Former religions of Slavs

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Course ID:	WT-RE-DR
Erasmus code / ISCED:	08.2 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0221) Religion and theology The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Former religions of Slavs
Name in Polish:	Dawne religie Słowian
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Theology
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Subject level:	intermediate
Learning outcome code/codes:	RL_W18 RL_U01 RL_K01
Short description:	Outline of the pagan religion of the Slavs
Full description:	1. Slavic Pantheon , in the light of the new comparative mythology 2. Perun , the god of the heavens and the thunder 3. Myths about the creation and preservation of the world’s order 4. The multiple Perun: Svetowit, Rujevit with his companions, Jarovit - Jarylo 5. Veles , the god of magic, swearing and the beyond 6. The synonymous Deities: The God with Three Heads and Trojan - the solar and Fire’s Deities: Svarog, Swarozyc, Radogost, Dadzbog - the minor Deities: Chors, Stribog, Simargl and Pereplut 7. The human community, farm and land in the mythology: towards a Dlugosz’ Olympus - Gemini and the female Deities - Mokosh - Rod and rodzanice, Dola and witchs of destiny 8. The institutions of cult: the components of worship, sacred places, statues 9. Myths in the cyclic rites 10. Ghosts and demons: the souls of the dead and nightmares, water spirits, forestry and animal spirits, air ghosts, ghosts of the house, pens and role 11. Development of Slavic beliefs 12. Community of the agrarian culture 13. New concepts of religious development of the Slavs 14. The layers and their penetration 15. Deities and other mythological figures
Bibliography:	A. Basic literature: A. Gieysztor, Mitologia Słowian, Warszawa 1981; 2006. B. Additional literature: J. Strzelczyk, Mity, podania i wierzenia dawnych Słowian, Poznań 1998. A. Szyjewski, Religia Słowian, Kraków 2003. H. Łowmiański, Religia Słowian i jej upadek (w. VI-XII), Warszawa 1986.
Efekty kształcenia i opis ECTS:	After the finish of the course the knowledge: EK 1 - the student has knowledge of standards establishing and governing structures and social institutions and the sources of these standards, their nature, changes and ways to influence human behavior (RL_W18); the skills: EK 2 - he cans search, analyze, evaluate, and use information from written sources and electronic equipment (RL_U01); the social competence: EK 3 - he knows the scope of his knowledge and skills, understands the need for learning throughout life (K_K03). Description of credits: Participation in the lecture: 30 hours The student's own work: 30 hours Total: 60 hours = 2 ECTS
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	EE nr 1 referred to as "familiar with the basic elements of the religion of ancient Slavs, is aware of the multiple determinants of ancient Slavic religion" For the grade: Non sufficient (2): he doesn’t know the basic elements of the religion of ancient Slavs Sufficient (3): he knows some elements of the religion of ancient Slavs Good (4); he correctly defines most of the elements of religion of ancient Slavs Very good (5): he defines precisely all the elements of the religion of ancient Slavs and is able to identify multiple determinants of ancient Slavic religion EE nr 2 referred to as "he cans confront the Slavic cults with the polytheism in the ancient world" For the grade: Non sufficient (2): He can not confront the Slavic cults with the polytheism in the ancient world Sufficient (3): he cans confront the Slavic cults with the polytheism in the ancient world in one or another aspect Good (4): as a whole he is able to confront the Slavic cults with the polytheism in the ancient world Very good (5): he cans confront the Slavic cults with the polytheism in the ancient world and recognize the analogy with the precise dates EE nr 3 referred to as "he sees the connections of the former Slavic religion with the contemporary religiosity in Poland" For the grade:: Non sufficient (2): he does not see the connections of the former Slavic religion with the contemporary religiosity in Poland Sufficient (3): he recognizes very selectively the connections of the former Slavic religion with the contemporary religiosity in Poland Good (4): he recognizes correctly the connections of the former Slavic religion with the contemporary religiosity in Poland Very good: (5) he recognizes correctly the connections of the former Slavic religion with the contemporary religiosity in Poland and cans express it precisely The verification of learning results: final test. The condition to complete the subject is the obtaining of all established points. The number of the obtained points determines the positive grade of the subject: - Test: sufficient - sufficient plus - 50-60%, good - good plus - 60-85%, very good - 85-100%; - Presence: sufficient - 60%; good - 60-95%, very good- 95-100%.

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