Themes.
Choose three courses from one of the following focus areas. Additional courses may be used with prior
approval from a Religious Studies advisor.
Note: This course list pertains to the on-campus REL major only.
Religion in Global Contexts
REL 107
REL 201
REL 225
REL 240
REL 245
REL 313
REL 320
REL 324
REL 331
REL 346
REL 347
REL 354
REL 360
REL 361
REL 362
REL 363
REL 365
REL 366
REL 377
REL 379
REL 380
REL 410
REL 430
REL 444
REL 470
REL 480
REL 482
RELIGION AND GLOBALIZATION
RELIGION IN THE MODERN WORLD
AFRICAN-AMERICAN RELIGION
INTRODUCTION TO SOUTHEAST ASIA
INTRODUCTION TO SOUTH ASIA
ANTI-SEMITISM IN THE MEDIA
AMERICAN RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS
SPIRITUALS AND THE BLUES
HISTORY OF NATIVE AMERICAN RELIGIOUS
TRADITIONS
CHINESE RELIGION
RELIGIOUS PLURALISM AND CONFLICT IN INDIA
RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS OF KOREA
ANCIENT GREEK RELIGION
ROMAN RELIGION
ISLAM AND ISLAMIC SOCIETIES IN AFRICA: SOCIAL
AND POLITICAL HISTORY
ISLAM AND WORLD AFFAIRS
ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION
ISLAM IN THE MODERN WORLD
RELIGION IN RUSSIA
RELIGION, NATIONALISM, AND ETHNIC CONFLICT
THEOLOGY OF TERROR
JUDAISM IN MODERN TIMES
MESOAMERICAN SHAMANIC COSMOGRAPHIES
RELIGION IN JAPAN
RELIGION IN THE MIDDLE AGES
RELIGION AND GLOBAL POLITICS
RELIGION, VIOLENCE, AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION
Religion, Public Life, and Conflict
REL 107
REL 312
REL 318
REL 319
REL 321
REL 323
REL 357
REL 366
REL 369
REL 373
REL 374
REL 378
REL 379
REL 387
REL 381
RELIGION AND GLOBALIZATION
HISTORY AND MEMORY OF THE HOLOCAUST
CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN JEWISH IDENTITIES
RELIGION, VIOLENCE AND AMERICA
RELIGION IN AMERICA
AFRICAN-AMERICAN RELIGION: A BIOGRAPHICAL
APPROACH
THERAVADA BUDDHISM IN SOUTH AND
SOUTHEAST ASIA
ISLAM IN THE MODERN WORLD
WOMEN IN ISLAM
WOMEN IN JUDAISM
WITCHCRAFT & HERESY IN EUROPE
RELIGION, WAR, AND PEACE
RELIGION, NATIONALISM AND ETHNIC CONFLICT
RELIGION AND CONFLICT: THEORIES AND CASES
RELIGION AND MORAL ISSUES
REL 382
REL 386
REL 388
REL 390
REL 461
REL 471
REL 480
REL 482
REL 486
RELIGION, MAGIC, AND SCIENCE
AMERICA AND THE HOLOCAUST
RELIGION, ETHICS, AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
WOMEN AND RELIGION
DIFFERENT VOICES WITHIN CONTEMPORARY
ISLAMIC DISCOURSE
REFORMATION AND MODERN CHRISTIANITY
RELIGION AND GLOBAL POLITICS
RELIGION, VIOLENCE, AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION
HOLOCAUST ON FILM
Text, Practice, and Representation
REL 202
REL 203
REL 205
REL 230
REL 301
REL 310
REL 314
REL 315
REL 316
REL 317
REL 324
REL 326
REL 330
REL 332
REL 338
REL 344
REL 345
REL 353
REL 355
REL 371
REL 375
REL 376
REL 384
REL 385
REL 391
REL 393
REL 395
REL 396
REL 420
REL 427
REL 460
REL 483
REL 487
RELIGION AND POPULAR CULTURE
SAINTS AND SINNERS: EXPLORATIONS IN SACRED
BIOGRAPHY
LIVING AND DYING
