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| Application Deadline: | April 1 | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 500 | ||
| Location: | Stavanger / Norway / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 24 months | Start Date: | August |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of School of Mission and Theology (MHS)
The objective of the study is to enhance the professional competence (knowledge, skills and attitudes) of students preparing for careers which involve significant international and/or intercultural contact through professional education and research with particular reference to theology, religious studies and intercultural communication. The study can also give students who have already been involved in international or intercultural careers an opportunity to reflect more systematically on their global experience in a scientific and methodological way leading to the attainment of academic credits for their life experiences.
Contents
First Semester
The module "Encounters of Religions and Cultures" consists of three courses, each of 10 ECTS credits. The three courses will be taught simultaneously as a comprehensive unit with an integrated final examination. A joint grade will be given for the whole module.
Second Semester
The semester is compulsory for all students of the Master Program in Global Studies. It consists of three modules each of 10 ECTS-credits. Each module will be evaluated independently and awarded a separate grade. All students must study Approaches to Global studies where an introduction to globalization processes is given. The students may select one of three electives, which could be chosen in order to prepare the final master thesis to be written in the third and fourth semester. The students must opt for one of three possible elective modules: Intercultural Communication, Development and Diakonia Studies or Religion and Global Issues.
All students must also study Theory of science and research methods, which will form a basis for the research work necessary for the thesis.
This semester will be preparation methods of analysis, and potential applications for research.
The student shall as soon as possible, and no later than the first week of the second semester, propose a Project outline including a preliminary work title of the thesis and the need for data collection. The proposal shall clarify whether the student stays at MHS or abroad during the third semester. The Project Description must be approved by MHS before starting the writing of the thesis.
Third Semester
This semester may, after agreement with the MHS, be organized either as: a text study at MHS, fieldwork, or a study period at an accredited institution abroad. The choice of partner institution or university should be related to the topic of the planned thesis. It may also, at least part time, be concentrated on fieldwork in Norway or abroad or other types of data collection related to the chosen theme of the thesis. The acquiring of necessary skills and methodological reflection should also start this semester. The Thesis work is anchored to the work in semester III. The anchoring must be done in agreement with the School to secure proper tutoring. A member of the academic staff at MHS will be appointed as a tutor. The student shall as soon as possible and no later than during the second term of the third semester elaborate a Project Description. This Project Description must be approved by MHS before starting the writing of the thesis.
Fourth Semester
This semester will be fully devoted to the writing of a Master thesis. The thesis must be anchored to the work in semester III. During the study of the Master´s Degree program the student shall carry out an independent research project and write a Master´s Thesis for 30 ECTS credits, which is one semester´s work. The Master thesis is given a grade from A to F, where A is excellent and F is fail.
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To be admitted to the Master's degree program candidates must have:
* Completed a bachelor's degree, a three-year program in which there is a major; i.e. 80-ECTS credit group, from a recognised institution of higher education, or achieved an equivalent educational basis approved by the MHS Faculty. The major must be from following subjects: Christian Studies, Religious Studies, Intercultural Communications. The student must maintain a minimum C- grade or equivalent in the 80-credit group. Also a three-year bachelor's degree in theology gives admission.
* International students should note that: All students whose first language is not English or who have not completed the major bulk of their schooling in English, can enter MHS by submitting their transcripts, meeting the academic requirements and doing the following: Proof of English language competency may be shown by completing the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the International English Language Testing System (IELTS). Results should be sent directly to MHS. Information concerning TOEFL may be obtained from the Educational Testing Service, Box 899, Princeton, New Jersey, USA, 08540. A minimum TOEFL score of 500 or a minimum IELTS score of 5.0 is normally required.
* Applicants from outside the EU/EEA area must document that they can finance their stay in Norway. Applicants who do not provide satisfactory documented evidence for financing will be rejected regardless of academic qualifications. The Norwegian Immigration Authorities require that you can provide a minimum of NOK 87 600 (approx. 10 000 EUR). This is the minimum amount of money required to cover living expenses for one academic year in Norway and should be documented by enclosing a recent bank transcript with your application.
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Tradition
MHS - School of Mission and Theology was founded in 1843 and is the third oldest institution of higher learning in Norway, next to the Norwegian Military Academy (1750) and the University of Oslo (1811). In spite of being an old institution, it has a radical scholarly tradition. It was the first institution of higher learning in Norway to admit students from Africa (from the 1860s), and it was also a pioneer in enabling students from poor layers of society here in Norway to become pastors.
Vision
MHS - School of Mission and Society is conscious of its heritage: a nearly two hundred years old institution with a nearly two thousand years old message. Still, we create knowledge and understanding and train professionals and scholars for the twenty-first century.
MHS - School of Mission and Theology is operating in the interface between local and global challenges: local challenges as we encounter them in a Norwegian village or an African metropolis, and global challenges as we encounter them in current international structures and tendencies. MHS offers our generation´s interpretation of the Great Commission of the church into a multicultural Norway and a global world, with a special focus on understanding and communication across cultural and religious borders.
Study programmes
MHS - School of Mission and Theology offers a broad spectrum of courses and study programmes, which can roughly be divided in two:
* Theology and Christian Studies: Bachelor programmes (Theology, Bible Translation), Master programmes (Theology, Global Studies), PhD programme (Theology).
* Religious and Cultural Studies: Bachelor Programmes (Religion and Intercultural Studies), Master Programmes (Global Studies).
Research
MHS - School of Mission and Theology has a research profile that reflects the school´s general focus on the global missional calling of the church. In addition to a large number of individual research projects, staff members are directing several multinational and multi-institutional research projects. As far as recruitment of new researchers is concerned, the school emphasizes the need to train female scholars, both for the school itself and for its international partners.
Organisation
MHS - School of Mission and Theology has around 300 students, including around 50 Master´s students and 20 PhD students. The school has 39 employees, including 24 in academic positions.
MHS - School of Mission and Theology has four departments:
* Department of Education and Research
* Department of Study Administration
* Department of Administration
* Department of Documentation and Library
The Mission Archives - with valuable collections of texts (from the 1820s) and pictures (from the 1860s) - is part of the Department of Documentation and Library, and includes the historical archives of the Norwegian Missionary Society and a number of other mission organizations. The Mission Archives attracts international as well as Norwegian researchers and it participates in international research and documentation projects.
MHS - School of Mission and Theology is a joint owner - together with the Norwegian Missionary Society - of Centre of Intercultural Communication (SIK).
MHS - School of Mission and Theology is owned by the Norwegian Missionary Society (NMS), with the National Board of the NMS acting as the General Assembly of the MHS.
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