Religion Major

Track: Jewish Studies

• REL 1200 - Survey of the Old Testament/ Hebrew Bible
• REL 1500 - Introduction to Judaism

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  At least one of the following:

• REL 1510 - Jewish Ethics
• REL 1520 - The World of Jesus
• REL 1980 - Special Topics: Hebrew
   

• At least two of the following:

• REL 3150 - Religion and Literature (Jewish Stories of Wonder)
• REL 3200 - Biblical Narrative: Old Testament/Hebrew Bible
• REL 3210 - Biblical Poetry: Old Testament/Hebrew Bible
• REL 3330 - Religious Thinkers Who Changed the World (when it has a Jewish thinker, e.g. Heschel)
• REL 3370 - Prophets and Mystics

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  At least one course in a non-biblical tradition

   

Track: Christian Studies

• REL 1220 - The New Testament
• REL 1300 - Introduction to Theology

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  At least one of the following:

• REL 1200 - Survey of the Old Testament/ Hebrew Bible
• REL 1400 - Christian Ethics
• REL 1520 - The World of Jesus

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  At least two of the following:

• REL 3160 - Spiritual Memoir
• REL 3300 - Reformers and Revolutionaries in the Ancient and Medieval World
• REL 3310 - Reformers and Revolutionaries in the Modern World
• REL 3330 - Religious Thinkers Who Changed the World (when it has a Christian thinker, e.g. Luther)
• REL 3350 - Contemporary African-American Religious Thought
• REL 3370 - Prophets and Mystics
• REL 3390 - Christianity in an Age of Religious Diversity
• REL 3400 - Contemporary Issues in Christian Ethics
• REL 3430 - Feminist/Womanist Theologies

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  At least one course in a non-biblical tradition

   

Track: Asian Religions

• REL 1560 - Islam
• REL 1620 - Religions of East Asia
• REL 1630 - Religions of South Asia

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  At least two of the following:

• REL 3150 - Religion and Literature (Pilgrimage Stories)
• REL 3170 - Poetry and the Sacred
• REL 3250 - Death and Dying
• REL 3620 - Seminar in Classical Chinese Religious Thought
• REL 3630 - Seminar in Buddhism
• REL 3980 - Special Topics: Eastern/Western Conceptions of the Self

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  At least one course in Judaism or Christianity

   

Track: Comparative Religion

At least two 1000-level courses in Judaism or Christianity

At least two courses in Asian religions and/or Islam  (one must be in a non-Abrahamic tradition)

At least two of the following:

• REL 3150 - Religion and Literature (Pilgrimage Stories)
• REL 3160 - Spiritual Memoir
• REL 3170 - Poetry and the Sacred
• REL 3250 - Death and Dying
• REL 3370 - Prophets and Mystics
• REL 3390 - Christianity in an Age of Religious Diversity
• REL 3980 - Special Topics: Eastern/Western Conceptions of the Self