Courses and modules 2023-2024
- Semester 1 courses
- Semester 1 modules and module courses
- Semester 2 courses
- Semester 2 modules and module courses
- Semester 1 and 2 modules
Semester 1 courses
| Course | Course ID | Credits (EC) | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Textual Sources of judaism = NEW | FTR-RSBA200 | 5 | BA |
| Hebrew I | FTR-THBA102 | 5 | BA |
| Feminist Classics | FTR-FIMI213 | 5 | BA |
| In Pursuit of Well-Being | FTR-FIMI221 | 6 | BA |
| Philosophical Anthropology | FTR-FIBA313 | 5 | BA |
| History of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy = NEW (for Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies students only) | FTR-FIPPSB116 | 5 | BA |
| Social and Cultural Philosophy = NEW (for Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies students only) | FTR-FIPPSB115 | 5 | BA |
| Ethics: Theory and Contemporary Issues (for Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies students only) | FTR-FIPPSB101 | 5 | BA |
| Philosophy of Science (for Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies students only) | FTR-FIPPSB103 | 5 | BA |
| Islam | FTR-RSBA111 | 5 | BA |
| Intercultural Philosophy | FTR-RSBAI303 | 5 | BA |
| Masterseminar Political Islam: from the Muslim Brotherhood to the Islamic State | FTR-RSMAI100 | 10 | MA |
| Masterseminar “What is Islam?”: An interdisciplinary exploration of the meaning of Islam | FTR-RSMAI103 | 10 | MA |
| Seminar Philosophy of Religion | FTR-THMA108 | 10 | MA |
| Seminar Practical Theology: Pastoral Theology | FTR-THMA203 | 10 | MA |
| Seminar Biblical Exegesis | FTR-THMA204 | 10 | MA |
| Seminar Greek | FTR-THMA100 | 10 | MA |
| Seminar Systematic Theology | FTR-THMA205 | 10 | MA |
| Seminar Comparative Religious Studies | FTR-RSMAR100 | 10 | MA |
| Seminar Religious Studies | FTR-THMA207 | 10 | MA |
| Public Philosophy | FTR-FIPPSM100 | 5 | MA |
| Masterseminar Biopolitics | FTR-FIPPSM102 | 10 | MA |
| Masterseminar Climate Ethics | FTR-FIPPSM103 | 10 | MA |
Semester 1 modules
These BA-modules contain three courses. Students can only be admitted if they take all three courses during the same semester (retakes excluded).
SEMESTER 1
| Module | Module code | Courses | Course Code | EC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middle East and North Africa (MENA) | FTR-MI-FI114-19 | The Dynamics of Political Pacts in Classical and Modern History in the MENA Region | FTR-FIPPSB219 | 5 |
| MENA in International Perspective | FTR-FIPPSB220 | 5 | ||
| Life Course, Personhood and Identities in the MENA region | FTR-FIPPSB221 | 5 | ||
| Global Justice and Human Rights | FTR-MI-FI109-19 | Global Distributive Justice: An Introduction | FTR-FIPPSB204 | 5 |
| Philosophy of International law | FTR-FIPPSB205 | 5 | ||
| Phenomenology of Human Mobility = NEW | FTR-FIPPSB226 |
5 |
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| Thinking Across Continents | FTR-MI-FI116-20 | Intercultural Philosophy | FTR-RSBAI303 |
5 |
| Europe and the Far East | FTR-FIPPSB303 |
5 |
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| Europe and the Arab World | FTR-FIPPSB304 |
5 |
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| Ecology and Sustainability | FTR-MI-FI108-19 | Ecophiloso-phy in the Anthropo-cene | FTR-FIPPSB201 | 5 |
| Political Ecology | FTR-FIPPSB202 | 5 | ||
| Critique of Green Ideology | FTR-FIPPSB225 | 5 | ||
| Leben, Kultur und Krise | FTR-MI-FI119-20 | Entfremdung und Kritik | FTR-FIPPSB311 |
5 |
| Du musst dein Leben ändern | FTR-FIPPSB312 |
5 |
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| Die Rettung der Lebenswelt | FTR-FIPPSB313 |
5 |
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| Religious Contacts and Conflicts | FTR-MI-FI113-19 | The Silk Road | FTR-FIPPSB216 | 5 |
| IPS in the ME III: State and Diversity | FTR-FIPPSB217 | 5 | ||
| Dying for God | FTR-FIPPSB218 | 5 | ||
| The Making of the Human | FTR-MI-FI121-22 | The forces that make humans | FTR-FIPPSB315 | 5 |
| Biopower and the making of the human | FTR-FIPPSB316 | 5 | ||
