Religious Studies Course List, 2015-2016
Last Updated: 8/13/15 (List will be updated to reflect schedule changes)
FALL
WINTER
SPRING
MES 45: Intro to Middle East Studies
AlSabbagh
HEB 2: Elementary Hebrew II
HEB 1: Elementary Hebrew I
Ramot
HEB 5: Intermediate Modern Hebrew
Ramot
V
HEB 6: Intermediate Modern Hebrew
Ramot
VI
HEB 4: Intermediate Modern Hebrew
Ramot
IV
RGST 2: Islam and the West, 7001850
Ahmad
RGST 1: Intro to the Study of Religion Hillis
RGST 10A: Elementary Arabic I
M. Campo
RGST/EACS 3: Intro to Asian
Religious Traditions
Hillis
RGST 10C: Elementary Arabic III
M. Campo
RGST 10D: Intermediate Arabic IV
M. Campo RGST 4/EACS 5: Intro to Buddhism
Wallace
RGST 10F: Intermediate Arabic VI
M. Campo
RGST 11A: Elementary Hindi I
Fowler
RGST 7: Intro to American Religion
Walker
RGST 11C: Elementary Hindi III
Fowler
RGST 12: Religious Approaches to
Death
White
RGST 10B: Elementary Arabic II
M. Campo
RGST 17C: Intro to Biblical Hebrew III Garr
RGST 14: Intro to Native American
Religious Studies
Talamantez RGST 10E: Intermediate Arabic V
M. Campo
RGST 19: Gods and Goddesses of
India
Holdrege
RGST 17A: Intro to Biblical Hebrew I
Garr
RGST 11B: Elementary Hindi II
Fowler
RGST 25: Global Catholicism Today
Staff
RGST 18: Comparing Religions
Taves
RGST 17B: Intro to Biblical Hebrew II Garr
RGST 57C: Elementary Persian III
Jalali
RGST/EACS 21: Zen Buddhism
Hillis
RGST 57A: Persian I
Jalali
RGST/EACS 23: Intro to Chinese
Buddhism
RGST 24: Teachings of Jesus in
Comparative Perspective
Ramot
HEB 3: Elementary Hebrew III
Steavu-Balin RGST 57F: Intermediate Persian VI
Thomas
RGST 65C: Intro to Turkish Language
III
Ramot
Jalali
Savuran
RGST 57D: Intermediate Persian IV
Jalali
RGST 57B: Elementary Persian II
Jalali
RGST 65F: Intermediate Turkish VI
Durer
RGST 65A: Intro to Turkish Language
Savuran
I
RGST 57E: Intermediate Persian V
Jalali
RGST 71: Intro to Asian American
Religion
Busto
RGST 65D: Intermediate Turkish IV
Durer
RGST 65B: Intro to Turkish Language
Savuran
II
RGST 80C: Religion/Western Civ III:
Modern
Carlson
RGST 90AA: (Topics) Elementary
Kazakh I
Kaipova
RGST 65E: Intermediate Turkish V
Durer
RGST 81: Modern Iran
Afary
RGST 111: Women's Politics and
Religion in the Muslim Middle East
Afary
RGST 80B: Religion/Western Civ II:
Medieval
Caron
RGST 90AC: (Topics) Elementary
Kazakh III
Kaipova
RGST 113: Religion and Film
Hecht
RGST 90AB: (Topics) Elementary
Kazakh II
Kaipova
RGST/GLOB 108: Global Religion
Moore
RGST 115A: Literature & Religion of
the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
Garr
RGST 90VM: (Topics) Mystical
Experience in Judaism, Christianity,
& Islam
Wolfson
RGST 129: Religions of the Ancient
Near East
Garr
RGST 119A: Intro to Islamic Law
Ahmad
RGST 104: Money, Capital & Religion
Friedland
(Problems in Study of Religion)
RGST 131D: Judaism in Modern
Times
Hecht
RGST 123: Asian American Religions
Busto
RGST 106: Modernity and Process of
Carlson
Secularization
RGST 137: Gnosticism and
Manichaeism
Thomas
RGST 130: Judaism
Hecht
RGST 114E: Adolescent Rites of
Passage: Religious Diversity in U.S.
