Programma pre-master Orthodox Christianity

De pre-master Orthodox Christianity, is een tweejarige opleiding in het Engels en in het Nederlands en dient als instroomtraject voor de master Religiewetenschappen, specialisatie: Geestelijke Verzorging.

Content

The Pre-Master in Orthodox Christianity provides students with an introduction to Orthodox Christianity as it is lived in its rich diversity. The programme focuses on what is shared by the Orthodox of both families: the ‘Eastern Orthodox’ (Greek, Slavic, Arabic, Romanian etc. traditions) and the ‘Oriental Orthodox’ (Armenian, Coptic, Syriac, Ethiopic and Eritrean traditions). Students will gain basic knowledge about how one of three main forms of Christianity understands its faith and practices. The students will study Orthodoxy in its own right, instead of highlighting the differences with the other two forms of Christianity (Roman Catholicism and Protestantism).

Programme and Languages

The pre-master consists of eleven courses. Eight of these courses examine the various aspects of the Orthodox traditions and are taught in English by the staff of St Irenaeus Orthodox Theological Institute, which is part of the Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies. The three remaining courses are general courses of the faculty;.

Jaar 1 Semester	Periode	Cursus	Cursuscode	Studielast (aantal EC)
1	1	Orthodox History I	FTR-RSPMO105	5
1	1	Orthodox Scripture	FTR-RSPMO104	5
1	2	Orthodox Liturgy I	FTR-RSPMO101	5
2	3	Orthodox Theology I	FTR-RSPMO103	5
2	3	Orthodox Anthropology	FTR-RSPMO100	5
2	4	Orthodox Liturgy II	FTR-RSPMO102	5
Totaal				30 EC

Jaar 2 Semester	Periode	Cursus	Cursuscode	Studielast (aantal EC)
1	1 & 2	Methoden en technieken 2 - empirisch *	FTR-RTBA104	5
	1 & 2	Methoden en technieken 2 - systematisch *	FTR-RTBA105	5
	1 & 2	Methoden en technieken 2 - literair-historisch *	FTR-RTBA106	5
1	1 & 2	Wereldgodsdiensten	FTR-THBA104	5
1	2	Orthodox History II	FTR-RSPMO106	5
2	4	Orthodox Theology II	FTR-RSPMO107	5
2 _{Register for both the workshop and the thesis}	3 & 4	Workshop Thesis	FTR-RTBA350-EPR/IST/ GCH/BJC/SYR/VGW/OCH	0
2 _{Register for both the workshop and the thesis}	3 & 4	Thesis	FTR-RSPMO108	10
Totaal				30 EC

* Kies 1 van de 3 cursussen Methoden van religieonderzoek 2

Blended Learning

The eight specific courses are taught in an ‘blended learning’ format. This means that you do not have traditional lectures at the university, but rather videos which can be watched at home and assignments such as papers, posts in online discussions and presentations. These courses consist of eight modules of one week each and last the half of a semester.

In addition to these asynchronous activities, each module contains also a weekly online session at 18:00 hours on either Wednesday or Thursday.

At the end of the course there is a mandatory meeting on the university campus, at which you present the draft of your final paper. The dates of these meetings are: 20 October, 22 December, 15 March and 7 June.

There is a kick-off meeting on Monday afternoon,4 September 2023. You will meet here also the minor students from Radboud and other universities with whom you study.

More information

If you are interested to take the courses of the pre-master as a minor or if you need any further information concerning your admission requirements or the application procedure, please send an email to michael.bakker@ru.nl.