| Human made: on technology and the arts | FTR-FIPPSB317 | 5 | ||
| Mental Health in Crisis = NEW |
FTR-MI-FI124-3 |
The History and Status of Psychiatric Illnesses = NEW | FTR-FIPPSB227 | 5 |
| Neurodiversity= NEW | FTR-FIPPSB228 | 5 | ||
| The Social Design of the Mind = NEW | FTR-FIPPSB229 | 5 |
Semester 2 courses
| Course | Course ID | Credits (EC) | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate Crisis | FTR-FTR201 | 6 | BA |
| Russian Religious Philosophy | FTR-OTR739 | 5 | BA |
| Syriac I | FTR-OTR704 | 5 | BA |
| Religions of the Ancient World. An introduction | FTR-OTR763 | 5 | BA |
| Hebrew II | FTR-OTH702 | 5 | BA |
| History of Philosophy | FTR-THBA106 | 5 | BA |
| Exegesis of the Old Testament | FTR-THBA110 | 5 | BA |
| Political Philosophy (for Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies students only) | FTR-FIPPSB102 | 5 | BA |
| History of Modern Philosophy (for Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies students only) | FTR-FIPPSB110 | 5 | BA |
| History of Contemporary Philosophy (for Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies students only) | FTR-FIPPSB112 | 5 | BA |
| Metaphysics (for Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies students only) | FTR- FIPPSB104 | 5 | BA |
| Philosophical Anthropology = NEW (for Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies students only) | FTR- FIPPSB114 | 5 | BA |
| IPS in the MO II: Contemporary History | FTR-RSBAI200 | 5 | BA |
| Seminar Textual Sources Judaism and Christianity | FTR-RSMAR102 | 10 | MA |
| Masterseminar Christian Spirituality | FTR-RSMAR103 | 10 | MA |
| Seminar History of Church and Theology | FTR-THMA206 | 10 | MA |
| Great ideas and their history 2 | FTR-FIME010-B | 10 | MA |
| Masterseminar Politics of Nature | FTR-FIPPSM104 | 10 | MA |
| Masterseminar Science Policy and Values | FTR-FIPPSM105 | 10 | MA |
| Work in the 21st Century = NEW & add on | MAN-EDU-MW004 = NEW & FTR-FIMAWORK21A | 6 + 4 | MA |
Semester 2 modules
Almost all of these BA-modules contain three courses. Students can only be admitted if they take all three courses during the same semester (retakes excluded).
SEMESTER 2 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Module | Module Code | Course | Course Code | EC |
| The Future of Democracy | FTR-MI-FI110-20 | Forms of Democracy: A Comparative Approach | FTR-FIPPSB207 | 5 |
| Who is the Demos? | FTR-FIPPSB208 | 5 | ||
| Counter-Democracy: Case Studies | FTR-FIPPSB209 | 5 | ||
| Identity and Exclusion | FTR-FI-MI111-19 | 1492: Race, Religion and the Colonising 'Man' | FTR-FIPPSB210 | 5 |
| Gender, Sexuality and Intersectionality | FTR-FIPPSB211 | 5 | ||
| Race, Colonialism and the Colour Line | FTR-FIPPSB212 | 5 | ||
| Science and Society | FTR-MI-FI118-20 | How modern knowledge society came about | FTR-FIPPSB308 | 5 |
| Knowledge and expertise in the contemporary knowledge society | FTR-FIPPSB309 | 5 | ||
| Why trust science? | FTR-FIPPSB310 | 5 | ||
| The Digital Revolution | FTR-MI-FI112-19 | An Introduction to the Philosophy of technology | FTR-FIPPSB213 | 5 |
| Surveillance society | FTR-FIPPSB214 | 5 | ||
| Ethics of AI - from Data Ethics to Data Justice | FTR-FIPSB224 | 5 | ||
| Society and the Individual | FTR-MI-FI120-21 | Social Contract Theory | FTR-FIPPSB305 | 5 |
| Social cohesion and conventions | FTR-FIPPSB321 | 5 | ||
| Authenticity and Public Life | FTR-FIPPSB307 | 5 | ||
| The Dynamics of Social Complexity | FTR-MI-FI122-22 | The roots of human sociality | FTR-FIPPSB318 | 5 |
| Social practices in modern philosophy | FTR-FIPPSB322 | 5 | ||
| From small talk to big media | FTR-FIPPSB320 | 5 |
Semester 1 & 2 BA-modules
SEMESTER 1 & 2 |
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| Module | Module code | Period | Courses | Course Code | EC |
| Well-Being in Society | FTR-MI-FI115-19 | 1 | In Pursuit of Well-Being | FTR-FIMI221 | 6 |
| 2 | Happiness Economics | MAN-BKV68 | 6 | ||
| 3 | Psychology of Happiness | SOW-PSB2SP90E | 6 | ||