Dissent and Religious Minorities
Postgraduate course
- ECTS credits
- 5
- Teaching semesters
- Autumn, Spring
- Course code
- RELMIN642
- Number of semesters
- 1
- Teaching language
- English
- Resources
- Schedule
Course description
Objectives and Content
Learning Outcomes
The student shall by the end of the course have gained the following learning outcome defined in knowledge, skills, and general competence:
Knowledge:
The student
- can analyze the various kinds of dissent in religious minorities as well as the different ways religious minorities engage with various forms of dissent
- has thorough knowledge of several cases in which individual members of religious minorities can make use of different political and legal systems, namely those of their minority and those of the authorities of states where the minority lives
Skills:
The student
- Can formulate and debate in writing issues surrounding dissent in religious minorities
- can apply critically scholarship about dissent and religious minorities to a variety of sources from very different perspectives about dissent in religious minorities
General competence:
The student
- can independently present the social complexity of situations of dissent in religious minorities in clear academic writing can come to an informed judgment about such situations
ECTS Credits
Level of Study
Semester of Instruction
Place of Instruction
Required Previous Knowledge
Recommended Previous Knowledge
Credit Reduction due to Course Overlap
Access to the Course
Teaching and learning methods
The teaching and student activities in this course will entirely take place online.
Examples
- short introductory videos.
- Readings
- following each video/reading there will be a short quiz, that tests the students basic understanding of the video/reading
- individual feedback on discussion postings and essays from the instructor participation in online discussions
Compulsory Assignments and Attendance
In this course the following compulsory requirements have to be approved in order to sit for the examination:
- Course quizzes following videos and/or texts. The quizzes will test the students' command of the prescribed course material. There will be between 1 and 5 quizzes per week, and successful completion of at least 70% online course questions in course quizzes is required.
- A minimum of one discussion posting (minimum 100 words) that answers one of more questions as well as a minimum of two responses (of each minimum 50 words) to postings by other students.
- At least four useful comments on the essays 1 and 2 of other students (peer-reviewed assignments)
Compulsory requirements are evaluated with "approved/not approved."
Forms of Assessment
The examination consists of two papers:
- Short source analysis of case study (800 words) - 40% of the total grade
- Essay (2000 words) - 60% of the total grade
Both parts of the assessment must be passed in order to pass the examination. ¿The examination will be given a total grade.
The exam assignment will be given in English.
The exam can be submitted in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.
Grading Scale
Assessment Semester
Reading List
The reading list consists of approximately 500 pages.
The reading list is published by July 1st. for the autumn semester and by December 1st. for the spring semester.