Religion Major Worksheep_Revised_Nov7_2011 Approved by CC Jan 2010
*Approved by CC 10/4/10; ** Approved by CC 12/6/10
Religion Major Worksheet
Student Name: Date:
Advisor Name:
1) Textual Studies (1 course)
____130 Asian Religious Literature (LT, G)
____223 The First Christians (CHC)
____323 Christian Controversies and Creeds (IT)
____325 Lost Books of the Bible (IT, W)
____334 Reading Hindu Texts (LIT)
____335 Reading Buddhist Texts (LIT)
2) History of Religions (1 course)
____104 Introduction to Myths and Rituals (CSI, G)
____132 Asian Religious Practice (CSI, G)
____204 Native American and African Religions (CSI, G, W)
____231 Cults, Divination & Popular Religions in East Asian
Societies (CHC)
____304 Latin American Religions (CHC, G, W)
____330 Buddhism in India and Tibet (CHC, G)
____331 Buddhism in East Asia (IT)
____332 Hindu Religious Tradition (CHC, G)
____333 Islam from Mecca to Malcolm X (CHC, G)
____342 Judaism through the Ages (IT, W)
3) Critical-Constructive Studies (1 course)
____106 Women and Religions (CSI, G)
____241 Modern Religious Thought (IT)
____242 Philosophers Read the Bible (IT, W)
____324 Sexuality and Christianity (AV)
____341 Religious Tolerance & Pluralism (AV)
4) Methodological Studies (1 course)
____290 Interpreting Religious Experience (IT, W)
____291 Magic and Religion (CSI)
____292 Religion in Contemporary Japan (CSI)
____293 God & Post-Modernism (IT)
____294 Jesus and the Gospels (IT)
5 Four Additional Courses
6) Senior Seminar in Religion
490
Note: four courses must be 300-level or above;
no more than two 100-level courses can be
counted toward the major
All Religion courses offered
102: Intro. to Religious Thought (AV)
104: Intro. to Myths and Rituals (CSI, G)
106: Women, Religion, and Spirituality (CSI, G)
110: Religions of the World (CSI, G)
111: Exploring Mysticism (IT)
112: Religion and Violence (G)
120: Intro to Biblical Studies (IT)
130: Asian Religious Literatures (LT, G)
131: Chinese Religions (CHC, G)
132: Asian Religious Practices (CSI, G)
135: Zen (CHC)
170: Special Topic
204: Native American & African Religions (CSI, G, W)
209: Myth, Image, Symbol in S. Asian Religion (AR, G)
210: Greek Myth and the Hero (IT)
221: The World of Jesus (CHC)
223: Paul and Revelation** (CHC)
231: Cults, Divination & Popular Religions in East Asian
Societies (CHC)
232: Hindus and Christians (IT, G)
241: Modern Religious Thought (IT)
242: Philosophers Read the Bible (IT, W)
246: Who is (not) a Jew? (IT)
270: Special Topics
290: Interpreting Religious Experience (IT, W)
291: Magic and Religion (CSI)
292: Religion in Contemporary Japan (CSI)
293: God & Post-Modernism (IT)
294: Jesus and the Gospels (IT)
304: Latin American Religions (CHC, G, W)
307: Voodoo, Santeria and Candomblé (CSI, G)
309: Imagining Modern India (IT, G)
310: Cults in America (CSI, U)
315: Pagan & Christian: Historical Writing in Ancient
Rome (CHC)
322: Judaism & Christianity in Greco-Roman World
(CHC)
323: Christian Controversies and Creeds (IT, W**)
324: Sexuality and Christianity (AV)
325: Lost Books of the Bible (IT, W)
330: Buddhism in India and Tibet (CHC, G)
331: Buddhism in East Asia (IT)
332: Hindu Religious Tradition (CHC, G)
333: Islam from Mecca to Malcolm X (CHC, G)
334: Reading Hindu Texts (LIT)
335: Reading Buddhist Texts (LIT, W)
341: Religious Tolerance & Pluralism (AV)
342: Judaism Through the Ages (IT, W)
343: American Jewish Thought (IT)*
349: History of Religion in the U.S.
370: Advanced Special Topics
397: Internship in Religion
450: Independent Study
490: Senior Seminar in Religion
491: Senior Honors Research Project
