Requirements for the Major (38-44 credits)

I. Required Courses (14-16 credits)

Complete all of the following:

• course - Introduction to World Religions

• course - Cultural Diversity: Cultural Anthropology and Linguistics OR course - Introduction to Ethics

• course - Religion in Conversation

• course - Capstone Independent Study in Comparative Religion OR course - Specialized Honors I

II. Experiential Learning (0-4 credits)

• course - Internship Project

Other experiential learning opportunities, such as Community-Based Learning courses, may be substituted in consultation with the adviser.

III. Electives (24 credits)

Students must distribute their electives among the four areas below, choosing at least one course from each area. Only one elective course may be at the introductory-level, and at least three of the courses chosen must be at the upper-level.

Histories

In these courses, students analyze religion and historical change toward understanding how our world came to be the way it is today.

• course - Greek and Roman Religions

• course - The Jewish Experience: An Introduction to Judaism

• course - Introduction to Islam

• course - Selected Topics in the History of Religions

• course - History of the Islamic Middle East, 600-1800

• course - History of the Modern Middle East

• course - lntroduction to South Asia in Modern History

• course - lntroduction to East Asia in Modern History

• course - History of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy

• course - Forms of Humanism: Renaissance to Enlightenment

• course - World Christianity (Theological School)

Media, Art, and Music

In these courses, students analyze the presence and influence of religion in various modes of artistic expression and media.

• course - Classical Mythology

• course - Native Arts and Archaeology of Latin America

• course - Islamic Art

• course - Medieval Art

• course - Italian Renaissance Art

• course - Baroque and Rococo Art

• course - Spirituality, Gender and the Media

• course - History of African-American Church Music (Theological School)

• course - Music of the World’s Religions (Theological School)

• course - Bible and Film (Theological School)

Identity, Culture, and Power

In these courses, students examine diverse ways religion informs identity and ways in which it interrelates with other modes of identity in the negotiations of values, practices, and power.

• course - Anthropology of Religion

• course - Native North American Cultures

• course - Society and Social Change in Sub-Saharan Africa

• course - Muslims and the West

• course - Sociology of Religion

• course - Women in Asian Traditions

• course - Global Women’s History

• course - Ethics and Society

• course - Transnational Feminisms

• course - Religion and Society (Theological School)

• course - Religions and Food: Feast, Fast, Farming and Famine (Theological School)

• course - The Search for the Good Community (Theological School)

• course - Faith Communities and Gender Violence (Theological School)

Philosophy, Theology, and Ethics

In these courses, students analyze theological and philosophical thought and the intellectual foundations of ethical order and religious practices.

• course - Classical Morality & Religious Ethics From Plato to Machiavelli

• course - Utopia and Dystopia

• course - Mindfulness: History and Practice

• course - Introduction to Philosophy

• course - Introduction to Ethics

• course - Philosophy of Religion

• course - The Shattering of Reason: From Hegel to Nietzsche

• course - Business Ethics

• course - Bio-Medical Ethics

• course - Systematic Theology (Theological School)

• course - Confucian and Taoist Religious Thought (Theological School)

• course - Biblical Literature I: Torah, Prophets, Writings (Theological School)

• course - Biblical Literature II: Gospels, Epistles, Apocalypse (Theological School)

• course - World Wisdom for Conflict Resolution (Theological School)