5 courses with the subject RELC, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
RELC 1010Greek and Roman Mythology
Myths are traditional stories that have endured many years. Some of them have to do with events of great importance, such as the founding of a nation. Others tell the stories of great heroes and heroines and thei exploits and courage in the face of adversity. Still others are simple tales about otherwise unremarkable people who get into trouble or do some great deed. What are we to make of all these tales, and why do people seem to like to hear them? This course will focus on the myths of ancient Greece and Rome, as well as a few contemporary American ones, as a way of exploring the nature of myth and the function it plays for individuals, societies, and nations. We will also pay some attention to th way the Greeks and Romans themselves understood their own myths. Are myths subtle codes that contain some universal truth? Are they a window on the deep recesses of a particular culture? Are they entertaining storie that people like to tell over and over? Are they a set of blinders that al of us wear, though we do not realize it? We investigate these questions through a variety of topics creation of the universe between gods and mortals, religion and family, sex, love, madness, and death. 1 Course Unit
- Subject
- RELC
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- catalog.upenn.edu
RELC 2000Gods, Ghosts, Monsters
This course seeks to be a broad introduction. It introduces students to the diversity of doctrines held and practices performed, and art produced about "the fantastic" from the earliest times to the present. The fantastic (the uncanny or supernatural) is a fundamental category in the scholarly study of religion, art, anthropology, and literature. Thi course focuses on both theoretical approaches to studying supernatural beings from a religious studies perspective while drawing examples from Buddhist, Shinto, Christian, Hindu, Jain, Zoroastrian, Egyptian, Central Asian, Native American, and Afro-Caribbean sources from earliest examples to the present--including mural, image, manuscript, film, codex, and even comic books. It also introduces students to related humanistic categories of study: material and visual culture, theodicy, cosmology, shamanism, transcendentalism, soteriology, eschatology, phantasmagoria, spiritualism, mysticism, theophany, and the historical power of rumor. 1 Course Unit
- Subject
- RELC
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- catalog.upenn.edu
RELC 2500Asian Religions8
Select 4 additional courses with attribute BBLT or use up 4 to 3 CU’s of advisor approved transfer courses (https:// * catalog.upenn.edu/attributes/bblt/) Total Course Units 12 * With input from an academic advisor Electives (8 CUs + 1 Penn CU) Electives are courses that do not apply toward your foundational or degree concentration requirements. You may choose to deepen your field e of study by taking additional classes within your concentration, develop s a new skill by completing all of the courses within a course block outside of your degree concentration, or discover new interests and abilities by taking individual courses that appeal to your interests. Students choose 8 electives from any of Penn LPS Online's areas of study. Students are required to complete 1 CU of Penn elective that must be a Penn course. Transfer students can apply a maximum of 8 course units from a regionally accredited institution toward this requirement.
- Subject
- RELC
- Credits (min)
- 8
- Credits (max)
- 8
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- catalog.upenn.edu
RELC 3100Spirituality, Wellness, and Identity: Making
Meaning in the Modern World
- Subject
- RELC
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- catalog.upenn.edu
Source: University of Pennsylvania's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59
