ATS2371 Magic, science and religion
Faculty of Arts
ATS2371 Magic, science and religion is a level 2, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts, offered in 2024 in Semester 1 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2024
- Semester 1
- Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 3 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2024 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before ATS2371
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After ATS2371
No unit lists ATS2371 as a prerequisite in the 2024 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prerequisite: Twelve credit points of first-year Arts units. It is highly recommended that students only take this unit after they have completed two gateway units in Anthropology.
Prohibition: ATS1203, ATS3371
Overview
The unit enables students to gain understanding of what magic, ritual and spiritual beliefs means to people in the modern world. It also introduces first year students to some of the contributions that anthropologists and sociologists of magic and religion have made to knowledge of human societies.
Case studies provide a comparative understanding of rituals and associated cosmologies in a variety of sociocultural settings, from both the developing world and post-industrial settings and examine critically the cultural borders established between the fields of science and spiritual belief.
Topics include: magic's rationalities; teenage magic in the west; witchcraft in the non-west; materiality and faith; embodied experience and spirituality.
Offerings in 2024
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Clayton | On campus |
Assessment
- Analytical exerciseAssignment30%
- Annotated BibliographyResearch assignment30%
- Essay40%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Describe and explain what magic, ritual and spiritual beliefs mean to people in the modern world;
- 2
Appraise the contributions that anthropologists and sociologists of magic and religion have made to knowledge of human societies;
- 3
Employ case studies of rituals and associated cosmologies in a variety of sociocultural settings to examine critically the cultural borders established between the fields of science and spiritual belief.
- 4
Read, think and respond reflectively and critically to global issues and challenges;
- 5
Utilise developing academic qualitative research skills to locate, link, critically analyse and communicate theory and evidence.
Workload and teaching
- Lectures12 hours
- Tutorials24 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
Where it fits
ATS2371 is part of 2 areas of study in the 2024 handbook.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr David Colón-Cabrera
- Chief Examiners
- Professor Andrea Whittaker
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ATS2371?
ATS2371 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is ATS2371 offered?
In 2024, ATS2371 runs in Semester 1 at Clayton.
How much work is ATS2371?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does ATS2371 have an exam?
No. ATS2371 has 3 assessment tasks and no exam.
Which majors and minors include ATS2371?
ATS2371 is part of Anthropology.