RELIGIOUS STUDIES MINOR
- Required RELSTDS 102 and RELSTDS 108
- Required one course from each of the four distribution categories
- Required 21 credits (instead of the current 24 credits)
- Required one elective course
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PART I – RELIGIOUS STUDIES MAJOR
Required Core Courses: nine credits |
Course # |
Course Title |
Units |
RELSTDS 102 |
World Religions |
3 |
RELSTDS 108 |
Introduction to Religious Studies
(Required Gateway for Majors) |
3 |
RELSTDS 475 |
Senior Capstone in Religious Studies
(Offered once yearly. Prerequisites of RELSTDS 102, 108 + additional 18 credits.) |
3 |
PART II – RELIGIOUS STUDIES MAJOR
Distribution of Religious Studies Courses for the Major: 27 credits total
- At least 2 courses from different religious traditions within the Traditions category (6 credits)
- At least 1 course from each of the other three categories (9 credits)
- At least 15 credits of 300-level courses.
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Course Distribution Categories and Courses: |
1. Traditions: two courses required |
Course # |
Course Title |
Units |
RELSTDS 210 |
Christianity |
3 |
RELSTDS 211 |
Catholicism in America |
3 |
RELSTDS 215 |
Judaism |
3 |
RELSTDS 221 |
The Hindu Tradition |
3 |
RELSTDS 222 |
Buddhism |
3 |
RELSTDS 240 |
Islam |
3 |
RELSTDS 285 |
African-American Religions |
3 |
RELSTDS 335 |
Chinese Religion |
3 |
RELSTDS 337 |
Japanese Religion |
3 |
2. Texts: one course required |
RELSTDS 203 |
Hebrew Bible |
3 |
RELSTDS 204 |
New Testament |
3 |
RELSTDS 304 |
Hebrew Bible: Wisdom & Poetry |
3 |
RELSTDS 309 |
Religion and Culture of New Testament |
3 |
RELSTDS 312 |
Jesus and the Gospels |
3 |
RELSTDS 313 |
Letters of Paul |
3 |
RELSTDS 314 |
Women and the New Testament |
3 |
RELSTDS 315 |
Gendering Jewish Children’s Literature |
3 |
RELSTDS 320 |
Judaism in Comic Books |
3 |
3. Religion as Lived and Practiced: one course required |
RELSTDS 104 |
Religions of America |
3 |
RELSTDS 106 |
The Bible and Current Events |
3 |
RELSTDS 344 |
Zen Practice |
3 |
RELSTDS 345 |
Zen Art & Literature |
3 |
RELSTDS 360 |
Judaism Since Gender |
3 |
RELSTDS 361 |
Islamic Resurgence |
3 |
RELSTDS 363 |
Mystical & Meditative Experience |
3 |
RELSTDS 364 |
Sects and Cults in America |
3 |
RELSTDS 365 |
Religion and Children in America |
3 |
RELSTDS 370 |
Radical Religion in America |
3 |
4. Globalized Religion: one course required |
RELSTDS 265 |
Women and Religion |
3 |
RELSTDS 334 |
The Holocaust and American Memory |
3 |
| RELSTDS 362 |
Religion and the Environment |
3 |
RELSTDS 371 |
Global Fundamentalisms in Contemporary Perspective |
3 |
RELSTDS 372 |
Religious Radicalism and Globalization |
3 |
RELSTDS 380 |
Terrorism and Religious Violence |
3 |
RELSTDS 381 |
Terrorism and Religious Violence: Applications and Issues |
3 |
