PER5023 - Fieldwork in Religious Studies

Objectives:

Assessment tasks are designed to enable students to demonstrate the Learning and Employability outcomes for the relevant level of study. Level Learning Outcomes are embedded in the assessment task(s) at that level. This enables a more integrated view of overall student performance at each level.

Content:

This module is based around site visits to local religions and sites in the Leeds and Bradford areas, though may include sites in the North of England accessible from Leeds Trinity campus. Class time will focus on theoretical (e.g. spatial, cultural, etc.) and methodological (e.g. ethnographic) approaches to researching religions on location, and specific local religious traditions and their cultural backgrounds, including history, adaptations and links with global communities.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Lectures, Seminars, Workshops and Site Visits
Hours: 48
Intended Group Size: 30

Guided independent study
Hours: 252

Further details relating to assessment
The Portfolio is based on group site visits and selected readings. One of the components will be in the form of a digital artefact such as a poster, podcast, or other form by negotiation.

The Report will be on the student’s own site visit and ought to include a reflexive component on, e.g., challenges encountered and research ethics, and digital content such as a short film, an audio recording or photographs.

The module also includes a formative assessment of an informal presentation on the student’s chosen site visit prior to submission of the Report.

Assessment:

001 Portfolio; 2,500 words; end of semester 1 50%
002 Report; 2,500 words; end of semester 2 50%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Suzanne Owen
Level - 5
Credit Value - 30
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 5YL

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