Study programme - Approved
Academic year:
 2023/2024
Study programme:
 Religious Studies (moRE)
(Single degree study, master II. deg., full time form)
Study field:
 15. Historical Sciences
Person responsible for the delivery, development and quality of the study programme:
 prof. Mgr. Milan Kováč, PhD.

Study section
Compulsory courses

Block: Compulsory courses  min. 34 credits
Subject code Subject title - Teacher Ac. year
/Semester		 Range
and form		 Con-
cluding		 Credits Core
course		 Current
 FiF.KPR/A-moRE-302/22  Current Theories of Religion - M. Karásek, M. Kováč 1/W    1L + 1S     H   4   C      
 FiF.KPR/A-moRE-301/22  Regional forms of religion 1 - D. Deák 1/S    1L + 1S     H   4   C      
 FiF.KPR/A-moRE-025/22  New Religion - M. Karásek 1/S    2S     H   4   C      
 FiF.KPR/A-moRE-032/22  Religious Fundamentalism - A. Kovács 2/W    1L + 1S     H   4   C      
 FiF.KPR/A-moRE-332/22  Scientific writing and presentation - J. Špoták 1/S    2S     H   4        
 FiF.KPR/A-moRE-333/23  Regional forms of religion 2 - R. Hlúšek 2/W    1L + 1S     H   4   C      
 FiF.KPR/A-moRE-011/22  Master's Degree Thesis Seminar 1 - M. Kováč, I. Štelmachovič Bumová, D. Deák, A. Kovács, R. Hlúšek, M. Karásek, J. Špoták 2/W    2S     H   3   C      
 FiF.KPR/A-moRE-303/22  Totalitarianism and Religion - I. Štelmachovič Bumová 2/S    1L + 1S     H   4   C      
 FiF.KPR/A-moRE-012/22  Master's Degree Thesis Seminar 2 - M. Kováč, I. Štelmachovič Bumová, D. Deák, A. Kovács, R. Hlúšek, M. Karásek, J. Špoták 2/S    2S     H   3   C      
 
Compulsory elective courses

Block: Compulsory elective courses min. 50 credits
Subject code Subject title - Teacher Ac. year
/Semester		 Range
and form		 Con-
cluding		 Credits Core
course		 Current
 FiF.KPR/A-moRE-045/22  M. Eliade's Study of Religions - B. Čaputová, M. Kováč 1, 2/W    1L + 1S     H   4        
 FiF.KPR/A-moRE-048/22  Religion of contemporary Maya - M. Kováč 1, 2/W    1L + 1S     H   4   C      
 FiF.KPR/A-moRE-115/22  Totalitarian Regimes and the Jewish Community - I. Štelmachovič Bumová 1, 2/W    2L     H   4        
 FiF.KPR/A-moRE-116/15  Seminar in Text Studies - Totalitarian Regimes and Jewish Community - I. Štelmachovič Bumová 1, 2/W    2S     H   4       !  
 FiF.KPR/A-moRE-123/22  Culture of India in Time and Space - D. Deák 1, 2/W    1L + 1S     H   4   C     !  
 FiF.KPR/A-moRE-126/22  Iconography in Maya Religion - J. Špoták 1, 2/W    2S     H   4        
 FiF.KPR/A-moRE-166/22  Religious Studies in the Postmodern World - M. Karásek 1, 2/W    2S     H   4   C      
 FiF.KPR/A-moRE-204/22  Religious Concepts of Body and Sexuality - M. Kováč, I. Štelmachovič Bumová, D. Deák, A. Kovács, M. Karásek, J. Špoták 1, 2/W    1L + 1S     H   4        
 FiF.KPR/A-moRE-330/22  Symbolic Anthropology - M. Karásek 1, 2/W    2S     H   4       !  
 FiF.KPR/A-moRE-335/22  Ancient Maya Religion - M. Kováč 1, 2/W    2L     H   4       !  
 FiF.KPR/A-moRE-338/22  Religion and mass media - A. Kovács, I. Štelmachovič Bumová 1, 2/W    1L + 1S     H   4   C     !  
 FiF.KPR/A-moRE-340/22  Religion in cyberspace - J. Špoták, L. Chvaštulová 1, 2/W    2S     H   4       !  
 FiF.KPR/A-moRE-038/22  Shamanism - M. Karásek 1, 2/S    2S     H   4        
 FiF.KPR/A-moRE-044/22  W. Paden's New Comparative Studies - M. Kováč 1, 2/S    2S     H   4   C     !  
 FiF.KPR/A-moRE-077/22  State of Israel - History, Society, Religion, Institutions - I. Štelmachovič Bumová 1, 2/S    1L + 1S     H   4   C     !  
 FiF.KPR/A-moRE-128/22  Occultism and Occult Symbolism - M. Karásek 1, 2/S    2S     H   4        
 FiF.KPR/A-moRE-130/22  Techniques of Data Processing in Religious Studies - J. Špoták 1, 2/S    2S     H   4        
 FiF.KPR/A-moRE-207/22  Afterlife in World's Religions - M. Kováč, I. Štelmachovič Bumová, D. Deák, A. Kovács, M. Karásek, J. Špoták, R. Hlúšek, L. Chvaštulová, M. Klapetek 1, 2/S    2S     H   4       !  
 FiF.KPR/A-moRE-304/20  Seminar in Text Studies - Totalitarianism and Religion - I. Štelmachovič Bumová 1, 2/S    2S     H   3        
 FiF.KPR/A-moRE-305/15  Indian Hagiographies as Historical Resources - D. Deák 1, 2/S    1L + 1S     H   4       !  
 FiF.KPR/A-moRE-306/15  Concepts of Saintliness in Indian Religions - D. Deák 1, 2/S    1L + 1S     H   4       !  
 FiF.KPR/A-moRE-334/22  The spiritual world of Romani in Slovakia - M. Kováč 1, 2/S    1L + 1S     H   4   C     !  
 FiF.KPR/A-moRE-336/22  Indigenous religions of North America - R. Hlúšek 1/S    2L     H   4       !  
 FiF.KPR/A-moRE-337/22  Aztec Religion - R. Hlúšek 1/S    2L     H   4       !  
 FiF.KPR/A-moRE-350/20  Maya Hieroglyphic Seminar 1 - J. Špoták 1/S    2S     H   3        
 FiF.KPR/A-moRE-006/22  Special Seminar in Mezoamerican Religions - R. Hlúšek 2/W    2S     H   4       !  
 FiF.KPR/A-moRE-351/20  Maya Hieroglyphic Seminar 2 - J. Špoták 2/S    2S     H   3        
 
