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Masaryk University Faculty of Arts

Study of Religions

Towards the foundations of human culture.

What will you learn?

The three-year Bachelor’s degree study programme in the Study of Religions pro-vides a comprehensive overview of the main religious traditions of the past and pre-sent, and the fundamentals of the theory, methodology, and history of the discipline. In addition, the main study plan enables students to acquire basic knowledge of a se-lected source language. The study plan also includes practical training in writing and presentation skills as well as in the selection of methods of historical, comparative, sociological, anthropological, and psychological research into religion. This practical training places an emphasis on identifying relevant sources of information, the devel-opment of analytical skills, the formulation of coherent and well-founded attitudes to phenomena of human culture both orally and in writing, creative thinking, and the adoption of an interdisciplinary mind-set. Attention is also paid to the development of skills necessary for the application of the study of religions in social practice.

The curriculum is organized on the basis of a credit system, offering individual choices concerning the study programme timeline and thematic modifications accord-ing to the individual area of interest. Type A/compulsory courses cover the main reli-gious traditions of the world, an introduction to the discipline and its transformations, and practically oriented methodological training. The vast range of optional courses on offer further develop and enrich the programme.

This study programme is suitable for graduates of all types of high schools who are interested in the dynamics of religion and in its functioning in both historical and con-temporary societies. The study programme provides a high-quality Bachelor’s degree education in the humanities and the social sciences provided by an internationally well-recognized department. The programme’s graduates are qualified for positions requiring analytical skills and orientation in the religious, cultural, and ethnic contexts of functioning and changing human societies.

Practical training

The study programme does not involve required practical training.

Further information

http://religionistika.phil.muni.cz/en

Career opportunities

Graduates are qualified for positions requiring critical thinking and cross-cultural adaptability. They usually work in teaching, journalism, administration, specialized sectors of the tourist industry, non-governmental organizations, the media, project writing in both the public and private sectors, companies focusing on the develop-ment of games and on leisure activities, and start-ups requiring creative thinking. They can offer employers strong analytical skills, creative thinking, presentation skills, flexibility, intercultural orientation, familiarity with the assumptions and meth-ods of several disciplines within the humanities and the social sciences, the skill of writing original texts that are both formally and factually correct, the capacity to think in global and interdisciplinary terms, and the ability methodically to pursue complex, demanding, and long-term projects.

Admission requirements

No information available

Application guide

Study options

Single-subject studies

Students have a pre-defined list of required courses, which are supplemented with selective and elective courses. The student pays full attention to the single field of study chosen.

Combined studies

In this type of studies, the students focus on the main degree programme (120 credits) supplemented with another, minor, programme (60 credits). The student enrols in the degree programme in which he/she majors. Both the programmes are stated in the university diploma. You will find possible combinations on the websites of individual degree programmes.​ An exception is programmes preparing students for teaching professions, where both fields of study are equal and the thesis may be written in any of them.

Recommended combinations

Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Arts

Other combinations

Study plans of this programme can also be studies in a combination with

Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Arts

Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Education

  • Social pedagogy (major) – Faculty of Education, full-time studies
    + Study of Religions (minor)

Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Economics and Administration

  • Economics (major) – Faculty of Economics and Administration, full-time studies
    + Study of Religions (minor)
  • Economic Policy (major) – Faculty of Economics and Administration, full-time studies
    + Study of Religions (minor)
  • Public Economics and Administration (major) – Faculty of Economics and Administration, full-time studies
    + Study of Religions (minor)

Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Informatics

  • Informatics (major) – Faculty of Informatics, full-time studies
    + Study of Religions (minor)

Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Social Studies

  • Security & Strategic Studies (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + Study of Religions (minor)
  • International Relations (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + Study of Religions (minor)
  • Psychology (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + Study of Religions (minor)
  • Media Studies and Journalism (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + Study of Religions (minor)
  • Social Work (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + Study of Religions (minor)
  • Sociology (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + Study of Religions (minor)
  • Political Science (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + Study of Religions (minor)
  • Environmental Studies (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + Study of Religions (minor)
  • Social Anthropology (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + Study of Religions (minor)
  • Public and Social Policy and Human Resources (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + Study of Religions (minor)
  • European Studies (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + Study of Religions (minor)

Courses – curriculum examples

An example of your study plan:

Single-subject studies

Combined studies

Recommended combinations

Study of Religions (major), full-time studies
 + Archival Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Study of Religions (major), full-time studies
 + Baltic Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Study of Religions (major), full-time studies
 + Catalan Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Study of Religions (major), full-time studies
 + Dutch Language, Literature and Culture (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Study of Religions (major), full-time studies
 + General Linguistics (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Study of Religions (major), full-time studies
 + Mediterranean studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Study of Religions (major), full-time studies
 + Modern Greek Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Study of Religions (major), full-time studies
 + Museology (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Study of Religions (major), full-time studies
 + Musicology (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Study of Religions (major), full-time studies
 + Polish Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Study of Religions (major), full-time studies
 + Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Study of Religions (major), full-time studies
 + Russian Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Study of Religions (major), full-time studies
 + South Slavonic and Balkan Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Study of Religions (major), full-time studies
 + Theatre Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Study of Religions (major), full-time studies
 + Ukrainian Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Study of Religions (major), full-time studies
 + Vietnamese Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Other combinations

Follow-up studies

After completion of the Bachelor’s studies, graduates can continue further studies in the Master’s degree programme in the Study of Religions or any other Master’s degree programme (after satisfying the admission requirements).

Study information

Provided by Faculty of Arts
Type of studies Bachelor's
Mode full-time Yes
combined Yes
Study options single-subject studies Yes
single-subject studies with specialization No
major/minor studies Yes
Standard length of studies 3 years
Language of instruction Czech

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Mgr. Aleš Chalupa, Ph.D.

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