Philosophy & World Religions

Major in the Study of Religion

The Study of Religion major requires a minimum of 120 total hours to graduate. This total includes Liberal Arts Core requirements, the specified major requirements, plus electives to complete the minimum of 120 hours.

Required
World Religions Core:
RELS 3210 (640:130)	Great Living Religions: Hinduism and Buddhism	3
RELS 3220 (640:132)	Confucianism, Daoism, and Zen	3
RELS 3230 (640:134)	Great Living Religions: Judaism and Islam	3
RELS 3240 (640:136)	Great Living Religions: Christianity ^*	3
Select 3 hours from each of the following categories:
Interactions Within and Among Religions:		3
RELS 1030 (640:030)	What is Religion?
RELS 3010 (640:110)	Angels Across Cultures
RELS 3020 (640:126)	Meditation and Mystical Experience
RELS 4160/5160 (640:165g)	Religion and Society ^*
RELS 4170/5170 (640:168g)	Religion and Sexuality ^*
Religion and Culture:		3
RELS 1510 (640:040)	Religion, Ethics, and Film
RELS 3103 (640:161)	Religion, Magic, and Witchcraft
RELS 3310 (640:138)	Malcolm, Martin, and Justice
RELS 3320 (640:140)	Black Liberation and the Black Church
RELS 3500 (640:171)	Religion and Ethics
RELS 4150/5150 (640:162g)	Women and Christianity ^*
RELS 4230/5230 (640:117g)	Religion in America
RELS/PHIL 3110/CAP 3194 (CAP:194)	Perspectives on Death and Dying
Textual and Analytical Explorations of Religion:		3
RELS 3001 (640:141)	Old Testament and Other Hebrew Scriptures
RELS 3002 (640:142)	New Testament and Early Christian Writings
RELS 4110/5110 (640:113g)	Philosophy of Religion ^*
RELS 4120/5120 (640:115g)	Religion and Its Critics ^*
RELS 4130/5130 (640:158g)	Why We Believe ^*
RELS 4140/5140 (640:154g)	Myth and Symbol
RELS 4320/5320 (640:152g)	Existentialism ^*
Senior Seminar:
RELS 4410	Senior Seminar in Religion	3
Students are also required to take at least two required or elective courses as Writing Enhanced courses as designated(*).
Electives in the Study of Religion (select from any courses above, plus the following):		12
RELS 1020 (640:024)	Religions of the World
RELS 3080/5080 (640:189g)	Individual Readings in Religion
RELS 3550 (640:197)	Ethics Practicum
RELS 4186/5186 (640:186g)/5186 (640:186g) "Studies in"
and not more than two courses from:
RELS/PHIL 3510/CAP 3173 (CAP:173)	Bio-Medical Ethics
RELS 3520/5520 (640:175g)	Environmental Ethics
or PHIL 3530/5530 (650:175g)	Environmental Ethics
RELS/PHIL 3540/MGMT 3974/5974 (150:174g)	Ethics in Business
Total Hours		36

*	Writing Enhanced courses.

Religion Minor

Required
Study of Religion:
RELS 1020 (640:024)	Religions of the World	3
RELS 3001 (640:141)	Old Testament and Other Hebrew Scriptures	3
or RELS 3002 (640:142)	New Testament and Early Christian Writings
Electives in world religions		15
Total Hours		21