Religious Studies

Minor in Religious Studies

RequirementsHours
Introductory Courses 13
Choose one of the following:
CAC: History of Religion
Philosophy of Religion
Psychology of Religion and Spirituality
Electives 215
Select five courses from at least two of the following disciplines:
African American Studies
History and Tradition of Gospel Music
African Aesthetics and Traditional Religion
African Diasporic Traditions
Pulpits in Protest: Social Change Speeches from the Black Church and Beyond
Anthropology
Nationalism, Ethnicity, and Religious Violence
Archaeology and History Bible Lands
Religion, Reconciliation, and Forgiveness
Anthropology of Religion
Art History
Ancient and Medieval Art
Northern Renaissance Art
Seventeenth-Century Painting
Tomb Art in East Asia
Buddhist & Hindu Art in India to 1200
Landscape and Image in East Asia
Piety and Power: Art in India after 1200
Arts of Death in the Middle Ages
Seminar: Buddhist Arts of East Asia
English
Medieval Culture: Literature and Society
Arthurian Legend
History
CAC: History of Religion
Roman Republic
History of Ancient Greece
History of the Roman Empire
Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages
Middle East 550 BCE to 1453 CE
Traditional East Asian History and Culture
Special Topics in History
Topics in Middle Eastern History
Renaissance and Reformation
Spain and the Spanish Inquisition
Ancient and Medieval Britain
Philosophy
Philosophy of Religion
Philosophy and Christianity
Existentialism
Meaning of Life: Perspectives
Eastern Philosophy
Ethics: Theories of Good and Evil
Political Science
Religion and Politics
Politics of the Middle East and Northern Africa
Psychology
Sociology
The Tipping Point: How Societies Change
Spirituality, Faith, and Society: The Sociology of Religion
Global Lives: Sociology of Our Interconnected World
Sickness and Health: An Introduction to Medical Sociology
World Languages and Literatures
Multicultural City: Heritage through Festivals
Total Hours18
1

All courses for the minor must be completed with a C or better.

2

Students can petition to have courses not listed in the above program to count towards their minor requirements. For example, variable topics courses that focus on religion (e.g., EH 213, HY 200 & HY 201, WLL 120).