Religious Studies Minor Checklist

2013-2014 CATALOG

Religious Studies Minor Checklist

BGS Degree

This checklist is for advising purposes only. Consult your undergraduate catalog or official degree audit for degree requirements.

·  Twelve advanced hours in the minor coursework are required.

·  A 2.25 cumulative GPA must be maintained in all minor courses.

·  No grade lower than a “C” will be accepted as credit for the BGS degree.

18 Hours

Choose 6 courses (4 must be advanced) from:

_____ ANTH 3305 - Magic, Ritual and Religion

_____ ANTH 3322 – Peoples and Cultures of Africa

_____ ANTH 3326 – Maya History and Society

_____ ANTH 3332 - Myths and Moundbuilders

_____ ANTH 3349 – The Incas

_____ ANTH 4320 (WI) – Rise of Civilization

_____ ARTH 2301 – Ancient to Medieval Art

_____ ARTH 2302 - Renaissance to Modern Art

_____ ENG 3329 (WI) - Mythology

(Repeatable once, in special situations, when topic varies.)

_____ HIST 3312 (WI) – Renaissance and Reformation

_____ HIST4320 (WI) – Origins of Christianity

_____ HIST 4325 (WI) – Islamic History to 1798

_____ PHIL 3317 (WI) - Science and Religion

(Prerequisite: 3 hrs. of lower division PHIL, PHIL 3301, or instructor consent)

_____ PHIL 3318 (WI) - Reason, God and Nature (Capstone)

(Prerequisite: 3 hrs. of lower division PHIL, PHIL 3301, or instructor consent)

_____ PHIL 3381 – The Philosophical and Spiritual Heritage of India

_____ PHIL 4371 (WI) – Asian Philosophy

(May be repeated for credit.)

_____ PHIL 4388 - Problems in Philosophy

(May be repeated once for additional credit.)

(Prerequisite: 3 hrs. of lower division PHIL, PHIL 3301, or instructor consent)

_____ POSI 3306 (WI) - Religion and American Public Life

_____ POSI 4313 (WI) - Islamic Law and Politics

_____ POSI 4328 (WI) – The Holocaust

_____ REL 1300 – World Religions

(Recommended as an entry course for religion minors.)

_____ REL 2310 – Introduction to the Hebrew Bible

_____ REL 2315 – Introduction to the New Testament

_____ REL 2321 (WI) - Founders, Prophets and Saints

(May be repeated for credit.)

_____ REL 3340 (WI) – Religion, Literature, and the Arts

(May be taken twice for credit with different topics.)

_____ REL 3342 (WI) – The Homeric Epic: The Illiad and the Odyssey

_____ REL 3360 (WI) – Asian Religious Traditions

_____ REL 3364 (WI) – Abrahamic Religious Traditions

_____ REL 3366 (WI) - Topics in Western Religion

(Recommended prerequisite: REL 3365)

_____ REL 3370 Mythology and Culture

(May be taken twice for credit with different topics.)

_____ REL 3372 (WI) – Apocalypticism

_____ REL 3381 – The Philosophical and Spiritual Heritage of India

_____ REL 4300 (WI) – Methods in Religious Studies

(Prerequisite: at least two academic courses in religious studies)

_____ REL 4388 - Problems in Religion
(May be repeated for credit with a different emphasis)

Updated 08/2013