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NFQ level 8 Credit Rating 10
Pre-requisite None
Co-requisite None
Compatibles None
Incompatibles None
Description

The purpose of this module is: (1) to examine classical and contemporary Christian social ethics, and select related Jewish and Islamic texts; (2) to engage with the wider community beyond the university through participation in a service-learning placement. In this module, students develop knowledge of primary texts – biblical, patristic, medieval, modern and contemporary – on matters of social and global justice. Students develop skills of critical analysis in relation to a number of national and international issues in social ethics. In semester one, students participate in lectures and weekly discussions about select readings. There is an 80% attendance requirement in semester one in order for a student to progress to the service-learning placement. In semester two, students do a service-learning placement with an organization that works for social justice through direct service provision (for example, services for people who are homeless) or through advocacy and policy development (for example, Trocaire). The module will conclude with the submission of a reflective placement report which combines theory and reflection on service-learning practice.

Learning Outcomes




Workload Full-time hours per semester
Type Hours Description
Lecture24Lectures
Independent Study40Placement Preparation and Induction
Clinical placement40Placement
Independent Study72Independent learning
Independent Study50CA preparation
Report24Reflective Placement Report
Total Workload: 250

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment% Examination Weight%
Course Work Breakdown
TypeDescription% of totalAssessment Date
Reassessment Requirement
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories;
1 = A resit is available for all components of the module
2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module
3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
Unavailable
Indicative Reading List

  • E.M. Atkins and R.J. Dodaro, eds.: 2001, Augustine, Augustine’s Political Writings, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,
  • Callicott, J.B.: 1997, Earth's Insights: A Multicultural Survey of Ecological Ethics from the Mediterranean Basin to the Australian Outback, Berkeley, University of California,
  • Charles, Rodger: 1998, Christian Social Witness and Teaching: the Catholic Social Tradition form Genesis to Centesimus Annus, Vol.1, From Biblical Times to the Late Nineteenth Century, Gracewing, Herefordshire,
  • Cooke, Michael: 2001, Commanding Right and Forbidding Wrong in Islamic Thought, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,
  • Carbonnier, Gilles: 2013, International Development Policy: Religion and Development, Palgrave Macmillan, London,
  • Gill, Robin, ed.: 2001, The Cambridge Companion to Christian Ethics, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,
  • Heschel, Abraham: 1992, The Prophets, Harper Torchbooks, New York/ London,
  • Leemans, Johann, Brian Matz & Johann Verstraeten, eds.: 2012, Reading Patristic Texts on Social Ethics: Issues and Challenges for the Twenty-First Century, The Catholic University of America Press, Washington, DC,
  • Novak, David: 1992, Jewish Social Ethics, Oxford University Press, Oxford,
  • Pope, Stephen, ed.: 2002, The Ethics of Aquinas, Georgetown University Press, Washington, DC,
  • Schubeck, Thomas L.: 2007, Love that does Justice, Orbis, Maryknoll, NY,
  • Stassen, Glen, ed.: 1998, Just Peacemaking: Ten Practices for Abolishing War, The Pilgrim Press, Cleveland,
Other Resources

0, 0, Select primary texts and readings on particular issues will be distributed weekly,
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