Student-Selected Curriculum

The course will provide further study in fields related to the master's thesis. It is an elective and consists of independent, individual study.

According to the course curriculum, a candidate who passes this course is expected to have the following learning outcome (defined as knowledge, skills and general competence)

Knowledge

The candidate has attained

• knowledge of literary searches in various internet-based search engines relevant for religious studies
• knowledge of the criteria for assessment of academic standard in religious studies literatur
• knowledge of the difference between journalism, popular science and academics
• knowledge of literary sources for relevant material on religion
• knowledge of the formulation of literary accounts in religious studies

Skills

The candidate has acquired skills to

• assess and choose literature on relevant research questions in religious studies
• apply the criteria for assessment of academic standard on religious studies literature
• assess, and make us of, newspaper articles, popular science and academic science
• find, collect and analyse literary source materials on religion
• present an individual, academic account in religious studies, based on student selected curriculum

General competence

The candidate has

• competence in independent academic reading
• experience in planning and executing a written essay with a defined length and through successive stages

The instruction consists of tutoring. The reading list must be approved by the supervisor before it is submitted to the Department.