| Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Adviser Name:_______________________ | Bulletin: 2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin Program: Religious Studies Minor Minimum Credits Required:__________________ | |||
Religious Studies MinorCollege of Liberal Arts >> Political Science, Public Administration, and Philosophy 18 hours; 2.0 minor GPA required The Religious Studies minor is an interdisciplinary minor, including courses from disciplines such as philosophy, political science, history, economics, English, and art history. The minor prepares students to think critically about how religion can influence social policy and law, to compare world religions and their religious texts, and to understand the philosophical and ethical problems of various religious world views. The minor is an excellent complement to any major and can enhance career opportunities in such areas as ministry, history, journalism, philosophy, law, psychology, social work, world languages, sociology, and international business. |
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Required Courses (9 hours) | ||||
| Course Name | Credits: | Term Taken | Grade | Gen Ed |
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| PHIL 251 - Introduction to the Study of Religions USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-World Languages and Culture Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring | Credits: 3 | |||
| PHIL 413 - Philosophy of Religion Term(s) Offered: Every other year | Credits: 3 | |||
| RELS 370 - Seminar in Religious Studies Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered | Credits: 3 | |||
Electives (9 hours)Choose 9 hours of electives from at least 3 different disciplines (prefixes). RELS 370 may be taken twice with different topics. | ||||
| Course Name | Credits: | Term Taken | Grade | Gen Ed |
| ARTH 221 - Art History I USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-Historical Inquiry Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer | Credits: 3 | |||
| ARTH 327 - Medieval Art Term(s) Offered: Every third fall/spring semester | Credits: 3 | |||
| ECON 306 - Power, Evil and Religion USI Core 39: World Language and Culture (BS); Embedded Experience-Diversity; Embedded Experience-Writing Term(s) Offered: Spring | Credits: 3 | |||
| ENG 222 - Concepts of Good and Evil in Literature USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-Moral and Ethical Reasoning; Embedded Experience - Diversity Term(s) Offered: Spring | Credits: 3 | |||
| ENG 386 - World Mythology USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-World Languages and Culture Term(s) Offered: Fall | Credits: 3 | |||
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| ENG 499 - Seminar in Literature and Language (approved topic: Women in Islam) or Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered | Credits: 3 | |||
| GNDR 449 - Seminar in Gender Studies: Special Topics (approved topic: Women in Islam) Term(s) Offered: Fall | Credits: 3 | |||
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| HIST 347 - European Reformations Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered | Credits: 3 | |||
| HIST 375 - The Making of the Islamic World Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered | Credits: 3 | |||
| HIST 376 - The Modern Islamic World Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered | Credits: 3 | |||
| HIST 377 - History of Iran Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered | Credits: 3 | |||
| HIST 393 - Ancient and Early Imperial China Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered | Credits: 3 | |||
| HIST 470 - Pilgrimage in History (approved topic: Holy Land) Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered | Credits: 3 | |||
| PHIL 335 - Cognitive Science of Religion Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered | Credits: 3 | |||
| PHIL 376 - Philosophies and Religions of Asia USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Global Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered | Credits: 3 | |||
| POLS 316 - Religion and Politics USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing - Social Inquiry; Social Science-BS; Embedded Experience-Diversity Term(s) Offered: Every other year | Credits: 3 | |||
| POLS 384 - The Middle East USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Global Term(s) Offered: Every other year | Credits: 3 | |||
| RELS 270 - Special Topics in Religious Studies Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered | Credits: 3 | |||
| RELS 370 - Seminar in Religious Studies Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered | Credits: 3 | |||
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