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Module Title	LI Religion in the Public Sphere
School	Phil, Theology and Religion
Department	Theology and Religion
Module Code	09 27863
Module Lead	Jeremy Kidwell
Level	Intermediate Level
Credits	20
Semester	Full Term
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Restrictions	None
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Description	This module is the core compulsory second year module for all students on the BA PRP programme. It consolidates learning about the three subjects gained in the first year and continues to bring their concerns, insights and methods into dialogue by focussing on issues and regions of concern in the contemporary world. A main aim of the module is to ensure that students leaving the Birmingham PRP programme can offer analysis and advice in public arenas on religious, political and philosophical issues in an informed and robust manner and can explain the value and skills of their degree studies to prospective employers. The module will enable students to analyse issues and policies concerning religion arising in the public square, critically integrating perspectives from the programme’s three disciplines.The module proceeds by equipping students with background and analytic tools developing and understanding and ability to use principles and approaches to understanding religion and social and intellectual context via looking at issues and varying contexts in the history of religious and social relations. Students will then be able to apply these principles and approaches to the analysis of current issues in a variety of contexts around the contemporary world.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: Understand how the issues and policies involving religion, philosophy and politics arise historically and may be understood in the contemporary UK and on the world stage Critically outline and integrate different disciplinary perspectives Articulate a reasoned, integrated policy perspective using relevant concepts and literature to throw light on current and contemporary issues in a number of regions of the world and then explore the impact that this might have in terms of response.
Assessment	27863-01 : 2000 word essay : Coursework (50%) 27863-02 : 3000 word Policy Analysis : Coursework (50%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessment: 1 x 3,000 word coursework (100%) Reassessment: Resubmission of failed component(s)
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