Requirements for the Religious Studies Minor
(24 units)
I. Core Requirement (4 units)
- RELS 200 (also listed as PHIL 200) Introduction to Religious Studies
II. Religious Studies Electives
(12-20 units, selected from the following)
- RELS 300 Judaism, Christianity, Islam
- RELS 325 Themes of Adult Life in World Religions
- RELS 335 Gender in the Diversity of World Religions
- RELS 345 Health and Wellness in World Religions
- RELS 380 Emotions in Religion
- RELS 402 (also listed as HIST 402) Religion & Society in Medieval Europe
- RELS 423 (also listed as CHS 423 and LAS 423) Migration, Identity, & Religion
- RELS 410 Asian Religions
- RELS 430 Spiritual Experiences and Mysticism
- RELS 453 Special Topics in Religious Studies
- RELS 493 (also listed as HIST 493) Religion & Society in Chinese History
- RELS 499 Undergraduate Directed Study
III. Additional Interdisciplinary Electives
(0-8 units, selected from the following)
- ANTH 437 Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion
- ART 476 Early Christian & Byzantine Art
- ENGL 258 Mythology in Literature
- ENGL 482 The Bible as Literature
- HIST 401 Science, Religion, and Culture in World History
- HIST 419 Classical Age of Islamic Civilization
- HIST 423 Renaissance and Reformation
- HIST 455 American Religious History
- HIST 494A Traditional China
- HIST 495A Traditional Japan
- JAPN 310 Japanese Civilization to 1600
- PHIL 415 Philosophy of Religion
- PHIL 436 South Asian Philosophy
- PHIL 437 East Asian Philosophy
- SOC 445 Sociology of Religion
With special approval of the RELS Program Director, ANTH, ART, ENGL, HIST, PHIL, and SOC special topics courses or directed studies on religion-related topics may be included among the up to 8 units of non-RELS electives students may apply to the minor.