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Studies in Religion

Unit of study table (Table S)

The major in Studies in Religion is not available for new enrolments for 2025.

Major

A major in Studies in Religion requires 48 credit points from this table including:
(i) 12 credit points of 1000-level core units
(ii) 6 credit points of 2000-level core units
(iii) 6 credit points of 2000-level selective units
(iv) 18 credit points of 3000-level selective units
(v) 6 credit points of 3000-level Interdisciplinary Project units

Minor

A minor in Studies in Religion requires 36 credit points from this table including:
(i) 12 credit points of 1000-level core units
(ii) 6 credit points of 2000-level core units
(iii) 6 credit points of 2000-level selective units
(iv) 12 credit points of 3000-level selective units
Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

1000 level units of study

Core
RLST1002
Sacred: The 10 Books that Made Our World
6  
RLST1005
Cults, Conspiracies, and Fundamentalisms
6  

2000 level units of study

Core
RLST2641
Myth, Method, Worldviews
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Studies in Religion
Selective
RLST2624
The Birth of Christianity
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Studies in Religion or (6 credit points at 1000 level in Studies in Religion and 6 credit points at 1000 level in Ancient History)
N RLST2024
RLST2640
Contemporary Religious Trends
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Studies in Religion
N RLST2627 or RLST3603

3000 level units of study

Selective
RLST3604
Ancient Egyptian Religion and Magic

6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Studies in Religion or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Ancient History
N RLST2636
RLST3606
Sacred Creativity: Text, Image, Film

6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Studies in Religion
N RLST2628 or RLST2625
RLST3608
Apocalyptic Leadership and Cosmic War
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Studies in Religion
N RLST2620
RLST3609
Religion and the Medieval World

6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Studies in Religion
N RLST2605
JCTC3602
Contemporary Jewish Identities

6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Jewish Civilisation, Thought and Culture or European Studies or History or Government or Modern Hebrew or Biblical Studies and Classical Hebrew
GCST3631
Gender, Communities and Belonging
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Gender Studies or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Cultural Studies or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Diversity Studies

Interdisciplinary project unit of study

If you are completing two majors and both of your majors are from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for your first major, and the Industry and Community Project unit of study for your second major.
If you are completing two majors but only one of your majors is from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for that major.
If you are completing one major only and that major is from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for your major.
FASS3999
Interdisciplinary Impact
6 P Completion of at least 90 credit points
FASS3333
Industry and Community Project

6 P 72 credit points
C Interdisciplinary Impact in any major