Postgraduate handbook 2004
Arts

Masters Qualifying in Religion and Theology with a research component

Course code: 1988 + Mid-year entry available + Clayton + Program director: Constant Mews

Synopsis

This program provides an introduction to graduate study of religion and theology and training in research work, comparable to that provided by BA(Hons) in Religion and Theology. It will be especially useful for students coming back to study after time in the workforce who wish to acquaint themselves with recent debates in the study of religion and theology.

For more information on research programs in this discipline, see the discipline entry under `Research programs'.

Entry requirements

Candidates holding a pass degree with a strong (credit-level average in the third part of a major) undergraduate background in one or more arts or theological disciplines.

Course structure

Students complete 48 points comprised of one research project, at least one methodology unit, and two electives chosen from the list below:

Research unit

• RLM4000 Research paper in religion and theology

Methodology units

• RLM4090 The authority of the text: the hermeneutical question
• RLM4100 Religion in Australian Society

Electives

• RLM4060 Medieval women and their world: constructing identities 1100-1450 (not offered in 2004)
• RLM4070 Buddhism: society, politics and ethics (not offered in 2004)
• RLM4110 Ecology, gender and the sacred
• HYM4330 Cultures of devotion in Renaissance Italy
• JWM4010 Reading and interpreting Jewish texts
• JWM4020 Between homeland and holy land: Israel in Jewish thought

Students may apply to undertake units at level four at a tertiary institution, such as the Melbourne College of Divinity, approved by the director of the Centre for Studies in Religion and Theology. Under no circumstances may units taken outside Monash amount to more than 50 per cent.

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