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| Name of course | Contemporary religious studies 7.5 cr. (Religionsvetenskap idag) |
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| Course code | RVA000 |
| Application code | 13207 Master, 13224 freestanding course |
| Faculty | Faculty of Education and Business |
| Course co-ordinator | Jari Ristiniemi E-mail: jari.ristiniemi@hig.se Telephone: 0046 73 4011058 |
| Course administration | Monika Karlsson |
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If you do not register on time, you will lose your place on the course. Please contact your course administrator before the end of the registration period if you are experiencing problems with course registration.
If you are conditionally admitted you are not able to register on the course yourself.
Period for course self-registration in Ladok: 17 Aug – 30 aug
The course adress the changing role of religion and culture in the late modern society. The course discuss how methods and theories in Religious Studies can be used as tools for understanding contemporary society and as means of developing a sustainable society. There are non-mandatory seminaries that are played in and you are able to see them on the learning platform Canvas. For exams you write a memo.
Teaching is offered on the web through Zoom. You are able to follow from your own computer or you can attend the video conference when it takes place or see it as a video afterwards.
The web-based course tool used is Canvas Normally, the course is not posted on Canvas until one or a few weeks before the start of the course.
Communication happens both through Canvas and through email contact with the course responsible.
From the autumn semester 2020, Canvas will replace the University's current learning management system Blackboard. You will automatically be enrolled on the course in Canvas once you have registered for your course in Ladok. Please note that it can take up to 60 minutes for the systems to synchronise but after that you will be able to see your course in Canvas.
The course and the master programme starts 31 august, you should confirm your attendance latest that date otherwise you will loose your Place in the programme.
After your course has finished you will be sent a we-based course evaluation questionnaire via e-mail. Your participation in the course evaluation is very valuable to us and you comments will help improve and develop the course further. All students registered on the course will receive a report of the course evaluation with all comments compiled.
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