Bachelor Religious Education (Emphasis: Religious Studies) (195 [7] - Version 2017)

BRP 01 Introductory and Orientation Period (5 ECTS)

BRP 02 Introductory and Orientation Period (10 ECTS)

• EXAM ON-SITE STEOP I Introduction Theology and Study of Religions (lectures)
• 010044 VO Introduction to Comparative Religion
• 010110 VO ( OV ON-SITE ) Introduction to Catholic Theology I
• 020029 VO-L ( MIXED ) STEOP: Theological Encyclopedia
• 020056 PS ( STEOP ON-SITE ) Introduction to scientific working

BRP 03 Introduction to the History of Religion (10 ECTS)

• 020036 VO ( ON-SITE ) Introduction to Islam - History of Islam from Muhammad to the epoch of the Abbasides
• 060013 VO Introduction to Judaism

BRP 04rwb Introduction to the Study of Writtem Sources (10 ECTS)

• 010018 PS Exegetical methods
• 010084 SE Key Works in the Social Scientific Research on Religion

BRP 05rwb Introduction to Religious Studies (9 ECTS)

• 010035 SE Apocalypse & co: Millenarian Beliefs Compared
• 010068 VU Basic Principles of and Approaches to the Study of Religions
• 010104 SE The Role of "Aryan" Concepts for Religion and Nationalism

BRP 06rwb Basics of Philosophy 1 (6 ECTS)

• 010028 VO Medieval philosophy
• 010132 VO Ancient Philosophy

BRP 07rwb Interreligious Cultural Studies 1 (10 ECTS)

• 142012 VO ( MIXED STEOP ) Introduction to Indology
• 142020 VO ( STEOP ON-SITE ) Introduction to Buddhist and Tibetan Studies

BRP 08rwb Basics of Philosophy 1 (6 ECTS)

BRP 09rwb Advanced Course: History of Religions 1 (9 ECTS)

a) Introduction to Christianity

• 010067 VO Introducing Christianity

b) Compulsory Electives

• 010114 VO Alternative Religious Currents: A Global Perspective

BRP 10rwb Advanced Course: History of Religions 2 (15 ECTS)

• 010056 VO Introducing East Asian Religions

BRP 11rwb Applied Religious Studies (10 ECTS)

• 010063 SE ( ON-SITE ) Skills and research methods in Church History
• 010077 SE Learning ecumenism and ecumenical reconnaissances: Vienna
• 010080 SE Religion in Focus - The Theosophical Society
• 020037 SE ( ON-SITE ) Analysis of Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue Projects - Seminar zu einem Thema der anwendungsorientierten Religionswissenschaft
• 020055 SE ( KPH Krems ON-SITE ) Forschungswerkstatt zur empirischen Religionsforschung - Research Lab ‚religious plurality‘

BRP 12rwb Interreligious Education (12 ECTS)

• 010041 SE ( KPH Krems ) Specific subject didactics - Main focus primary level
• 010042 SE ( KPH Krems ) Ethical Education
• 010085 PR ( KPH Krems ) Subject related traineeship in compulsory schools/Adult Education

BRP 13rwb Gender Studies and Religion (8 ECTS)

• 010087 VO Religions and Gender
• 010118 SE Departures and Resistances: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Feminism and Religion

BRP 14rwb Alternative Compulsory Modules (15 ECTS)

a) BRP 14rwb a Source Languages (15 ECTS)

• 010003 VO Biblical Hebrew I
• 020058 UE ( ON-SITE ) Communication in Arabic - Level 2, Fortgeschrittene
• 060086 PUE ( STEOP ) STEOP: Middle Egyptian I
• 060087 VO ( STEOP ) Middle Egyptian I

b) BRP 14rwb b Advanced Course: Religious Studies (15 ECTS)

• 010035 SE Apocalypse & co: Millenarian Beliefs Compared
• 010089 SE Eastern Churches in the Habsburg Empire. History, Culture, Continuance
• 010104 SE The Role of "Aryan" Concepts for Religion and Nationalism
• 020001 SE ( MIXED ) Seminar on the History of Religion - Seminar zu einem religionsgeschichtlichen Thema
• 020037 SE ( ON-SITE ) Analysis of Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue Projects - Seminar zu einem Thema der anwendungsorientierten Religionswissenschaft

BRP 15rwb Interreligious Cultural Studies 2 (11 ECTS)

BRP 16rwb Anthropology and Social Science (16 ECTS)

• 010016 VO Basic Course Philosophical Anthropology
• 010105 VO [ en ] Animism
• 010107 SE (Christian) Rituals in State of Change
• 020054 SE ( KPH Krems ON-SITE ) Seminar on Sociology and/or Ethnology of Religion - Religion und Identitäten

BRP 17rwb Advanced Course: History of Religions and Comparative Religion (13 ECTS)

a) Compulsory Courses

1. Seminar in History of Religion (5 ECTS)

• 010081 VU The Religions of the Germanic Peoples and the Celts

2. Seminar in Comparative-Systematical Religious Studies (5 ECTS)

• 010035 SE Apocalypse & co: Millenarian Beliefs Compared
• 010104 SE The Role of "Aryan" Concepts for Religion and Nationalism

b) Alternative Compulsory Courses

• 010120 VU [ en ] Introduction to the History and Religions of Mongolia