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2020/21 Taught Postgraduate Programme Catalogue

MA Religion, Politics and Society (Part-Time)

Programme code:MA-REL/P&S-PUCAS code:
Duration:24 Months Method of Attendance: Part Time
Programme manager:Dr Stefan Skrimshire Contact address:S.Skrimshire@leeds.ac.uk

Total credits: 180

Entry requirements:

Normally at least Upper Second Class Honours in a relevant discipline – e.g. Theology & Religious Studies, Politics and Sociology.

Grade C or above in English GSCE or equivalent, or an overall IELTS score of 6.5 or above, with no less than 6 is each component.

School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:

School of PRHS

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

PRHS Examination Board

Programme specification:

This programme studies the diverse ways that religious belief and traditions encourage, contest, facilitate, disrupt, or otherwise influence political and social change. Students will learn about the importance of religions to phenomena such as protest movements, revolutions, nationalism, terrorism, global development, gender, sexuality and race discrimination, migration and diaspora. They will also critically interrogate the concept of ‘religion’ in the context of different theories of politics, policy and social change, engaging with hotly debated and contested topics such secularisation and ‘post-secularism’, religious identity and representation, religion and the public sphere. The core module, Religion, Politics and Society, focuses on the interaction of religion with dynamics of social and political transformation, critique, and resistance, from historical and contemporary perspectives. It will be team taught, drawing upon expertise across the School ranging from theological, philosophical, sociological and anthropological approaches to the topic.

The programme is nationally and internationally unique, and will appeal to a broad range of people with a keen interest in the place of religion in social political, social, and cultural dimensions of the study of religions and theology. Students may wish to use the programme as a stepping stone to further research; as a preparatory degree for work in the voluntary, advocacy, NGO, or policy sector; or to further their knowledge and literacy in this important area.

A distinctive feature of the programme is the option of designating a specialised pathway in one of two areas – ‘Development’ or ‘Gender’. Students who opt to take these are required to take an additional core module in the school of PRHS (respectively: Religions and Global Development, or Religion, Gender and Sexuality), and are allowed to take an additional module from the School of Politics and International Studies and / or the School of Sociology and Social Policy, allowing the student to benefit from a wider disciplinary range whilst allowing them to focus in greater depth on a particular context of justice, equality, discrimination and other social or political challenges.


Year1 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Candidates will be required to study 90 credits in Year 1.

Compulsory modules:

All candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module:

PRHS5400MReligion, Politics and Society30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Optional modules:

Candidates opting for the DEVELOPMENT pathway will be required to study the following module :

THEO5050MReligions and Global Development30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Candidates opting for the DEVELOPMENT pathway will be required to study AT LEAST ONE of the following modules:

PIED5202MGlobal Politics of Health30 credits1 Jan to 31 May
PIED5255MGender, Globalisation and Development30 credits1 Sep to 31 Jan (adv yr), 1 Jan to 31 May

Candidates opting for the GENDER pathway will be required to study the following module:

THEO5120MReligion, Gender and Sexuality30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Candidates opting for the GENDER pathway will be required to study AT LEAST ONE of the following modules:

PIED5255MGender, Globalisation and Development30 credits1 Sep to 31 Jan (adv yr), 1 Jan to 31 May
SLSP5355MInequalities: Exploring causes, Consequences and Interventions30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

All candidates will be required to study any remaining credits from the following optional modules:

ARTF5031MUnfinished Business: Trauma, Cultural Memory and the Holocaust30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HPSC5320MScience and Religion Historically Considered30 creditsNot running in 202021
THEO5030MSin, Public Discourse and Public Life30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
THEO5050MReligions and Global Development30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
THEO5120MReligion, Gender and Sexuality30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
THEO5175MMuslims, Multiculturalism and the State30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
THEO5325MReligion and Society: Research Process and Methods30 creditsNot running in 202021
THEO5330MReligion, Politics and the Future: From Apocalypse to Utopia30 creditsNot running in 202021
THEO5371MTheology and Public Life30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
THEO5420MResearch Project (Theology and Religious Studies)30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan), Semester 2 (Jan to Jun), Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
THEO5620MSpecial Options in Theology and Religious Studies30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun), Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)


Year2 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Candidates will be required to study 90 credits in Year 2.

Optional modules:

All candidates will be required to study ONE of the following dissertation modules:

THEO5580MDissertation60 credits1 Oct to 30 Sep (12mth)
THEO5900MTheology & Religious Studies: Extended Dissertation90 credits1 Oct to 30 Sep (12mth)

Candidates will be required to study any remaining credits from the following optional modules:

ARTF5031MUnfinished Business: Trauma, Cultural Memory and the Holocaust30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HPSC5320MScience and Religion Historically Considered30 creditsNot running in 202021
THEO5030MSin, Public Discourse and Public Life30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
THEO5050MReligions and Global Development30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
THEO5120MReligion, Gender and Sexuality30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
THEO5175MMuslims, Multiculturalism and the State30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
THEO5325MReligion and Society: Research Process and Methods30 creditsNot running in 202021
THEO5330MReligion, Politics and the Future: From Apocalypse to Utopia30 creditsNot running in 202021
THEO5371MTheology and Public Life30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
THEO5420MResearch Project (Theology and Religious Studies)30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan), Semester 2 (Jan to Jun), Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
THEO5620MSpecial Options in Theology and Religious Studies30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun), Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)

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