World Religions Minor Requirements

Minor Requirements:
RELIGST 111INTRODUCTION TO ASIAN RELIGIONS3
RELIGST 112INTRODUCTION TO WESTERN RELIGIONS 3
Select 12 units of elective courses to complete a total of 18 units:12
A. At least six of the 12 elective units must be in 300/400 level courses
B. At least six of the 12 elective units must be in Religious Studies courses:
HISTORY OF ISLAMIC CIVILIZATIONS
INTRODUCTION TO JUDAISM
BUDDHISM: THE MIDDLE WAY
NATIVE AMERICAN RELIGIONS
THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE
HINDUISM IN CONTEXT
CRITICAL ISSUES IN MODERN RELIGION
RELIGIOUS ETHICS
ASIAN RELIGIOUS THOUGHT
CONTEMPORARY ISLAMIC THOUGHT AND PRACTICE
RELIGION, SEXUALITY AND GENDER
EVIL AND RELIGION
RELIGION IN AMERICAN CULTURE
SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION
RELIGIOUS AND PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES ON DEATH AND DYING
MODERN RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS
THE HOLOCAUST: NAZI GERMANY AND THE GENOCIDE OF THE JEWS
C. Additional approved electives in other disciplines:
THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE 1
THE EAST ASIAN TRADITION
HISTORY OF ISLAMIC CIVILIZATIONS 1
WESTERN CIVILIZATION
ANCIENT HISTORY 1
MEDIEVAL EUROPE
RENAISSANCE IN EUROPE, 1300-1600
FROM GODDESSES TO WITCHES: WOMEN IN PREMODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY
SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION
THE HOLOCAUST: NAZI GERMANY AND THE GENOCIDE OF THE JEWS 1
D. Additional courses approved by the Department Chair 2
Total Units18
1

Note that cross-listed course can be taken either as Religious Studies course or as a course in another discipline, but no more that six units taken in other disciplines will count toward the minor

2

Additional Courses dealing with selected aspects of religion may be approved by the Department Chair as electives in this minor. Please consult with the Department Chairperson before taking courses not on the above approved list.