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Religious Studies Major

Guilford College · Greensboro, NC

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Program
Award
Religious Studies Major
CIP
32.0107
Total credits (published)
33
Credits (computed from items)
33
Catalog edition
2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
198613
CourseShelf checklist
CK_198613_99f32e7f
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Bachelor of Arts Degree in Religious Studies

5 items
  1. Four REL courses at any level
    Not resolved to a course
    16
  2. REL 295
    Religious Studies Methods & Theories. 4
    As published: “Religious Studies Methods & Theories”
    4
  3. Select three 300 to 400 level REL courses from least one at 400 level course
    Not resolved to a course
    12
  4. IDS 477
    Magic, Science and Religion. 4. This course examines different modalities of thought, from science, to magic, to religion, among others. Issues we examine in class include the definitions of magic vs empiricism, reason vs revelation, biology vs theology on the issue of creation, the scope of rationality, religious pluralism and relativism, physics and the ultimate nature of reality, the role of belief in human inquiry, possible conversations between quantum mechanics and Buddhist emptiness theory, ?worldviews? vs individual experience, the notion of perspective, sympathy in causality, and the historical relationship between magic and religion.Prerequisite: Minimum 88 semester credits earned and completion of historical perspectives requirement. Fulfills interdisciplinary studies (IDS 400) requirement
    As published: “Magic, Science and Religion”
    1998
  5. REL 495
    Religious Studies Colloquium. 1
    As published: “Religious Studies Colloquium”
    1
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