The Nordic Master's Degree Programme in Theology:
The Religious Roots of Europe (RRE)
Faculty of Theology
Aleksanterinkatu 7 (P.O. Box 33)
FI-00014 University of Helsinki
e-mail: theology(at)helsinki.fi
phone: +358-(0)9-191 24016
fax: +358-(0)9-191 22106
Learning Outcome
Learning outcome
Building on the Bachelor’s Degrees of the students, this Master’s Programme aims for its students to acquire:
- international experience
- advanced knowledge of the religious traditions at the root of European culture in their formative periods.
- a deeper understanding of the formative processes of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, the parallels and differences among the three traditions and the interaction of their followers.
- the ability to apply and to use relevant scholarly methods and to understand and to describe these theoretically
- skills to communicate their knowledge of the subject matter, their theoretical insights and to transmit their acquired methods to others both orally and in writing.
- tools to evaluate critically the role of the three religions in contemporary society.
See also career prospects