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The Religious Studies Interdisciplinary Minor permits students to use electives to complete 21 credits from a list of approved courses from at least three different subject codes.
The program encompasses the major religious traditions of humankind. It enables students to integrate a field of special interest from offerings in religious studies and related areas. Students can study religion as viewed by different disciplines, e.g., philosophy, history, psychology, sociology, and anthropology. In addition, the program encourages students to view religious phenomena in their cultural context through the media of music and the arts.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of the Religious Studies Interdisciplinary Minor, students will have:
- Grounding in the worldviews and practices of major religious traditions.
- Detailed knowledge of their field(s) of interest based on the course offerings in the minor (chosen in consultation with a Religious Studies advisor).
Effective Fall 2024
Students must satisfactorily complete the total credits required for the minor. Minors and interdisciplinary minors require 12 or more upper-division (300- to 400-level) credits.
Additional coursework may be required due to prerequisites.
A minimum grade point average of 2.000 is required in courses selected for the program.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| In consultation with a Religious Studies adviser, select 21 credits from the following. At least 12 credits must be upper-division (300- or 400-level). At least three subject codes are required. | 21 | |
| Modern Indian Culture and Society | ||
| The Anthropology of Religion | ||
| Medical Anthropology | ||
| Cultural Psychiatry | ||
| History of Medieval Art | ||
| Western Mythology | ||
| Chaucer | ||
| Milton | ||
| The Islamic World: Late Antiquity to 1500 | ||
| The Islamic World Since 1500 | ||
| Asian Civilizations I (GT-HI1) | ||
| Ancient Christianity to 500 A.D. | ||
| Medieval Christianity, 500-1500 | ||
| Medieval Europe | ||
| Renaissance and Reformation Europe | ||
| Russia Before 1700 | ||
| The Holocaust in Historical Perspective | ||
| Ancient Israel | ||
| Sacred History in the Bible and the Qur'an | ||
| Muhammad and the Origins of Islam | ||
| Jihad in Islamic History | ||
| The Holy Land--Ancient to Modern | ||
| The Modern Middle East | ||
| Ancient China | ||
| Medieval China and Central Asia | ||
| China in the Modern World, 1600-Present | ||
| Tokugawa and Modern Japan, 1600-Present | ||
| Modern Jewish History | ||
| The Crusades | ||
| Hymnology | ||
| Music and Rites of Christian Liturgy | ||
| Psalms in Music and Liturgy | ||
| Contemporary Liturgical Music in America | ||
| World Philosophies (GT-AH3) | ||
| Religions of the West (GT-AH3) | ||
| Religions of the East (GT-AH3) | ||
| Philosophy of Traditional Judaism | ||
| World Religions (GT-AH3) | ||
| Issues in the Study of Religion | ||
| Medieval Philosophy | ||
| Islam: Cosmology and Practice | ||
| Philosophies of East Asia | ||
| Philosophy of Religion | ||
| Philosophy of Human Nature | ||
| Topics in Asian Philosophy | ||
| Contemporary Western Religious Thought | ||
| Contemporary Eastern Religious Thought | ||
| Meaning and Truth in Religion | ||
| Science and Religion | ||
| Mysticism East and West | ||
| Islamic Philosophy | ||
| Seminar in Religious Studies | ||
| Topics in Comparative Religions | ||
| Psychology of Religion | ||
| Sociology of Religion | ||
| Program Total Credits: | 21 | |