Talamantez RGST 140D: Islam in South Asia
J. Campo
RGST 135: Readings in Tibetan
Buddhist Texts
Cabezon
RGST 116C: Archaeology and the
Study of Religion
Thomas
RGST 141D: Church-State Relations
Moore
RGST 148A: Advanced Arabic
Reynolds
RGST 119E: Islam and Government
Ahmad
RGST 145: Patterns in Comparative
Religion
Holdrege
RGST 149D: Intro to Islamic
Civilization
El Omari
RGST 119F: Reason and Scripture in
El Omari
Islam
RGST 148C: Advanced Arabic III
Reynolds
RGST 131F: The History of Anti-
RGST 150B: Religion and Tourism in
RGST 156CC: Seminar in Social Ethics Roof
Semitism
Hecht
Modern America
Walker
RGST 156EE: Environmental Ethics
Jarrett
RGST 131H: Politics and Religion In
the City: the Case of Jerusalem
Hecht
RGST 151B: Religion in US History
since 1865
Walker
RGST 159A: Elementary Sanskrit
Hillis
RGST 135: Readings in Tibetan
Buddhist Texts
Hillis
RGST 154: Ethics in Leadership and
Enterprise
Harris
RGST 159J: Religious Literature in
Sanskrit: Puranas
Holdrege
RGST 138: Topics in Catholic Studies Falque
RGST/INT 156DJ: Diversity and
Justice
Jarrett
RGST 181F: Shi'ism and After the
Iranian Revolution
Afary
RGST 138F: Presence and
Discernment in Catholic Tradition
Taves
RGST 159C: Elementary Sanskrit III
Hillis
RGST 190AR: (Topics) Song of Songs
in Medieval Jewish and Christian
Wolfson
Traditions
RGST 140C: Islamic Mysticism and
Religious Thought
J. Campo
RGST 159H: Religious Lit in Sanskrit:
Wallace
Vedic Literature
RGST 190RR: Topics in Religious
Studies
Busto
RGST 148B: Advanced Arabic II
Reynolds
RGST 162C: Sikhism
Visiting
Scholar
RGST 195:* Senior Honors Research
Any
RGST 152: Religion in America Today Blankholm
RGST 190SB: (Topics) Spiritual But
Not Religious in America
Hoesly
RGST 199:* Independent Studies
Any
RGST 155: Religion and the Impact
of the Vietnam War
RGST 190GC: (Topics) Global
Christianity and the Public Sphere
Hu
RGST 199RA:* Research Assistant
Any
RGST/INT 156BE: Bio-Medical Ethics Jarrett
RGST 195:* Senior Honors Research
Any
RGST 159B: Elementary Sanskrit II
Hillis
RGST 199:* Independent Studies
Any
RGST 159I: Religious Literature in
Sanskrit: Mahabharata
White
RGST 199RA:* Research Assistant Any
RGST 190JR: (Topics) Jewish
Representations of Jesus
Wolfson
RGST 190JB: (Topics) Atheism
Blankholm
* If interested in RGST 195, 199, or
199RA , please contact the
Undergraduate advisor at
csimpson@hfa.ucsb.edu .
RGST 191A: Latino Religious
Thought
Hecht
Busto
* If interested in RGST 195, 199, or
199RA , please contact the
Undergraduate advisor at
csimpson@hfa.ucsb.edu .
GRADUATE COURSES
RGST 193/ENV 189: Religion &
Ecology in the Americas
Talamantez
RGST 193B: Religion & Healing in
Global Perspective
Wallace
RGST 200A: Proseminar in History
and Theory of Religion
Taves
RGST 195:* Senior Honors Research Any
RGST 200D: Proseminar in History
and Theory of Religion
Yang
RGST 199:* Independent Studies
Any
RGST 206D: Seminar on Bhakti
Traditions
Holdrege
RGST 199RA:* Research Assistant
Any
RGST 247: Seminar in Native
American Religious Traditions
Talamantez
RGST 250: Seminar in the History of
Religions
Hecht
RGST 254B: Study of Tibet from
Missionaries to Cultural Studies
Cabezon
RGST 260: Readings in Taoism
SteavuBalint
RGST 292EA: (Topics) Messianic
Eschatology and Apocalyptic Time
Wolfson
* If interested in RGST 195, 199, or 199RA ,
please contact the Undergraduate advisor at
csimpson@hfa.ucsb.edu .
GRADUATE COURSES
RGST 200B: Proseminar in History
and Theory of Religion
RGST 206C: Seminar in Epic
Traditions
RGST 216C: Archaeology & the
Study of Religion
RGST 237: Scientific Study of
Religion
Carlson
White
Thomas
Taves
GRADUATE COURSES
RGST 200C: Proseminar in History
and Theory of Religion
RGST 209A: Seminar on South
Asian Islamic Traditions
RGST 216C: Archaeology and the
Study of Religion
RGST 238: Seminar in Catholic
Studies
RGST 241D: Church-State
Relations
RGST 252A: Seminar in Christian
Origins
RGST 257: Seminar in Buddhist
Studies
RGST 257: Seminar in Buddhist
Studies (Japanese Buddhism)
RGST 289C: Guided Readings in
Modern Arabic Literature
Hecht
J. Campo
Thomas
Taves
Moore
Thomas
Wallace
Rambelli
Reynolds
RGST 238: Topics in Catholic Studies Falque
RGST 258: Seminar in Religion in
America
Walker
RGST 288: Classic Arab Texts
El Omari
RGST 594AT: Special Topics
Taves