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RELS581 Chinese and Japanese Religion: A History

Credit Points 6
Offering Not offered in 2013
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 PHIL or RELS or candidature in a postgraduate award
Co-requisites None
Restrictions RELS381
Notes None
Combined Units RELS381 - Chinese and Japanese Religion: A History
Coordinator(s) Mun-Keat Choong (mchoong@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit presents a historical study of the major religious traditions in China and Japan from early times to the present day. It features Daoism, Confucianism, Shinto, Chinese folk religion and mythology, major schools of Chinese and Japanese Buddhism, and contemporary Chinese and Japanese Buddhism. The social and political significance of religion in China and Japan is also examined.
Materials Textbook information will be displayed approximately 8 weeks prior to the commencement of the teaching period. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment Assessment information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. demonstrate and recognise the distinguishing features of indigenous religion in the Chinese and Japanese traditions;
  2. evaluate the roles of Buddhism in the Chinese and Japanese traditions; and
  3. demonstrate a higher level of knowledge and deeper understanding of the conceptual/doctrinal foundations of the main religious traditions in China and Japan and their historical backgrounds.

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 three assessments. 		True True
2 Communication Skills
This attribute relates primarily to written communication skills in assignment work. The skills are practised and assessed in this format, with the assessment including learning activities in the considerable feedback given with regard both to style and content of the written work. 		True True
3 Global Perspectives
This unit requires students to appreciate 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 assessment work. 		True True
4 Information Literacy
In this unit, each student is encouraged to be an active participant in an online component. The study guide gives information on e-resources, online academic skills sites and library resources relevant to the unit. Students are expected to make use of Internet/online information for some assignment work. 		True
5 Life-Long Learning
In this unit the basic analytical models and tools which are taught are those which can be applied in any reading of religious texts. Students are taught to use the tools with a view to being able to practise this type of analysis long after their studies are completed. A general interest in continued learning about aspects of studies in religion is also encouraged in the unit. 		True True
6 Problem Solving
Students are taught the use of analytical tools in a number of situations and then are required to practise these skills on an unknown 'problem' situation via the first assessment item. It is one form of problem solving. 		True True
7 Social Responsibility
Within this unit there are specific discussions concerning ethics in relation to the interpretation of texts, especially texts of other cultures than the student's own. Students are expected to practise such ethical approaches to the studies in Chinese and Japanese religion when doing their assignment work and in their online postings. 		True
8 Team Work
Team work applies to a slight degree, so would not be rated as highly as the other attributes. Team work applies in general to discussions between students using the online component or in internal classes about problems they encounter or interesting questions for discussion. I encourage students to communicate with each other in this way on the online Bulletin/Discussion board and it can be regarded in a fairly loose way as team work. 		True
   

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