Master's Degree in Religious Sciences: History and Society

Competencies

Competencies are the set of knowledge, skills and attitudes to be acquired by students throughout the degree, aimed at preparing them for the exercise of professional activities.

Basic Competencies

  • Possess and understand knowledge that provides a basis or opportunity to be original in the development and/or application of ideas, often in a research context.
  • That students know how to apply the knowledge acquired and their problem-solving ability in new or little-known environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their area of study;
  • That students are able to integrate knowledge and face the complexity of formulating judgments based on information that, although incomplete or limited, includes reflections on the social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge and judgments;
  • That students know how to communicate their conclusions – and the knowledge and ultimate reasons that support them – to specialized and non-specialized audiences in a clear and unambiguous manner;
  • That students have the learning skills that allow them to continue studying in a way that will be largely self-directed or autonomous.

General Competencies

  • Acquisition of knowledge that provides a basis or opportunity to be original in the development and/or application of ideas in contexts where religions play a key role.
  • Ability to carry out research or work that involves or is based on the use of bibliographic and documentary sources, taking advantage of the collections and computer tools at their disposal.
  • Ability to integrate knowledge and analytical tools to deal with the complexity of making judgments based on information that, although incomplete or limited, includes reflections on the social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge and judgments.

Specific Competencies

  • Deepening of the different analytical perspectives and methods that have been applied to the study of religions, and the ability to detect religiocentrism and ethnocentrism.
  • Acquisition of a high level of knowledge on the general lines of the genesis and evolution of the great religious traditions.
  • Ability to analyze and synthesize legal-social problems in the relations between political power and religious power, both in history and in comparative law.
  • Ability to analyze the scriptural tradition of the great religious traditions.
  • Acquisition of a high level of knowledge on the most recent developments and future prospects of the three monotheistic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam), with special emphasis on the tensions between the most current political phenomena and their reflection in religions.