Religious Studies Major

Requirements

The major consists of a minimum of nine courses:

REL 1xx	One 100-level REL course
REL 240	Theories of Religion
REL 490	Senior Capstone

With the Department's approval students with a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or higher, and a major GPA of 3.20 or higher may elect to write and Honors Thesis (495/496) during their senior year.

Six additional approved REL electives:

The electives must include a 300-level elective, two courses in Transformations (Traditions and Practices), and at least one course in each of the three remaining non-Introductory domains of inquiry - Representations (Text and Contexts), Power and Difference, and Additional Department Electives chosen from the following Religious Studies Domains of Inquiry:

Introductory:

REL 101	Religions in World Cultures
REL 102	Contemporary Religious Issues
REL 103	Religion, Myth, and Fantasy
REL 104	Saints, Mystics, Ecstatics

Transformations (Traditions and Practices):

REL 211	Hinduism: Unities and Diversity
REL 212	Buddhism: From India to Asia and Beyond
REL 213	Judaism: Faith, Communities, Identity
REL 214	Christianity: From Jesus to the Third Millennium
REL 215	Islam: History, Faith, and Practice
REL 216	Religions in Africa: Contemporary and Historical Expressions
REL 218/PHIL 218	Confucianism: Self and Society
REL 231	Religions in American History and Culture
REL 232	Religions in Latin America
REL 233	Female Divinities and Demons in East Asia

Representations (Texts and Contexts):

REL 201	The Biblical Imagination: Torah, Prophets, Writings
REL 202	Christian Scriptures
REL 203	Religion and the Literary Imagination
REL 204	India's Religious Texts: Sacred Word, Sacred Sound
REL 207	The Quran
REL 209	Sacred and Scared: Strange Tales and Popular Religions in East Asia
REL 260	Global Muslim Literature and Film

Power and Difference:

REL 217	Latina/o Religions: Not Just Catholicism
REL 222	Interreligious Cooperation and Conflict
REL 225	Sex, Gender, and Religion
REL 226/JS 226	Jewish-Christian Relations: From Enmity to Dialogue?
REL 228	Religion and Politics in Africa
REL 308	Visual Culture and Religious Identity
REL 312	Religious Body and Sexuality (Asia Focused)
REL 322	Spirits of Capitalism: Spirit Possession and Witchcraft in Africa and the Diaspora
REL 350	Religions on the Move Dynamic Approaches to the Religious History of the Americas

Additional Department Electives:

REL 223	Religious Healing and Health
REL 224	Religious Ethics
REL 250	Anthropology of Religion
REL 301	Philosophies of Religion
REL 304	Spirituality and Transformation: From Sufism to Self-Help
REL 306	Jewish Responses to the Holocaust
REL 307/JS 307	Jews in Poland, Culture and Memory
REL 310	Sacrifice: Ritual and Violence

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