General provisions

The course is a free-standing course.

Can be taken as part of the Bachelor Program in Religious Studies, 180 credits.

Entry requirements

Welfare and Values in Europe - an introduction

Learning outcomes

After completion of the course students will be able to:

• Show knowledge of and discuss academic studies of welfare, values and religion
• Apply knowledge and methods from the course “Welfare and Values in Europe I. An introduction” (or from a comparable course) to study an issue related to the field of welfare, values and religion
• Formulate preconceptions of values related to welfare and evaluate these in relation to different cultural contexts
• Independently formulate, limit and work on a minor research question within the field of welfare, values and religion
• Reflect on and discuss relevant theoretical and methodological issues related to the subject area
• Reflect critically own and other’s text in written text or oral presentation.

Content

The course gives the opportunity to students to carry out in depth studies in an area of interest touched on in the introductory course (Welfare and Values I). This course builds on the introductory course. Constructed around several thematic reading courses it provides the opportunity to study in greater depth and write about issues relating to welfare, religion and values in Europe. The multidisciplinary approach taken allows students to make use of familiar theoretical perspectives and learn new ones. Areas that can be covered are church traditions and European welfare systems, gender and welfare, cohesion and conflict within and between communities and the meeting points between welfare, faith, tradition, culture and secular structures.

Instruction

This is a literature course, comprised of independent study of a selection of literature chosen by the teacher in consultation with the student. The course begins with an introductory seminar.

The language of instruction is English.

Assessment

Examination is carried out through participation in a final seminar as well as written paper discussing the literature.

Other regulations

This course can be included as an elective course within Social Sciences of Religion C1.

Welfare and Values can only be commenced on successful completion of Welfare and Values - an introduction or of a comparable course.

For a course to be completed a minimum level of 75% attendance is required in all of the elements of the course described in the syllabus. Absence over and above this is to be compensated by compensatory task(s) as decided upon by the teacher responsible for the course.

Transitional provisions

Members of a course regulated by a former version of this course plan have the possibility to be examined in accordance with that course plan within two years after the closure of the course. If there are particular reasons, such an examination can take place also later on. Normally no instruction in accordance with former versions of the course plan is given.