Advising: Major/Minor Requirements

RELIGIOUS STUDIES MAJOR/MINOR REQUIREMENTS

Required Religious Studies 102 and Religious Studies 108

Required 21 credits

Required one elective course

Course #	course title	units
Religious Studies 102	World Religions	3
Religious Studies 108	Introduction to Religious Studies (Required Gateway for Majors)	3

Required Core Courses: nine credits total

Course #	Course Title	Units
Religious Studies 102	World Religions	3
Religious Studies 108	Introduction to Religious Studies (Required Gateway for Majors)	3
Religious Studies 475	Senior Capstone in Religious Studies (Offered once yearly. Prerequisites of Religious Studies 102, 108 and additional 18 credits)	3

At least two courses from different religious traditions within the Traditions category (6 credits)

At least one course from each of the other three categories (9 credits)

At least 15 credits of 300-level courses

1. Traditions: two courses required

2. Texts: one course required

Course #	Course Title	Units
Religious Studies 203	Hebrew Bible	3
Religious Studies 204	New Testament	3
Religious Studies 304	Hebrew Bible: Wisdom & Poetry	3
Religious Studies 309	Religion and Culture of New Testament	3
Religious Studies 312	Jesus and the Gospels	3
Religious Studies 313	Letters of Paul	3
Religious Studies 314	Women and the New Testament	3
Religious Studies 315	Gendering Jewish Children's Literature	3
Religious Studies 320	Judaism in Comic Books	3
Religious Studies 340	Hindu Myth and Ritual	3
Religious Studies 354	Buddhist Myth and Ritual	3

3. Religion as Lived and Practiced: one course required

course #	Course title	units
Religious Studies 104	Religions of America	3
Religious Studies 106	The Bible and Current Events	3
Religious Studies 318	Religion and Sexuality	3
Religious Studies 344	Zen Practice	3
Religious Studies 345	Zen Art & Literature	3
Religious Studies 360	Judaism Since Gender	3
Religious Studies 361	Islamic Resurgence	3
Religious Studies 363	Mystical & Meditative Experience	3
Relisious Studies 364	Cults and Sects in America	3
Religious Studies 365	Religion and Children in America	3
Religious Studies 370	Radical Religion in America	3

4. Globalized Religion: one course required

course #	course title	units
Religious Studies 265	Women and Religion	3
Religious Studies 334	The Holocaust and American Memory	3
Religious Studies 338	Comparative Religious Ritual	3
Religious Studies 362	Religion and the Environment	3
Religious Studies 371	Global Fundamentalisms in Contemporary Perspective	3
Religious Studies 372	Religious Radicalism and Globalization	3
Religious Studies 380	Terrorism and Religious Violence	3
Religious Studies 381	Terrorism and Religious Violence: Applications and Issues	3