Cultural Astronomy and Astrology - MA/PGDip/PGCert

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Distance learning , Full time & Part time available
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Languages, Literature & Culture

Physics

Sociology
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2 years full time, 4 years part time
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MA, PgDip, PgCert
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The MA in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology is a unique course which deals with the ways in which human beings attribute meaning to the planets, stars and sky, and construct cosmologies which provide the basis for culture and society.

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The MA focuses on Cultural Astronomy and Astrology. We define Cultural Astronomy as the study of the application of beliefs about the stars to all aspects of human culture, from religion and science to the arts and literature. It includes the new discipline of archaeoastronomy: the study of astronomical alignments, orientation and symbolism in ancient and modern architecture. Astrology is the practice of relating the heavenly bodies to lives and events on earth. We therefore examine the relationship between astrological, astronomical and

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Cultural Astronomy and Astrology - MA/PGDip/PGCert

University of Wales, Trinity Saint David

Faculty of Humanities and Performing Arts

Swansea

United Kingdom

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