Religious Studies Minor

HFA PEAK

Minor Requirements

15 credits

No course may count toward more than one requirement area in this minor.

Complete the Introduction (3 credits).

REL-100

Introduction to World Religions

3 credits

Complete 3 credits from the following:

REL-	Elective REL coursework, any level	3 credits
PHI-201	The Good Life	3 credits
PHI-210	Human Nature and the Scientific Worldview	3 credits
PHI-351	Philosophy of Religion	3 credits

Complete 3 credits from the following:

REL-	Elective REL coursework, 300- or 400-level	3 credits
PHI-351	Philosophy of Religion	3 credits

Complete 3 credits from the following:

REL-	Elective REL coursework, any level	3 credits
HIS-221	Chinese Religions	3 credits
HIS-240	Jewish History	3 credits
HIS-242	The History of Christianity	3 credits
HIS-244	Biblical Archaeology	1-3 credits
HIS-363	The Rise of Christianity: Classical History and Archaeology	3 credits
HIS-364	The Life of Jesus: History and Archaeology	3 credits
HIS-378	Liberation Theology	3 credits
HIS-386	Religions in Latin America	3 credits
MUS-216	Music and the Church	3 credits
PHI-201	The Good Life	3 credits
PHI-210	Human Nature and the Scientific Worldview	3 credits
PHI-351	Philosophy of Religion	3 credits
SOC-304	The Sociology of Religion	3 credits

Creative Activity

Take 3 credits from the approved Creative Activities courses.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this minor, students will be able to:

1) Write a paper in religious studies. This entails presenting a thesis or claim in a short paper or essay exam while utilizing a relevant source accurately.

2) Read texts in religious studies independently. This entails identifying the main ideas and concepts of primary and secondary sources with some level of reflection or analysis.

3) Conduct research in religious studies. This entails identifying a topic or problem in religious studies with some specificity and  locating at least one relevant source that is cited accurately.

4) Engage literature of non-dominant cultures and communities in religious studies. This entails demonstrating awareness of content related to issues and artifacts of cultures and communities that are under-represented or marginalized, often on the basis of gender, racial, ethnic, religious, or diasporic identify.

5) Identify the concept of religion. This entails demonstrating awareness of the main problems, issues, arguments, and approaches related to the concept of religion.

6) Identify religious traditions. This entails demonstrating awareness of the beliefs, practices, thought, texts, history, contemporary issues, and other relevant features of religious traditions around the world.

7) Identify relevant topics in religious studies. This entails demonstrating awareness of the main problems, issues, arguments, and approaches related to the topic.