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MA - Master of Arts
The University of Manchester
Full Time
SEP-25
1 year
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MA - Master of Arts
The University of Manchester
Full Time
SEP-25
1 year
MA - Master of Arts
The University of Manchester
Part Time
SEP-25
2 years
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Course description
Our MA Religions and Theology master's course is aimed at both specialists who want to deepen their knowledge and skills, and graduates of other disciplines who want to switch to postgraduate-level study of this subject.
Studying Religions and Theology with all the intellectual tools of contemporary scholarship is a responsibility that The University of Manchester has taken seriously for over a century.
With no binding ties to religious institutions, we approach our subject from a distinctively comparative, contextual and interdisciplinary angle.
Our approach allows you to ask questions you might not otherwise ask, and to cross boundaries you might not cross in other settings where religion and theology are discussed.
This course is designed to enable you to either take units covering a broad range of religious, theological and philosophical traditions, or concentrate your study in an area that interests you.
Some of the routes you can take through this degree incorporate Biblical Studies, Jewish Studies, Theology, Philosophy and Ethics and Politics and Gender.
Aims
We aim to:
Career opportunities
We aim to give our students research skills, whether for academic work or for another career, as many professions today require investigative skills. Some in the media spend time researching angles of events that relate to religions, while others in the health service investigate the experiences of various cultural groups in accessing services.
Many in museums, libraries and other archives require the textual and historical research skills that our courses teach. Postgraduate study in Religions and Theology gives you a high-level qualification for a wide range of investigative tasks.
We normally expect students to have a First or Upper Second class honours degree or its overseas equivalent in a humanities-based subject area.
Students living in
Domestic
£12,500 per year
Students from Domestic
This is the fee you pay if the University is in the same country that you live in (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
£27,500 per year
Students from EU
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from somewhere in the EU.
£27,500 per year
Students from International
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from a country outside the EU.
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