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)
• 010075 VO ( MIXED ) Introduction to Comparative Religion
• 010110 VO ( MIXED STEOP ) Introduction to Catholic Theology I
• 020026 VO-L ( MIXED ) STEOP: Theological Encyclopedia
• 020027 PS Introduction to scientific working

Accompanying course for the STEOP in Theology

• 010027 SE Mentoring for students in the STEOP phase
• 010090 OV ( OV ) Orientation Course for first-year students - of the Diploma Catholic Theology, Bachelor Religious Education (Catholic Theological Education, Catholic Religious Education, Religious Studies and Orthodox Religious Education) and Bachelor Teacher Training Programme Catholic Religion
• 010186 OV ( ON-SITE WRAP-UP ) Wrap-UP: End-of-semester event for first-semester students - für Studierende des Diplomstudiums Katholische Fachtheologie, Bachelor Religionspädagogik und Unterrichtsfach Katholische Religion

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

• 010033 VO ( MIXED ) Introduction to Judaism
• 010102 VO ( MIXED ) Introduction to Islam

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

• 010071 PS Exegetical methods
• 010084 UE New Skin for the Old Mythology: Mythological Motifs in Fairy-Tales, Folklore and Popular Culture
• 060003 SE Jewish Narratives: Textual Analysis and Interpretation

BRP 05rwb Introduction to Religious Studies (9 ECTS)

• 010078 SE Apocalypse & co: Millenarian Beliefs Compared
• 010182 SE ( MIXED ) Illness, Healing, Medicine: Religion in Dealing with Epidemics

BRP 06rwb Basics of Philosophy 1 (6 ECTS)

• 010107 VO Medieval philosophy
• 010132 VO Ancient Philosophy

BRP 07rwb Interreligious Cultural Studies 1 (10 ECTS)

• 142012 VO ( MIXED STEOP ) Introduction to Indology
• 142020 VO ( MIXED STEOP ) 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

• 010111 VO ( MIXED ) Introducing Christianity

b) Compulsory Electives

• 010170 VU [ en ] Religion in the USA
• 010175 VU Feminism and Religion(s)
• 060021 VO Jewish Cultural History in the Ancient Period
• 060025 VO History of Rabbinical Literature and Culture
• 141024 VU Talismans and magic spells: - The so-called occult sciences in the Arab-Islamic world
• 141192 VU [ en ] Islam: Phenomena, Developments and Analyses I

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

• 010175 VU Feminism and Religion(s)
• 020047 VO [ en ] ( MIXED ) VO Religion and Society
• 060084 VO ( REMOTE ) Egyptian Religion
• 142201 VO Balancing Act Ayurveda: The Traditional Medicine of South Asia in the Past and Present
• 142204 VO Mindfulness - The Buddha's Gift to the World - An Exploration across Indian and Tibetan Traditions
• 142209 UE Cultural Heritage of Nepal: On the Trail of Sanskrit Inscriptions
• 150036 VO Religion in Japan

BRP 11rwb Applied Religious Studies (10 ECTS)

• 010047 EX The Eastern Churches in Vienna
• 010077 SE ( KPH-W-NÖ ) Learning ecumenism and ecumenical reconnaissances: Vienna
• 010080 EX Religion in Focus: Scientology

BRP 12rwb Interreligious Education (12 ECTS)

• 010041 SE Specific subject didactics
• 010042 SE ( KPH-W-NÖ ) Ethical Education - In consideration of primary level
• 010052 SE ( KPH-W-NÖ ) Subject Didactics in Compulsory Schools / Adult Education
• 010085 PR ( KPH-W-NÖ ) Subject related traineeship in compulsory schools/Adult Education

BRP 13rwb Gender Studies and Religion (8 ECTS)

• 010058 SE Departures and Resistances: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Feminism and Religion
• 010175 VU Feminism and Religion(s)

BRP 14rwb Alternative Compulsory Modules (15 ECTS)

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

• 010003 VO Biblical Hebrew I
• 060087 VO ( STEOP ) Middle Egyptian I

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

• 010044 SE Icons - Fundamentals, Approaches, Practice
• 010078 SE Apocalypse & co: Millenarian Beliefs Compared
• 010182 SE ( MIXED ) Illness, Healing, Medicine: Religion in Dealing with Epidemics
• 060022 SE The "Neo-Ufa" - Jewish lifeworlds in contemporary German feature films
• 060032 SE ( REMOTE ) Images of Antisemitism
• 060046 SE Of well-poisoners and world-destroyers: images of Jews under the sign of the monster
• 070037 UE Course on Methodology - Measuring sanctity? Digital approaches to pre-modern religion, piety and sanctuaries
• 080070 VU B220 Selected Field of Research: Ecology, Spirituality and spiritual ecology
• 090097 SE ( ON-SITE ) Bishops, monks and ecclesiastics: religious authorities in Late Antiquity
• 133403 SE Bachelor Seminar: (North) Germanic pagan religion - deities, myths, cults - Gottheiten, Mythen, Kulte
• 142216 SE [ en ] Adivasi and Dalit Literary Movements in India
• 142221 SE [ en ] Beef Biryani or Pure-Veg Thali: Food, Religion and Politics in South Asia

BRP 15rwb Interreligious Cultural Studies 2 (11 ECTS)

• 060017 VO ( STEOP ) Introduction to Jewish Cultural History
• 141172 VO Introduction to the History of Islam

BRP 16rwb Anthropology and Social Science (16 ECTS)

• 010081 SE [ en ] Religion and Politics: Basics and Current Issues
• 010105 VO Basic Course Philosophical Anthropology
• 010170 VU [ en ] Religion in the USA
• 010175 VU Feminism and Religion(s)
• 010177 SE ( KPH-W-NÖ ) Introduction to the Sociology of Religion

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

a) Compulsory Courses

1. Seminar in History of Religion (5 ECTS)

• 010012 SE How not to say Mass: Mass celebration between norm and practice
• 060022 SE The "Neo-Ufa" - Jewish lifeworlds in contemporary German feature films
• 060032 SE ( REMOTE ) Images of Antisemitism
• 060046 SE Of well-poisoners and world-destroyers: images of Jews under the sign of the monster
• 090097 SE ( ON-SITE ) Bishops, monks and ecclesiastics: religious authorities in Late Antiquity
• 133403 SE Bachelor Seminar: (North) Germanic pagan religion - deities, myths, cults - Gottheiten, Mythen, Kulte
• 142209 UE Cultural Heritage of Nepal: On the Trail of Sanskrit Inscriptions
• 142216 SE [ en ] Adivasi and Dalit Literary Movements in India
• 142221 SE [ en ] Beef Biryani or Pure-Veg Thali: Food, Religion and Politics in South Asia

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

• 010078 SE Apocalypse & co: Millenarian Beliefs Compared
• 010182 SE ( MIXED ) Illness, Healing, Medicine: Religion in Dealing with Epidemics

b) Alternative Compulsory Courses

• 010170 VU [ en ] Religion in the USA
• 010175 VU Feminism and Religion(s)
• 070037 UE Course on Methodology - Measuring sanctity? Digital approaches to pre-modern religion, piety and sanctuaries
• 080070 VU B220 Selected Field of Research: Ecology, Spirituality and spiritual ecology