INTRODUCTION TO JEWISH CIVILIZATION
COMPARATIVE MYSTICISM
WESTERN RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS
JEWISH PHILOSOPHY
HEBREW BIBLE (OLD TESTAMENT)
LITERARY READINGS OF THE HEBREW BIBLE
INTRODUCTION TO RABBINIC JUDAISM
SPIRITUALS AND THE BLUES
LATINA/O AND LATIN AMERICAN RELIGIONS AND
CULTURES
NATIVE AMERICAN RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS
SOUTH AMERICAN INDIAN RELIGIONS
THE DAOIST BIBLE: DAODE JING
RELIGION AND VALUES IN JAPANESE LIFE
ASIAN RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS
FOLK RELIGIONS OF KOREA
JAPANESE CITIES & CULTURES TO 1800
NEW TESTAMENT
LOST SCRIPTURES, LOST CHRISTIANITIES
VIRGIN MARY IN HISTORY, FILM, AND CULTURE
THE BIBLE AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES
CONTEMPORARY WESTERN RELIGIOUS THOUGHT
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON PHILOSOPHY AND
RELIGION
RELIGION AND SEXUALITY
RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY
WOMEN IN THE BIBLE
RELIGION IN AMERICAN LIFE AND THOUGHT
AMERICAN RELIGIOUS THOUGHT
STUDIES IN ISLAMIC RELIGION
RELIGION AND SCIENCE
RELIGION AND FILM
Traditions.
Choose three courses from one of the following focus areas. Additional courses may be used with prior
approval from a Religious Studies advisor.
Note: This course list pertains to the on-campus REL major only.
Judaism
REL 210
REL 230
REL 310
REL 312
REL 313
REL 314
REL 315
REL 316
REL 317
REL 318
REL 373
REL 378
REL 384
REL 385
REL 386
REL 396
REL 410
REL 486
INTRODUCTION TO JUDAISM
INTRODUCTION TO JEWISH CIVILIZATION
WESTERN RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS
HISTORY AND MEMORY OF THE HOLOCAUST
ANTI-SEMITISM IN THE MEDIA
JEWISH PHILOSOPHY
HEBREW BIBLE (OLD TESTAMENT)
LITERARY READINGS OF THE HEBREW BIBLE
INTRODUCTION TO RABBINIC JUDAISM
CONTEMORARY AMERICAN JEWISH IDENTITIES
WOMEN IN JUDAISM
RELIGION, WAR, AND PEACE
THE BIBLE AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES
CONTEMPORARY WESTERN RELIGIOUS THOUGHT
AMERICA AND THE HOLOCAUST
WOMEN IN THE BIBLE
JUDAISM IN MODERN TIMES
HOLOCAUST ON FILM
Islam
REL 260
REL 310
REL 362
REL 363
REL 364
REL 365
REL 366
REL 369
REL 377
REL 378
REL 380
REL 460
REL 461
RELIGION, WAR, AND PEACE
THE BIBLE AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES
CONTEMPORARY WESTERN RELIGIOUS THOUGHT
RELIGION IN THE MIDDLE AGES
REFORMATION AND MODERN CHRISTIANITY
Buddhism
REL 344
REL 345
REL 351
REL 352
REL 354
REL 356
REL 357
RELIGION AND VALUES IN JAPANESE LIFE
ASIAN RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS
BUDDHISM
MODERN BUDDHISM
RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS OF KOREA
BUDDHISM IN AMERICA
THERAVADA BUDDHISM IN S AND SE ASIA
Daoism/Confucianism
REL 338
REL 343
REL 346
REL 354
THE DAOIST BIBLE: DAODE JING
DAOISM
CHINESE RELIGIONS
RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS OF KOREA
Hinduism
INTRODUCTION TO ISLAM
