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RELS385 Women and Religion

Updated: 15 January 2010
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study Online Level
Armidale Semester 2 On Campus D - Comp/internet essential
Armidale Semester 2 Off Campus D - Comp/internet essential
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites 12cp in ANCH or ASST or ECON (units with a 4 or 5 as a second digit [denoting ECON HIST] only) or HIST or RELS or Women's and Gender Studies or candidature in a postgraduate award
Co-requisites None
Restrictions HIST385 or HIST485 or HIST585 or RELS203 or RELS303 or RELS403 or RELS585
Notes

offered in even numbered years
Combined Units RELS585 - Women and Religion
Coordinator(s) Lesley McLean (lmclean4@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit studies women's experience and understanding of religion and spirituality in the broadest sense. It will analyse the role and experience of women, both in the world's major religious traditions, as well as in ancient and non-traditional religions.
Materials Text information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Disclaimer Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Assignment 1 30% 2000
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-6 GA: 1-6
Assignment 2 60% 3000
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-6 GA: 1-6
Online Assessment 10%
Assessment Notes
Online participation exercise.
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 2, 4 GA: 1-6

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. show sufficient knowledge of the nature and variety of women's experience within the major world religions;
  2. reflect upon the diversity and pluralism of women's religious or spiritual experience;
  3. evaluate women's religious experience in terms of its positive and negative aspects;
  4. consider contemporary currents in women's religious experience and consider and reflect on their own experience in the light of this;
  5. write an in-depth study of a particular aspect of women's religious experience by means of the written assessment;
  6. exhibit an informed and educated attitude towards, and a continuing curiosity and interest in, the variety of religious experience of humankind;

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Knowledge of the studies in religion discipline will be taught in a seminar atmosphere. It will be assessed in all of the assessments. 		True True False
2 Communication Skills
Students will be taught communication skills through written and oral feedback on the essay and online components of the unit. Students studying on-campus will learn valuable communication skills through participation in seminars. Students will be assessed on the style of writing, clarity of writing, expression and development of ideas, and referencing. Students will practice their communication skills through completing the assessment tasks (written through the essay and online components). 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
This unit concentrates on a comparative perspective on world religions and this means it has an inherently global aspect. Women and Religion is one of these units that require students to learn a global perspective through the basic content of the course and the models of analysis provided. A global perspective is both practised and assessed in written and online assessment work. 		False True True
4 Information Literacy
Students will be taught, and directed, to relevant literature and how to assess its validity. Students will be assessed (through the essay) on their ability to identify relevant literature, and on their ability to critically analyse the literature. 		True True False
5 Life-Long Learning
Through completing the assessments, students will be provided with the necessary lifelong skills to be able to research, write and discuss social issues. These skills can be transferred to any discipline, and will be useful in any research positions. These attributes will be assessed in all of the assessments (written skills; analytical skills). In addition, students who attend the weekly seminar will be provided with the skills to debate contentious topics and develop their understanding of a topic through group activities. 		True True False
6 Problem Solving
Students will be assessed on their ability to deconstruct the essay question and to integrate theory and literature into their answer. Students will need to work out how to address the question and where the most appropriate material is to answer the question. 		False True False
7 Social Responsibility
Within the unit there are specific discussions concerning ethics in relation to the interpretation of texts, especially texts of other cultures than the students' own. Students are expected to practise such ethical approaches to the study of religions when doing their assignment work and in their online postings. 		True False True
8 Team Work
Team work applies in general to discussions between students on Blackboard about problems they encounter or interesting questions for discussion. 		False False True
   

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