Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Adviser Name:_______________________ Catalog: 2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog Degree: Religious Studies, Minor Minimum Credits Required:__________________

Religious Studies, Minor

The minor is offered for students who have a significant interest in religious studies which they wish to combine with their major course of study. The total number of credits required for a minor in religious studies is 21. A minimum of 12 credits must be upper-division. All courses in the minor must be taken for a letter grade and passed with a grade of “C” or higher.

foundations of religious studies (6 credits)

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
REL 115 - Living Religions of the World 3 credits
REL 130 - The Study of Religion 3 credits

scriptures and traditions (6 credits)

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed

Judeo-Christian-Islamic traditions
one of the following

REL 150 - The Bible and Popular Culture: Engaging the Sacred Text 3 credits
REL 200 - Introduction to the Hebrew Scriptures 3 credits
REL 201 - Introduction to the New Testament 3 credits
REL 202 - Introduction to Islam 3 credits
REL 204 - Mesopotamian Myths and Rituals 3 credits
REL 213 - Introduction to Judaism 3 credits
REL 214 - Introduction to Christianity 3 credits
REL 303 - Readings in Qur’an and Hadith 3 credits
REL 315 - Archaeology of Ancient Israel 3 credits
REL 316 - Genesis and Gender 3 credits
REL 323 - Interpretation of the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) 3 credits
REL 324 - Interpretation of the New Testament 3 credits
REL 340 - The Bible as Literature: The Hebrew Scriptures 3 credits
REL 341 - The Bible as Literature: The Christian Scriptures 3 credits

 

Asian traditions

one of the following

REL 335 - Hinduism and the Religions of India 3 credits
REL 335a - Religions of India: Diversity and Dialogue 3 credits
REL 336 - Buddhism 3 credits

philosophy of religion and theology (3 credits)

one of the following

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
REL 125 - Philosophy of Religion 3 credits
REL 217 - The Holocaust and Religious Faith 3 credits
REL 309 - Religion, Knowledge, and Evil 3 credits
REL 310 - From Socrates to Aquinas 3 credits
REL 311 - Descartes to Kierkegaard 3 credits
REL 319 - Images of Jesus 3 credits
REL 322 - Topics in Theology 3 credits
REL 322a - Philosophical Theology 3 credits

religion, ethics and society (3 credits)

one of the following

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
REL 120 - Global Ethics and Religion 3 credits
REL 240 - Interfaith Leadership, Understanding and Engagement 3 credits
REL 307 - Germany and the Holocaust 3 credits
REL 312 - Religious Experience in Film and Fiction 3 credits
REL 314 - Fiction, Film and the Western Contemplative Tradition 3 credits
REL 325 - Albert Schweitzer: His Life and Thought 3 credits
REL 330 - Women and Religion 3 credits
REL 330a - Women and Religion: Voodoo in Context 3 credits
REL 333 - Deconstructing Hogwarts: Religion, Race, and Gender in Harry Potter 3 credits
REL 334 - Religion and Love in World Literature 3 credits
REL 350 - Happiness: Exploring Its Spiritual and Rational Foundations 3 credits
REL 351 - Health, Healing and Wholeness in the World Religions 3 credits
REL 352 - Quantum Theory, Cosmology and Consciousness 3 credits
REL 353 - Religion and Medicine 3 credits
REL 365 - Topics in the Holocaust 3 credits
REL 365a - Perpetrators, Witnesses, and Rescuers 3 credits
REL 366 - The Latino/a Religious Experience: From Colonialism to Liberation 3 credits
REL 380 - Law and Religion 3 credits
REL 490 - Independent Internship 1-6 credits
  • Travel Courses (to be approved by the chair of the department)
  • requirement (3 credits)

    Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
    REL 398 - Junior-Senior Seminar 3 credits

    total credits 21

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