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2017-2018 Undergraduate Bulletin

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2017-2018 Undergraduate Bulletin [Archived Bulletin]

Religion Major

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Major Requirements

Four credits of junior and/or senior colloquium

Six courses in the chosen track

Students must take at least six courses in their chosen track, at least two must be at the 3000-level.

Track: Jewish Studies

REL 1200 - Survey of the Old Testament/ Hebrew Bible
REL 1500 - Introduction to Judaism
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
At least one course in a non-biblical tradition

Track: Christian Studies

REL 1220 - The New Testament
REL 1300 - Introduction to Theology
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
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
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
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 3630 - Seminar in Buddhism
REL 3980 - Special Topics: Eastern/Western Conceptions of the Self
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

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