Master 2 subject

Religious Studies, Master 2 subject

  • How do religious texts originate?
  • Is religion becoming less and less important in the modern age?
  • Which role does religion play in the migration process?
  • Are some religions really more dangerous than others?
  • What is religion actually?

Profile
Degree
Master of Arts
Start
Winter- and summer semester
Duration
4 semesters
Classroom language
English
Admission
Not restricted, application at the faculty required
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What's it all about?
This degree programme is unique, because ...
Bochum’s Centre for Religious Studies (CERES) provides an excellent and research-focused infrastructure for the Master’s degree programme, as it is closely affiliated with the numerous related disciplines united therein and integrated into an interdisciplinary research network.
It provides the opportunity to specialise in the following fields ...
  • Material history of religion (including six elective religious traditions)
  • Systematic religious studies
  • Religious research
  • Applied religious studies
Course schedule
Module handbook
Who is suited?
Those who wish to enrol in this degree programme,
has: a B.A. degree, language competencies in a source language relevant for religious studies (e.g. Hebraic, Korean or Sanskrit), basic understanding of socio-empirical methods

enjoys: a research and practice-oriented degree programme, in-depth discourse of religion or of individual religious traditions in the past and/or present, active participation in comprehensive research contexts

struggles through: challenging literature, source texts in the original languages, exhausting field research
This degree programme is suited for graduates in the following subjects
  • Religious studies
  • related subjects such as cultural science, history and social studies
Graduates from this degree programme frequently work
  • as political consultants
  • in education and research
  • in libraries, museums and archives
  • in the media and PR industry
  • in the field of development aid
And else?
An internship ...

is recommended. It is done during the degree course.
Duration: 1 month

Studying abroad ... is recommended. It is done from the 2nd or 3rd semester.
Duration: 1 semester
Where do I find help?
Academic advisory office

Studienberatungskommission Religionswissenschaft
Building, Room: Universitätsstr. 90a
Email:
Website academic advisory office

Contact students

Fachschaft Religionswissenschaft
Building, Room: Universitätsstraße 90a, Raum 0.10
Phone: +49 (0)234 / 32-26490
Email:
Website Fachschaft

Internet

Degree programmes' website

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