Elective courses

Block: Elective courses
Subject code Subject title - Teacher Ac. year
/Semester		 Range
and form		 Con-
cluding		 Credits Core
course		 Current
 FiF.KPR/A-moRE-344/23  Sacred mountains in indigenous religions of the Americas - R. Hlúšek 1, 2/W    1L + 1S     H   4        
 FiF.KPR/A-moRE-308/23  Religious Professional Excursion I. - A. Kovács, I. Štelmachovič Bumová 1, 2/W    3dE     H   3        
 FiF.KPR/A-moRE-309/23  Religious Professional Excursion II. - A. Kovács, I. Štelmachovič Bumová 1, 2/S    3dE     H   3        
 FiF.KPR/A-moRE-341/23  Ontological turn in religious studies - M. Kováč 1, 2/S    1L + 1S     H   4        
 FiF.KPR/A-moRE-343/23  Antisemitism and Islamophobia - A. Kovács, I. Štelmachovič Bumová 1, 2/S    1L + 1S     H   4        
 FiF.KPR/A-moRE-345/23  Indigenous religions of South America - R. Hlúšek 1, 2/S    1L + 1S     H   4        
 FiF.KPR/A-moRE-667/23  Alcohol and Other Substances in World Religions - D. Deák, M. Karásek, A. Kovács, M. Kováč, J. Špoták, I. Štelmachovič Bumová, R. Hlúšek, K. Csikosová 1, 2/S    1L + 1S     H   4        
 FiF.KPR/A-boRE-384/23  Introduction to Shinto - FiF.KPR 1, 2/S    2S     H   5        
 

State exams
Compulsory courses

Block: State Examination min. 27 credits
Subject code Subject title Credits Current
 FiF.KPR/A-moRE-990/15  Master's Degree Thesis Defence   OB   15        
 FiF.KPR/A-moRE-997/15  Theory and Methodology in Religious Studies   SS   4        
 FiF.KPR/A-moRE-998/22  Religion and society   SS   8        
 

Such a symbol can occur after the teaching range: d - days in a semester, h - hours in a week, s - hours in a semester, t - weeks in a semester
When none of these symbols are given, expected range of teaching is "hours in a week".
Form: L - lecture, S - seminar, P - practicals, X - practice, C - course, E - excursion, TS - training session, IW - independent work, p - practical, FW - fieldwork, O - other, I - internship, LP - laboratory practicals, LS - lecture + seminar
Current: ! - course will not be implemented in the given academic year; + - course will not be implemented, perhaps the next academic year; - - course is implemented for the last time