Major - Religion, Anthropology and Philosophy
Western Sydney University
Major
Code:
M1024.1
Available to students in other Western Sydney University Courses :
YES, if the specialisation is available on your Home campus. Please ensure your course structure allows space for enrolment in the units in this unit set. Students must also meet any pre-requisite requirements. Consult your Course Advisor for further advice.
This multidisciplinary major pursues critical and rational analysis of questions about individuals and societies; about human knowledge, culture and existence. It inquires into issues about human nature; the scope and limits of knowledge and belief; God and ethics; conflict and violence; ritual and myth; and religion, politics and culture. The major provides students with rigorous training in analytic and creative thinking, intellectual independence and cultural and ethical awareness.
Major
Structure
Students must complete the compulsory Level 1 unit
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101686
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Anthropology and Philosophy Look at Religion
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and seven units from the following pools with no less than three units at Level 3
Note: Not all units will be offered each year. Units will be offered on a rotational basis.
Level 1 Unit Pool
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101462
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Understanding Islam and Muslim Societies
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Level 2 Unit Pool
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101882
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A History of Modern Global Buddhism
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100850
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Buddhism in the Contemporary World
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100852
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Classics of Modern Philosophy
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101464
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Great Texts of Islam: Qur'an and Hadith
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101843
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Philosophy and Environment
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101881
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Philosophy and the Good Life
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101294
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The Western Philosophical Tradition
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Level 3 Unit Pool
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101688
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Anthropology of Religion
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400087
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Applied Critical Methods
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101467
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Islam in Southeast Asia
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101463
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Islam in the Modern World
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101465
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Islamic Law in a Changing World
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100875
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Literature and Philosophy
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100275
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Philosophies of Love and Death
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101761
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Philosophy and the Visual
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100969
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Theories of Conflict and Violence
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101880
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The Space of Literature
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101471
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Women in Arabic and Islamic Literature
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