A minor in Religious Studies requires a minimum 15 credit hours.

• Students must complete at least 12 credit hours in residence.
• A minimum of 9 credit hours must be advanced; at least 6 of these credit hours must be in residence.
• Students must earn a final minimum grade point average of 2.00 in all coursework.

Requirements

 The required 15 credit hours must include:

1. RELS 1301 Introduction to Religious Studies (Language, Philosophy & Cutlure Core) (credit hours: 3.0)
2. 3 credit hours of any 2000-level course from the course list below
3. 9 credit hours from any 3000-level course from the course list below

RELS 2310  Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament (credit hours: 3.0)
RELS 2311  Introduction to the New Testament (credit hours: 3.0)
RELS 2330  Judaism (credit hours: 3.0)
RELS 2335  Rabbinic Biblical Interpretation (WID) (credit hours: 3.0)
RELS 2336  Jewish Civilization, Ancient to Modern (credit hours: 3.0)
RELS 2340  Lived Hindu Religion (WID) (credit hours: 3.0)
RELS 2345  Sacred Texts and Mythologies of India (credit hours: 3.0)
RELS 2350  Introduction to Islam (WID) (credit hours: 3.0)
RELS 2360  Buddhist Traditions: An Introduction (WID) (credit hours: 3.0)
RELS 2372  Bible and Modern Pop Culture (credit hours: 3.0)
RELS 2380  Religion and Film (credit hours: 3.0)
RELS 2396  Selected Topics in Religious Studies (credit hours: 3.0)

RELS 3322  The Catholic Intellectual Tradition (credit hours: 3.0)
RELS 3323  Continuities: Jewish and Christian Texts and Tradition (credit hours: 3.0)
RELS 3325  Paul of Tarsus: His Life and Letters (credit hours: 3.0)
RELS 3330  Christianity (credit hours: 3.0)
RELS 3332  Religion and the Visual Arts (credit hours: 3.0)
RELS 3333  Religion and Literature (credit hours: 3.0)
RELS 3334  Us and Them: Ethical Decision-Making in Complex Cultures (credit hours: 3.0)
RELS 3335  Black Atlantic Religions (credit hours: 3.0)
RELS 3336  Caribbean Societies and Cultures (credit hours: 3.0)
RELS 3355  Yoga and Philosophy (credit hours: 3.0)
RELS 3360  Muslim-Christian Relations (credit hours: 3.0)
RELS 3366  History of Magic, Witchcraft and the Occult (credit hours: 3.0)
RELS 3370  Bible and Modern Science (WID) (credit hours: 3.0)
RELS 3371  Women in Bible/ Old Testament (credit hours: 3.0)
RELS 3373  Jews in the Ancient World (credit hours: 3.0)
RELS 3375  Christianity and Ethics (credit hours: 3.0)
RELS 3376  Themes in Comparative Religion (credit hours: 3.0)
RELS 3377  Belief and Unbelief (credit hours: 3.0)
RELS 3380  Introduction to Asian Religions (credit hours: 3.0)
RELS 3381  Hindu Religion and Identity: A Global Movement (WID) (credit hours: 3.0)
RELS 3382  Politics and Religion in South Asia (credit hours: 3.0)
RELS 3386  Comparative Study of Buddhism and Christianity (credit hours: 3.0)
RELS 3390  Hinduism and Jainism (credit hours: 3.0)
RELS 3396  Selected Topics in Religious Studies (credit hours: 3.0)
RELS 3398  Independent Study (credit hours: 3.0)

RELS 4320 Religion and Personality (credit hours: 3.0)
RELS 4350 Religious Studies Internship Practicum (credit hours: 3.0)
RELS 4360 Clash of Civilizations (credit hours: 3.0)
RELS 4395 Religious Studies Senior Research Seminar (credit hours: 3.0)

ANTH 2365  Aztec and Maya Beliefs and Cosmologies (credit hours: 3.0)
ANTH 3335  Black Atlantic Religions (credit hours: 3.0)
ANTH 3338  Peoples of Africa (credit hours: 3.0)
ANTH 3348  Anthropology of Religion (WID) (credit hours: 3.0)

CCS 3393  Comparative Approaches to Indigenous Cultures in the Americas (credit hours: 3.0)

ENGL 4360  Bible as Literature (credit hours: 3.0)

HIST 3391  Africa, Islam, and the Indian Ocean World (credit hours: 3.0)
HIST 4332  The Crusades (credit hours: 3.0)

ILAS 3300  Study Abroad Experience (credit hours: 3.0)

WCL 3341  Early Islamic Society: Literature and Thought (credit hours: 3.0)