Curriculum Structure | REL - HKBU

Minor Programme – Curriculum Structure

The Minor Programme in Religion, Philosophy and Ethics consists of 15 units, comprising 3 units of core course and 12 units of elective course.

Core Courses	3 units
Elective Courses	12 units
Total	15 units

Core courses

Students are required to take one 3-unit required course from courses below:

Course Group	Course	Units
RELI 1005	Quest for Truth and Meaning	3
RELI 2006	Introduction to Christianity and Civilizations	3
RELI 2007	Problems of Philosophy	3
RELI 2015	Approaches to the Study of Religion	3
RELI 2027	Introduction to Chinese Philosophy and Religion	3
RELI 2035	Introduction to Ethics	3
RELI 2036	Social Scientific Study of Religion	3

Elective courses

Students are required to take four 3-unit elective courses. Out of the four elective courses, three courses must be chosen from any of the following four groups (Group II, III, IV or V). Only one course could be chosen from each group. The fourth course could be chosen from any elective course groups (Group I, II, III, IV or V). Students are required to complete at least one 3-unit course at Level 3 or above.

Group I	Foundational Course	Units
RELI 1005	Quest for Truth and Meaning	3
RELI 2006	Introduction to Christianity and Civilizations	3
RELI 2007	Problems of Philosophy	3
RELI 2015	Approaches to the Study of Religion	3
RELI 2027	Introduction to Chinese Philosophy and Religion	3
RELI 2035	Introduction to Ethics	3
RELI 2036	Social Scientific Study of Religion	3

Group II	Philosophical Studies	Units
RELI 3006	Major Streams in Chinese Philosophy	3
RELI 3007	Philosophy, Meaning and Knowledge	3
RELI 3027	Existentialism and Nihilism	3
RELI 3056	Philosophy of Mind, Consciousness, and Personal Identity	3
RELI 3065	History of Modern Western Philosophy	3
RELI 3087	Metaphysics: Quest for Reality	3
RELI 3095	Logic and Philosophy of Logic	3
RELI 3096	Contemporary Analytic Philosophy	3
RELI 4005	Philosophy of Religion	3
RELI 4016	Selected Topics/ Readings in Philosophical Studies	3
RELI 4047	Mind in Chinese Buddhist Philosophy	3
RELI 4076	Great Plays and Philosophy	3

Group III	Christian Studies and Comparative Religion	Units
RELI 3005	Daoist Religion	3
RELI 3017	A Survey of Jewish and Christian Scriptures	3
RELI 3026	Christianity, Humanism and the Contemporary World	3
RELI 3037	Christian Spirituality	3
RELI 3127	History of Christian Thought	3
RELI 3135	Buddhism	3
RELI 3137	Confucianism	3
RELI 3136	Religious Rituals and Practices in Hong Kong	3
RELI 3047	Islam	3
RELI 4025	Christianity and Chinese Culture	3
RELI 4027	Selected Topics/ Readings in Christian Studies or Comparative Religion	3
RELI 4035	Comparative Religious Themes	3

Group IV	Interdisciplinary Study of Religion	Units
RELI 3075	Religion and Animal	3
RELI 3077	Religion and Social Movements	3
RELI 3086	Religion, Violence and Peace	3
RELI 3097	Psychology and Religion	3
RELI 3105	Anthropology and Religion	3
RELI 3106	Religion and Modern Chinese Societies	3
RELI 4015	Mysticism and Religious Experience	3
RELI 4036	Religion and Ideology	3
RELI 4037	Sociology of Religion and Modern Society	3
RELI 4046	Selected Topics/ Readings in Religious Studies	3
RELI 4065	Dialogue between Religion and Modern Science	3

Group V	Ethics and Society	Units
RELI 3016	Philosophy, Morality and Society	3
RELI 3045	Contemporary Ethical Problems: Hong Kong and Beyond	3
RELI 3107	Chinese Moral and Political Philosophy	3
RELI 3115	Theological Ethics	3
RELI 3116	Islamic Values and Contemporary Society	3
RELI 3117	Service Leadership and Meaning of Life and Death	3
RELI 3125	Social Justice, Liberalism and Economic Equality	3
RELI 3126	Theology, Liberalism and Sex in Chinese Societies	3
RELI 4066	Ethics of Human Rights: Theories and Controversies	3
RELI 4067	Environmental Ethics	3
RELI 4075	Selected Topics/ Readings in Ethics	3

Schedule of courses by semester

The core courses and elective courses will be offered in semester 1 and semester 2 according to the following table.

		Sem 1	Sem 2
RELI 1005	Quest for Truth and Meaning	✔	✔
RELI 2006	Introduction to Christianity and Civilizations	✔
RELI 2007	Problems of Philosophy	✔
RELI 2015	Approaches to the Study of Religion	✔
RELI 2027	Introduction to Chinese Philosophy and Religion		✔
RELI 2035	Introduction to Ethics		✔
RELI 2036	Social Scientific Study of Religion		✔
	All courses of Group 2 (Philosophical Studies)	✔
	All courses of Group 3 (Christian Studies and Comparative Religion)	✔
	All courses of Group 4 (Interdisciplinary Study of Religion)		✔
	All courses of Group 5 (Ethics and Society)		✔