MA Religious Studies
- Components of the programme:
COURSE STRUCTURE AND CREDIT HOURS
YEAR ONE, SEMESTER ONE
CHRISTIAN OPTION
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COURSE CODE |
COURSE TITLE |
T |
P |
C |
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CORE |
|
|
|
|
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RS 501 |
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 503 |
SEMINAR 1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
Legend: T- Theory, P-Practice, C- Credit
AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION OPTION
|
COURSE CODE |
COURSE TITLE |
T |
P |
C |
|
CORE |
|
|
|
|
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RS 501 |
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 503 |
SEMINAR 1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
ISLAMIC OPTION
|
COURSE CODE |
COURSE TITLE |
T |
P |
C |
|
CORE |
|
|
|
|
|
RS 501 |
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 503 |
SEMINAR 1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
ELECTIVES
CHRISTIAN OPTION: Choose three (3) courses from the following
|
COURSE CODE |
COURSE TITLE |
T |
P |
C |
|
RS 505 |
Theology of the New Testament |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 509 |
Administration of Faith Communities |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 511 |
African Church Fathers |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 513 |
Issues in Early Church History |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 517 |
History of the Reformation and Counter Reformation |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 521 |
Church and Society |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 523 |
The Bible in African Christianity |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 525 |
Studies in African Instituted Churches |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 527 |
African Christian Theologies |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 529 |
Ethical Reasoning and Decision Making |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 531 |
Christian Theology and Socio-Political Issues in Africa |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 537 |
Religion and Ecology |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 539 |
Christianity and African Culture |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 551 |
Pneumatology in 1 Corinthians) |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 553 |
The Theology of Paul |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 555 |
Theology and the Philosophy of Science |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 557 |
Ethics and Economic Life |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 559 |
Intermediate New Testament Greek |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 561 |
Intermediate Biblical Hebrew |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 565 |
Sin, Grace and Predestination |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 569 |
Nineteenth Century Background to Contemporary Theology |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 571 |
Old Testament Exegesis |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 575 |
New Testament Exegesis |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 583 |
Major Christian Doctrines 1 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 541 |
Prophecy and the Rise of Messianism |
4 |
|
4 |
|
|
TOTAL |
18
|
0
|
18
|
AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION OPTION: Choose three (3) courses
|
COURSE CODE |
COURSE TITLE
|
T
|
P
|
C
|
|
RS 509
|
Administration of Faith Communities
|
4
|
0
|
4
|
|
RS 515
|
Theological Issues in African Traditional Religion
|
4
|
0 |
4
|
|
RS 539 |
Christianity and African Culture |
4
|
0 |
4
|
|
RS 547
|
Sources of African Philosophy
|
4
|
0 |
4
|
|
RS 573 |
Religion and Chieftaincy |
4
|
0 |
4
|
|
RS 579
|
Religion, Culture and Development
|
4
|
0 |
4
|
|
RS 581 |
Readings in African Traditional Religion |
4
|
0 |
4
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
18
|
0
|
18
|
ISLAMIC OPTION: Choose three (3) of the following courses
|
COURSE CODE |
COURSE TITLE
|
T
|
P
|
C
|
|
RS 509 |
Administration of Faith Communities
|
4
|
0
|
4
|
|
RS 533
|
Islam and Modernity
|
4
|
0 |
4
|
|
RS 535
|
Islam in Ghana
|
4
|
0 |
4
|
|
RS 537 |
Religion and Ecology |
4
|
0 |
4
|
|
RS 543
|
Islam and Ecumenism
|
4
|
0 |
4
|
|
RS 545
|
Faith and Practices in Islam
|
4
|
0 |
4
|
|
RS 563 |
Islam and the Media |
4
|
0 |
4
|
|
RS 567
|
Sufism
|
4
|
0 |
4
|
|
RS 579 |
Religion, Culture and Development |
4
|
0 |
4
|
|
RS 589 |
Christianity and World Religions |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
|
TOTAL |
18 |
0 |
18 |
*T- Theory, P-Practice, C- Credit
YEAR ONE SEMESTER TWO: Choose 3
|
COURSE CODE |
COURSE TITLE |
T |
P |
C |
|
CORE |
|
|
|
|
|
RS 502 |
Religious Pluralism and Co-operation in Ghana |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 503 |
Seminar II |
2 |
0 |
2 |
ELECTIVES
CHRISTIAN OPTION: Choose three (3) of the following courses
|
COURSE CODE
|
COURSE TITLE
|
T
|
P
|
C
|
|
RS 504 |
Contemporary Interpretations of the Kingdom of God |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 536 |
Mother-tongue Biblical Hermeneutics |
4 |
|
4 |
|
RS 506
|
African Pentecostalism and Charismaticism |
4 |
|
4 |
|
RS 538 |
History and Theory of Bible Translation |
4 |
|
4 |
|
RS 508 |
Administration and Management of Faith-based Organizations |
4 |
|
4 |
|
RS 540 |
Evil and Deliverance---Religious Response to Social Catastrophe |
4 |
|
4 |
|
RS 512 |
History of the Church in West Africa |
4 |
|
4 |
|
RS 516
|
Religion and Human Sexuality |
4 |
|
4 |
|
RS 550 |
Bioethics and Human Life |
4 |
|
4 |
|
RS 518
|
Theology of the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) |
4 |
|
4 |
|
RS 556 |
Religion and Public Policy in Africa |
4 |
|
4 |
|
RS 520 |
Religion and Feminism |
4 |
|
4 |
|
RS 522
|
Women in the New Testament |
4 |
|
4 |
|
RS 526 |
Historical Development of Christian Tradition |
4 |
|
4 |
|
RS 528
