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Masters Qualifying in Religion and Theology with a research component

Course code: 1988 + Course abbreviation: MQualwresearchcomp + Total credit points required: 48 + 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Clayton)

Course description

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 bachelors pass degree with a strong undergraduate background (credit average results in the third part of a major) 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 (note that not all units are offered each year).

Research unit

  • RLM4000 Research paper in religion and theology

Methodology units

  • HYM4175 Interpreting the Bible: Jewish and Christian perspectives
  • RLM4100 Religion in Australian Society

Electives

  • RLM4060 Medieval women and their world: constructing identities 1100-1450
  • RLM4070 Buddhism: society, politics and ethics
  • RLM4110 Ecology, gender and the sacred
  • HYM4330 Cultures of devotion in Renaissance Italy
  • 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%.

Contact details

Course coordinator

Associate Professor Constant Mews

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