<br />
European colonialism and the<br />
encounter <strong>of</strong> Christianity with other<br />
religions (in Asia, the Americas, and<br />
Africa). Religions with scriptures,<br />
priesthoods, and institutions<br />
paralleling those <strong>of</strong> Biblical traditions<br />
were privileged over oral cultures and<br />
indigenous religions. Students study<br />
methods <strong>of</strong> textual criticism and<br />
historical investigation <strong>of</strong> the ‘origins’<br />
<strong>of</strong> religion, from which emerged the<br />
discipline <strong>of</strong> ‘religious studies’.<br />
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