|
Biblical Hermeneutics in African Christian Scholarship
|
4 |
|
4 |
|
RS 530
|
Systematic Theology |
4 |
|
4 |
|
RS 532
|
Advanced Biblical Hebrew |
4 |
|
4 |
|
RS 534 |
Advanced New Testament Greek |
4 |
|
4 |
|
RS 562 |
Moral Philosophy |
4 |
|
4 |
|
RS 564 |
Rethinking Christian Doctrines |
4 |
|
4 |
|
RS 566 |
Religion, Culture and Science |
4 |
|
4 |
|
RS 568 |
Advanced Studies in Religion and Bioethics |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 570 |
New Testament Apocalyptic Literature
|
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 572
|
Religion and Media
|
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 576
|
Prophetic Phenomenon in the Old Testament
|
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 578
|
Twentieth Century Background to Contemporary Christian Thought
|
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 584
|
Major Christian Doctrines II
|
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 586
|
Readings in Contemporary Africa Theology
|
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
|
TOTAL
|
18
|
0
|
18
|
AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION OPTION
|
COURSE CODE |
COURSE TITLE
|
T
|
P
|
C
|
|
RS 508 |
Administration and Management of Faith-based Organizations
|
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 514
|
African Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Development
|
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 552 |
Indigenous Leadership System |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 554
|
African Traditional Patterns of Learning and Christian Education |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 516 |
Religion and Human Sexuality |
|
|
|
|
RS 520 |
Religion and Feminism |
|
|
|
|
RS 566 |
Religion, Culture and Science |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 568 |
Advanced Studies in Religion and Bioethics |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 580
|
Philosophical and Theological Issues in African Traditional Religion
|
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 582 |
Issues in Contemporary African Traditional Religion Scholarship |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
|
TOTAL
|
18
|
0
|
18
|
ISLAMIC OPTION
|
COURSE CODE |
COURSE TITLE
|
T
|
P
|
C
|
|
RS 508 |
Administration and Management of Faith-based Organizations
|
4
|
0
|
4
|
|
RS 510
|
Islam, Medicine and Healing
|
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 524
|
Islam and Development
|
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 542 |
Topics in Islamic Theology |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 546
|
Islam and African Culture
|
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 548
|
The Shari’ah
|
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 520 |
Religion and Feminism |
|
|
|
|
RS 568 |
Advanced Studies in Religion and Bioethics |
|
|
|
|
RS 516 |
Religion and Human Sexuality |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 566 |
Religion, Culture and Science |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 572
|
Islam and Media |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
RS 574 |
Modern Trends in Islam |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
|
TOTAL
|
18
|
0
|
18
|
MASTER OF ARTS OPTION
June—September (After Second Semester course work) MA Dissertation
CHRISTIAN OPTION
|
COURSE CODE |
COURSE TITLE |
T |
P |
C |
|
RS 590 |
Dissertation |
0 |
0 |
8 |
|
RS 503 |
Seminars I & II |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
|
TOTAL |
0 |
0 |
12 |
AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION
|
COURSE CODE |
COURSE TITLE |
T |
P |
C |
|
RS 590 |
Dissertation |
0 |
0 |
8 |
|
RS 503 |
Seminars I & II |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
|
TOTAL |
0 |
0 |
12 |
ISLAMIC OPTION
|
COURSE CODE |
COURSE TITLE |
T |
P |
C |
|
RS 590 |
Dissertation |
0 |
0 |
8 |
|
RS 503 |
Seminars I & II |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
|
TOTAL |
0 |
0 |
12 |
2. Admission and Progression Requirement
Entry Requirements
MA (One Year): A candidate must have obtained a good first degree (Second Class Lower Division or better) in either Religious Studies or Theology from a recognized University or accredited Theological Seminary/Institution.
For the MA Programme, a candidate with the Social Sciences or Humanities background (with or without Religious Studies) from a recognized University or Institution, may also apply. Admission is subject to passing an entrance examination and interview.
Assessment Requirements
The assessment of students will be based on:
- Seminar Presentations
- Colloquium Presentations
- Publishable Article
- Continuous Assessment
This will form 40% of the overall assessment and will comprise of take-home assignments, term paper and mid-semester examination.
- End of semester examinations
This will form 60% of the overall assessment; will be a take home examination or written under formal examination conditions at the end of the semester.
- Thesis (80,000 words)
Requirements for Graduation
For the award of the MA in Religious Studies, the student must have:
- passed examinations for courses registered with a minimum mark of 55 percent
- obtained a total score not exceeding 20 percent with each component not exceeding 2 percent in the similarity test using KNUST’s Turnitin system
- submitted and successfully defended a thesis;
3. Employment Opportunities
An MA graduate in Religious Studies can gain employment in the following sectors:
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- Teaching and Research Institutions such as Colleges of Education, Public and Private Universities and Theological Institutions
- Social Services – Management, Community Development and Non-Governmental, Not-for-Profit Organizations, Environmental Agencies, the Media
- Government Services – Civil Service and other Public Sector Service
- Consultancy Services
Within the Church – Pastors, Administrators and Directors
4. How to Apply
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