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Quick Facts
| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Self Study | Video and Text Based |
Course Overview
Cultures have been a form of identity for many communities across the globe and this has resulted in some form of extremism in all traditions in the last century but the course, Oriental Beliefs: Between Reason and Traditions, not just clears out any and all misconceptions around these concepts, it takes the applicants through these customs to teach them to appreciate and learn about it.
The Oriental Beliefs: Between Reason and Traditions course goes into details while discussing the beliefs of many faiths, be it Islam, Jewism, Hinduism, Christianism or Zoroastrianism, to instill a sense of secularism and love for diversity while teaching them everything tremendous, from their origin to the current practices. Varying concepts from all across the world, ancient Egypt, China, India, to the near and far east.
The Oriental Beliefs: Between Reason and Traditions course by edx deals with all of the aspects of faith, from its Gods and angels to demons and spirits, and seeks to process every bit of this information through both rationality and philosophy. An overall experience from this Oriental Beliefs: Between Reason and Traditions certification course will go a long way for the candidates and provoke thoughts for a comparative and considerate approach.
The Highlights
- Free course accessibility
- 8-weeks long
- Université Catholique de Louvain certification
- Introductory level education
- UCLouvain faculty
- Online sessions
- edX verified certificate
- 2-3 hours of weekly effort
Programme Offerings
- Self-paced learning
- E-learning platforms
- Case Studies
- instructor led classes
- Discussion Forums
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Fees Informations | Certificate Availability | Certificate Providing Authority |
|---|---|---|
| INR 4159 | yes | Catholic University of Louvain |
- The verified certificate comes at a fee cost of Rs. 4,159
- The audited version makes the course free for access to the participants.
Oriental Beliefs Between Reason and Traditions Fees Structure
Category | Amount in Rs. |
Audited version | Inapplicable |
Certification fee | Rs. 4,159 |
Eligibility Criteria
Education
No prior academic achievement is required from the applicants to become a part of the course.
Certification Qualification Details
The Oriental Beliefs: Between Reason and Traditions course will hold two mid-term exams of a total of 40% weightage and the final exam will have the remaining 60% of say in the results. Applicants who score greater than 50% will be awarded the certificates only.
What you will learn
The Oriental Beliefs: Between Reason and Traditions course by edx will give the applicants a great number of conceptual knowledge and unique points on these topics.
- Firstly, the participants will learn about the histories and geographies of different faiths and how it came to affect their beliefs.
- Participants will start off by learning about the daily life routine followed in Japanese traditions and why it is shaped and scheduled like it.
- The Gods Buddhists pray to will be an essential content in the applicant’s curriculum as it offers quite a number of lessons.
- Next, the course will be discussing the similarities between the angles mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as well as those in Islam.
- Afterlives are a common concept in most of the popular religions in all the continents but each one has a different say in it and applicants will get to approach them all.
- A great content to learn about from this course will be the afterlife discussed in Buddhism as Gautum Buddha chose to not reveal much information about it.
- The course will give the participants a wide view of languages, cultures, and systems of faith from all across the planet.
- The header of the skillset from this course will be the evolved approach to these beliefs, being both critical and appreciative.
Who it is for
Participants who will benefit the most from this course are mentioned in the following lines.
- Travelers who like to explore new customs and get to know about old ones, to add it as an experience and mention it in their blogs, will be perfect for the course contents.
- Enthusiasts of mysticism and cultural folktales will find all they are interested in and more from this brilliant course.
Admission Details
For the participants who wish to take admission into the program, the steps for it have been mentioned in the next lines.
Step 1: The beginning step for candidates is to visit the course website. https://www.edx.org/course/oriental-beliefs-between-reason-and-traditions
Step 2: An ‘Enrol’ button will be displayed for the applicants to click on the webpage.
Step 3: Now, the candidates will be on the registration page where they must log in to the website, whether by creating an account or using an already registered one if they have it.
Step 4: Now, the website will give the applicants two choices; to either go for the audited free course or to join the certified course.
Step 5: The participants who are interested in the certification will pay the required fee for it.
Step 6: Free version of the course can simply be accessed by opening the course page after registration and choice.
The Syllabus
- Modalities of course
- Team
- Geographical introduction
- Historical introduction
- Nature in Japanese Daily Life
- The Power of Chinese Hybrids
- The Gods in Buddhism
- Egyptian Gods, Cult Centres and the Cosmogony of Heliopolis
- Angels in the Hebrew Bible
- Angels in Islam
- Demons in Ancient Mesopotamia
- Fighting the Demons in Egypt: from Texts to Religious Practices
- Concepts of Afterlife in Ancient Egypt
- The Netherworld in Ancient Mesopotamia
- The Netherworld in Ancient Anatolia and Iran
- Underworld and Afterlife in Ancient Greek Epics 1: Tartarus/Erebus
- Underworld and Afterlife in Ancient Greek Epics 2: Hades
- Buddha, the Man Who Refuses to Talk About the Afterlife • Ancestor Worship in China
- Eclipses: Beliefs and Theories in the Ancient World 1 - Superstitions
- Eclipses: Beliefs and Theories in the Ancient World 2 - Theories
- On World Cycles 1: The Great Year Doctrine in Antiquity
- On World Cycles 2: The Great Year Doctrine in the Middle Ages
- Arab Astrology in the Medieval Latin West
- Astrology and Love in Romance Literatures
- The Miraculous Portrait of Jesus
- The Science of the Letters
- Alchemy throughout the Ages
- The Varieties of Magic in Islam
- Dreams and Meditation in Tibet
- Forbidden Directions in Japan
- The Miracle of the Moving Muqattam Image
Instructors
Catholic University of Louvain Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
One of the oldest institutes of Europe, Universite Catholique de Louvain has designed and offered this course. It is ranked first in Belgium’s French-speaking universities by QS World University Ranking.
A non-profit educational organization established by Harvard and MIT, edX aims to provide easily accessible high-quality education via collaborations with other globally acknowledged universities of the world.
The course has a team consisting of 25 specialists from all over the world who will be instructing the candidates. Some of these experts are Kanako Gato, Johannes den Heijer and Marianne Michel.
It is an instructor-led course that is delivered via video lessons on e-platforms. The course has been made as an introductory level of education so it is understood by all and features self-paced learning for the candidates.
The course requires a time span of 8 weeks to finish. In this time period, applicants will be needed to spare 2-3 hours of their time every week till course completion.
As edX courses are usually designed, this course is available in two modes; an audited version that is free of cost, and a paid version that requires a small fee for extra features and certificates.
The paid course not just offers its candidates a certificate after the course ends, it also grants them the features of graded assessments and unlimited access to the course, even when it is archived.
In order to familiarise the participants with edX’s way of learning and to give them a sample of the Oriental Beliefs: Between Reason and Traditions program they are interested in, edX offers its students DemoX to confirm their choice in the course.
The candidates need to cancel their enrolment from the course within 14 days from when the course began or 14 days after paying for the course to be eligible for a refund from the program.