Course work on the history of religion

Course: Religious Studies 2020

Structural unit: Faculty of Philosophy

Title
Course work on the history of religion
Code
ОК.02
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
4 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
1
Learning outcomes
Effectively work with information from various sources, critically analyze, interpret, classify, and systematize it in order to solve religious problems. To have the skills of applying subject knowledge of religious studies in order to analyze current social problems. Have the skills to perform scientific research in the field of religious studies as part of a group, evaluate their results and argue the conclusions based on the research results.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. Before starting to write the coursework, students should know the theoretical content of the subject area: the system of religious ideas, approaches, concepts, theories, concepts and principles of religious phenomena and processes. 2. To be able to collect, systematize, analyze and interpret information about religious processes, practices and phenomena; predict the prospects for the development of phenomena and processes of the religious sphere in the modern world. 3. Possess the skills of scientific research and information management; critical attitude and forecasting regarding political, economic, religious events and phenomena; the use of foreign-language professional religious information sources.
Course content
Course work on the history of religions is an integral part of the process of obtaining an education and is designed to integrate scientific, educational and industrial factors in the educational process. In the course of preparing the course work and during the differentiated assessment, students must demonstrate the acquired knowledge, skills and practical skills, ways of thinking, professional, worldview and civic qualities. It is about the acquisition of competences, the possession of which the student certifies at a certain level of education. In the course of the course work, the student acquires critical thinking skills, develops the habit of independent conscientious work on the basis of self-compulsion, and strengthens the skills of organization and implementation of research activities in the field of religion.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. On higher education: Law of Ukraine dated July 1, 2014 No. 1556-VII // Bulletin of the Verkhovna Rada. 2014. No. 37–38. Art. 2004. 2. Regulations on the system of detection and prevention of academic plagiarism at Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University (Approved by the by the council of Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University. 02.03.2020, protocol No. 8). URL: http://senate.univ.kiev.ua/?p=1352. 3. Regulations on the organization of the educational process at Taras Shevchenko Kyiv University (Approved by the Academic Council of Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University. 05/07/2018, protocol #10). Kyiv: VOC "Kyiv University", 2018. 112 p.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Individual work
Assessment methods and criteria
Final grade for the discipline: 60/100 points.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Oleksandr Serhiyovych Pasichnik
Department of Religious Studies
Faculty of Philosophy

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of Religious Studies
Faculty of Philosophy