Religious Studies (RLST)
Minor Program Requirements: Students must complete at least 15 credit hours for the minor. Of those 15 credit hours, 3 credit hours must be from the introductory courses listed below. The remaining 12 hours must come from upper-level courses (30000-40000) selected from the 3 areas of emphasis listed below. Students must take at least one course in each area of emphasis. A maximum of 6 credit hours from the student's major may be applied toward the minor. Students may petition the Director of Religious Studies to count toward the minor special topics courses or Honors colloquia not listed below but containing significant religious studies content.
Courses
- ANTH 31203 — The Anthropology of Religion
- ANTH 32103 — Indigenous Peoples of North America: Anthropological Perspectives
- ANTH 35503 — Religion in Latin America
- ANTH 40903 — The Archeology of Death
- ARHS 48403 — Medieval Art
- ARHS 48503 — Italian Renaissance Art
- ENGL 35203 — The Quran as Literature
- ENGL 36203 — The Bible as Literature
- ENGL 39003 — Special Topics
- HIST 30003 — History of Christianity
- HIST 30303 — Islamic Civilization
- HIST 30803 — Women of the Bible
- HIST 31103 — The Rise of Monotheism
- HIST 32333 — New Testament Histories
- HIST 40403 — Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages
- HIST 40503 — Late Middle Ages
- HIST 40703 — Renaissance and Reformation, 1300-1600
- HIST 41003 — Byzantine Empire
- HIST 41663 — Hebrew Bible in Historical Context
- HIST 43203 — Wars of Religion: From the Crusades to 9/11
- HIST 43303 — Modern Islam
- HIST 43903 — Early Modern Islamic Empires, 1300-1750
- HIST 44903 — Religion in America to 1860
- HIST 49903 — History of the Ottoman Empire, 1300-1923
- HUMN 20103 — Introduction to Buddhism
- HUMN 22103 — Introduction to World Religions
- JWST 20003 — Introduction to Judaism
- JWST 40003 — Modern Jewish Thought
- JWST 40103 — Contemporary Jewish Thought
- MEST 20003 — Introduction to Islam
- MEST 30003 — Islam: Beliefs and Practices
- PHIL 32003 — Philosophy and the Christian Faith
- PHIL 40203 — Medieval Philosophy
- PHIL 43003 — Philosophy of Religion
- PLSC 45903 — Islam and Politics
- SEVI 46303 — Faith, Spirituality, and the Workplace