WESTERN RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS
ISLAM AND ISLAMIC SOCIETIES IN AFRICA: SOCIAL
AND POLITICAL HISTORY
ISLAM AND WORLD AFFAIRS
ISLAM IN EURASIA AND CENTRAL ASIA
ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION
ISLAM IN THE MODERN WORLD
WOMEN IN ISLAM
RELIGION IN RUSSIA
RELIGION, WAR, AND PEACE
THEOLOGY OF TERROR
STUDIES IN ISLAMIC RELIGION
DIFFERENT VOICES WITHIN CONTEMPORARY
ISLAMIC DISCOURSE
Christianity
REL 225
REL 270
REL 310
REL 354
REL 371
REL 372
REL 374
REL 375
REL 376
REL 377
REL 378
REL 384
REL 385
REL 470
REL 471
AFRICAN-AMERICAN RELIGION
INTRODUCTION TO CHRISTIANITY
WESTERN RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS
RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS OF KOREA
NEW TESTAMENT
FORMATION OF THE CHRISTIAN TRADITION
WITCHCRAFT & HERESY IN EUROPE
LOST SCRIPTURES, LOST CHRISTIANITIES
VIRGIN MARY IN HISTORY, FILM & CULTURE
RELIGION IN RUSSIA
REL 345
REL 350
ASIAN RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS
HINDUISM
Geographic Areas.
Choose three courses from one of the following focus areas. Additional courses may be used
with prior approval from a Religious Studies advisor.
Note: This course list pertains to the on-campus REL major only.
Americas
REL 225
REL 282
REL 318
REL 319
REL 320
REL 321
REL 323
REL 324
REL 326
REL 330
REL 331
REL 332
REL 356
REL 383
REL 386
REL 420
REL 427
REL 430
AFRICAN-AMERICAN RELIGION
PREHISPANIC NATIVE AMERICAN WORLDVIEWS
CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN JEWISH IDENTITIES
RELIGION, VIOLENCE AND AMERICA
AMERICAN RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS
RELIGION IN AMERICA
AFRICAN-AMERICAN RELIGION: A BIOGRAPHICAL
APPROACH
SPIRITUALS AND THE BLUES
LATINA/O AND LATIN AMERICAN RELIGIONS AND
CULTURES
NATIVE AMERICAN RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS
HISTORY OF NATIVE AMERICAN RELIGIOUS
TRADITIONS
SOUTH AMERICAN INDIAN RELIGIONS
BUDDHISM IN AMERICA
ORIGINS, EVOLUTION, AND CREATION
AMERICA AND THE HOLOCAUST
RELIGION IN AMERICAN LIFE AND THOUGHT
AMERICAN RELIGIOUS THOUGHT
MESOAMERICAN SHAMANIC COSMOGRAPHIES
Southeast Asia
REL 240
REL 351
REL 357
INTRODUCTION TO SOUTHEAST ASIA
BUDDHISM
THERAVADA BUDDHISM IN SOUTH AND
SOUTHEAST ASIA
East Asia
REL 338
REL 343
REL 344
REL 346
REL 351
REL 352
REL 353
REL 354
THE DAOIST BIBLE: DAODE JING
DAOISM
RELIGION AND VALUES IN JAPANESE LIFE
CHINESE RELIGIONS
BUDDHISM
MODERN BUDDHISM
FOLK RELIGIONS OF KOREA
RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS OF KOREA
South Asia
REL 245
REL 347
REL 350
REL 357
INTRODUCTION TO SOUTH ASIA
RELIGIOUS PLURALISM AND CONFLICT IN INDIA
HINDUISM
THERAVADA BUDDHISM IN SOUTH AND
SOUTHEAST ASIA
Europe/Eurasia
REL 360
REL 361
REL 364
REL 374
REL 377
REL 470
REL 471
ANCIENT GREEK RELIGION
ROMAN RELIGION
ISLAM IN EURASIA AND CENTRAL ASIA
WITCHCRAFT & HERESY IN EUROPE
RELIGION IN RUSSIA
RELIGION IN THE MIDDLE AGES
REFORMATION AND MODERN CHRISTIANITY