Religious Studies, B.A.

Degree Requirements

General Requirements

University Studies Program

1. C 1

   Communication 1 (U5C1) (COM1)

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   3
2. C 2

   Communication 2 (U5C2) (COM2)

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   3
3. C 3

   Communication 3 (U5C3) (COM3)

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   3
4. Q - Quantitative Reasoning (U5Q)

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   3
5. PN - Physical and Natural World (1) (U5PN)

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   3
6. PN - Physical and Natural World (2) (U5PN)

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   3
7. H - Human Culture (1) (U5H)

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   3
8. H - Human Culture (2) (U5H)

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   3
9. V - U.S. & WY Constitution (U5V)

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   3
10. FYS or USP Elective - Any 3-credit hour of FYS or 3-credit hours of USP electives

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    3
11. Note: FYS courses have been paused. 3 hours from any additional USP designated courses is still required.

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Two Required Courses: 6 Hours

1. RELI 1000

   Introduction to Religion
   3
2. RELI 4000

   Theories of Religion
   3

1000-2000 level Courses

1. RELI 2030

   Violence and Resistance
   3
2. RELI 2040

   Religions of the Middle East

   As published: “Religions of the Middle East: Judaism, Christianity and Islam”
   3
3. RELI 2050

   Religions of Asia
   3
4. RELI 2070

   Gender and Religion
   3
5. RELI 2080

   Holocaust
   3
6. RELI 2110

   Introduction to the Old Testament
   3
7. RELI 2150

   New Testament Survey
   3
8. RELI 2175

   The Life and Teaching of Jesus
   3
9. RELI 2200

   Contemporary American Religion
   3
10. RELI 2225

    History of Christianity
    3
11. RELI 2250

    American Religious History I (To

    As published: “American Religious History I (To 1865)”
    3
12. RELI 2252

    American Religious History II

    As published: “American Religious History II (1865- 1945)”
    3
13. RELI 2315

    History of Non-Western Religions
    3
14. RELI 2320

    History of Islam
    3
15. RELI 2330

    Islam in the Modern World
    3
16. RELI 2410

    Varieties of Non-Belief in the

    As published: “Varieties of Non-Belief in the Western World”
    3
17. RELI 2450

    Traditional African Religion
    3
18. RELI 2490

    Special Topics in Religion
    1-3
19. RELI 2335

    Buddhism
    3

3000-4000 Level Courses

1. RELI 3090

   Middle East and Israel in Film
   3
2. RELI 3110

   Bible and Archaeology
   3
3. RELI 3200

   Religion and American Culture
   3
4. RELI 3220

   History of the Modern Middle East
   3
5. RELI 3225

   Apocalypse: The History of the

   As published: “Apocalypse: The History of the End”
   3
6. RELI 3230

   Early Christianity
   3
7. RELI 3235

   Medieval Christianity
   3
8. RELI 3240

   Reformation and Enlightenment

   As published: “Reformation and Enlightenment Christianity”
   3
9. RELI 3245

   Christianity Since Darwin
   3
10. RELI 3260

    African Spirits in the New World
    3
11. RELI 3320

    Eastern Thought
    3
12. RELI 3340

    Mysticism, Yoga, and

    As published: “Mysticism, Yoga, and Enlightenment in the East”
    3
13. RELI 3400

    Religion in the American West
    3
14. RELI 4090

    Film and Religion
    3
15. RELI 4100

    African American Religious

    As published: “African American Religious Culture”
    3
16. RELI 4113

    Medieval Religious Dissent
    3
17. RELI 4174

    Judaism from Ezra to Jesus
    3
18. RELI 4175

    Judaism at the Dawn of

    As published: “Judaism at the Dawn of Christianity”
    3
19. RELI 4190

    Women and the Bible
    3
20. RELI 4270

    Buddhist Ethics
    3
21. RELI 4310

    Seminar in Asian Religions
    3
22. RELI 4500

    Special Topics in Religious Studies
    1-3
23. RELI 4635

    Religious Studies Departmental

    As published: “Religious Studies Departmental Honors”
    0
24. RELI 4900

    Independent Study in Religion
    1-3
25. RELI 4930

    Thesis
    0-6
26. RELI 4960

    International Field Course
    1-6
27. RELI 4961

    Domestic Field Course
    1-6

Language

Honors

1. A three-hour Thesis Seminar or Internship, during which a research paper is written, or other suitable research project is carried out.

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2. Demonstration of competency in a foreign language equivalent to a fourth-semester college-level course.

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Notes

1. If students majoring in Religious Studies can use its courses to satisfy requirements in a second major or minor, this is permitted.

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2. Courses for the major should be drawn from those with a RELI prefix, or from a list of approved courses taught by other departments or programs. See the list of approved courses on the Religious Studies website. Occasionally, courses on religion are taught by outside departments as one-time opportunities. Students may propose these for inclusion in the major to the Religious Studies Program Director.

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3. The language requirement may be satisfied with American Sign Language (ASL) or, with the approval of the department, coursework in another form of non- English communication (e.g. computer science, statistics, music composition).

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4. All courses must be passed with a grade of C or better.

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