Philosophy and Religion and Professional Education

About this course

Philosophy and religion, combined with a professional education qualification, is a distinctive pathway that prepares you both as a rigorous thinker in these disciplines and as a qualified secondary school teacher. Philosophy asks fundamental questions about knowledge, reality, ethics and the nature of mind, developing the kind of careful, structured reasoning that underlies all critical inquiry. The study of religion examines the beliefs, practices, texts, histories and cultures of the world's religious traditions, approaching them with intellectual rigour and respect for their complexity. Together these subjects constitute Religious Education and Philosophy, which is taught in secondary schools across Scotland and beyond. At the University of Stirling this four-year, full-time programme integrates subject-specific study in philosophy and religion with the professional formation requir

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 85% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 68 / 100Customer service occupations · 2% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 3% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 1% of graduatescards →
• 30 / 100Managers, directors and senior officials · 2% of graduatescards →
• 18 / 100Teaching Professionals · 77% of graduatescards →

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