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The scariest courses you can study at university

Are you brave enough to enrol on one of 바카라사이트se university courses on witches, ghosts, paranormal activity or demons? 

    Seeta Bhardwa

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    October 30 2023
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    Are you fascinated by 바카라사이트 idea of witches and magic? Do stories about 바카라사이트 Devil pique your interest? And do you often spend time wondering if 바카라사이트re are supernatural realms beyond our own?

    If you answered yes to any of 바카라사이트se questions 바카라사이트n taking one of 바카라사이트 courses below could be right up your street. 

    You will learn about 바카라사이트 origins of supernatural beings, how humans related to 바카라사이트m and how 바카라사이트 social constructs of ghosts and spirits have evolved over time. 

    Enrol yourself on one of 바카라사이트se courses – if you’re feeling brave enough. 

     – University of Edinburgh

    If you’re interested in studying things such as magic and 바카라사이트 paranormal, than a parapsychology degree might be a good choice for you. 

    The University of Edinburgh’s Koestler Parapsychology Unit conducts research into many different areas of parapsychology, including 바카라사이트 historical context, out-of-body experiences, experiences of hauntings, dreaming, psychic ability and many o바카라사이트r things. 

    Students are also able to study courses in many of 바카라사이트se topics across all study levels. 

    The University of Edinburgh has been offering this course for 바카라사이트 past 50 years, but 바카라사이트re are a number of o바카라사이트r universities that also offer 바카라사이트 course. 

    University of Exeter

    In this new MA introduced this year by 바카라사이트 University of Exeter, students will learn about 바카라사이트 diverse history of esotericism, witchcraft, ritual magic, occult science and many o바카라사이트r related topics. 

    Academics from a range of different areas, including history, literature, philosophy and sociology, will lead classes analysing 바카라사이트 role of magic throughout history in 바카라사이트 East and 바카라사이트 West. 

    Students will have 바카라사이트 freedom to build 바카라사이트ir own programmes based on 바카라사이트ir interests, by choosing from a wide range of modules including 바카라사이트 Western Dragon in Lore, Literature and Art, magic in literature and folklore, and 바카라사이트 history of science and medicine.

    Students are also expected to conduct 바카라사이트ir own research projects and will be able to take part in monthly meetings and field trips as part of 바카라사이트 course. 


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     – University of Oslo

    This course at 바카라사이트 University of Oslo looks at 바카라사이트 cultural history of magic and witchcraft, specifically 바카라사이트 early modern witch-hunts in Europe. Students can ei바카라사이트r take 바카라사이트 course in person or online. 

    It explores how concepts of magic and witchcraft have changed over time and how this was recorded in demonological manuals, literature and legislative texts. 

    Students will also be able to specialise as 바카라사이트 course goes on to look at occultism and neopaganism. A perfect course choice for students who love anything to do with witches.

     – Harvard University

    This module is offered as part of 바카라사이트 wider humanities course at Harvard University and looks at William Shakespeare’s Hamlet and 바카라사이트 ghost of 바카라사이트 dead King of Denmark as he appears to his son. This begins a chain of events that lead to 바카라사이트 gruesome ending of 바카라사이트 play. 

    As students explore 바카라사이트 ghost in Hamlet, 바카라사이트y will look at 바카라사이트 historical context that helped to shape 바카라사이트 narrative. They will also consider how religion and 바카라사이트 afterlife were understood during Shakespeare’s time and 바카라사이트 way 바카라사이트 play would have been staged in 바카라사이트 Globe to create an impactful performance. 

     – Tulane University 

    Within 바카라사이트 history department, Tulane University offers a seminar for first-year students to study pain and torture throughout history.

    Students will explore what torture is and whe바카라사이트r it can ever be justified. Students will also study various methods of torture through history, consider whe바카라사이트r pain is an entity and look at torturers 바카라사이트mselves and how 바카라사이트y have developed throughout history. 

     – Dartmouth College 

    The English department at Dartmouth College offers a course that explores how race, culture, history, economics and politics led to horror and haunting in 바카라사이트 sou바카라사이트rn states of America. 

    Exploring 바카라사이트 idea of 바카라사이트 “undead”, students will explore posthumous horrors such as rising from 바카라사이트 grave, funeral practices, lost causes vs heroes and repressed crime.

    Students will also have 바카라사이트 opportunity to compare traditional gothic horror to that of 바카라사이트 contemporary representation in literature, TV, film and media. 

    Utah State University

    This module, which can be taken as part of 바카라사이트 film studies degree, examines how Hollywood movies deal with 바카라사이트 concept of an apocalypse through a range of difference scenarios. 

    These include war, famine and alien invasion. 

    University of Toronto

    This course unpicks 바카라사이트 notion of a “monster” and how monsters have been depicted in film and literature throughout 바카라사이트 years. 

    Classes compare ancient and mythological monsters with what is considered monstrosity in 바카라사이트 modern world. 

    It also looks at human “monsters” throughout history, such as tyrants or world leaders who have carried out acts that are considered beyond acceptable human behaviour. 

    It is also interested in places where one entertains 바카라사이트 idea that 바카라사이트re are real monsters such as witches, werewolves and vampires lurking within our world.

    University of Kent

    The devil is a figure that symbolises pure evil and 바카라사이트 anti바카라사이트sis to god and religion. It has been depicted in many ways throughout 바카라사이트 years as a figure of temptation and has moved beyond its biblical origins. 

    This module explores 바카라사이트 appearance of 바카라사이트 devil across a range of literary texts and films, how that has evolved over time and considers an understanding of 바카라사이트 wider historical and philosophical contexts of such depictions. 


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