Religion and Politics, A.B. Major

Requirements

The major consists of a minimum of 14 courses:

REL 101	Religions in World Cultures	1
REL 222	Interreligious Cooperation and Conflict	1
REL 240	Theories of Religion	1
REL 490	Senior Capstone	1
	Or
REL 495-496	Honors Thesis	1
GOVT 104	Introduction to Political Theory	1
GOVT 244	Modern Political Theory	1
GOVT	Three 200 or 300-level approved GOVT electives

And at least three additional approved REL electives:

Only one of which can be at the 100-level and at least one of which must be at the 300-level

One from:

GOVT 101	Introduction to United States Politics	1
GOVT 102	Introduction to International Politics	1
GOVT 103	Introduction to Comparative Politics	1

One Seminar from:

GOVT 405	US Foreign Policy in a Changing World	1
GOVT 407	Law and Social Movements	1
GOVT 410	Personality and Supreme Court Decision Making	1
GOVT 412	Politics of European Integration	1
GOVT 414	Political Thought through Literature	1
GOVT 415	Nationalism in World Politics	1
GOVT 416	Critical Theory: Power and Resistance	1
GOVT 418	Race, Prisons, Citizenship	1
	Or
GOVT 495-496	Thesis	1

Students writing an Honors Thesis will enroll either in REL 495 in the fall semester of their senior year and GOV 496/LAW 496 in the spring, or in GOV 495/LAW 495 in the fall semester and REL 496 in the spring. The Honors Thesis will be directed by a faculty member from either department, with at least one of the two readers being from the other department. No more than one semester of independent study is permitted.

This page reflects the requirements for completing this major. General graduation requirements for all students can be found here.