Religion Major

27 credit hours

Required Courses: 12 credit hours

RELI 110	Exploring the Christian Faith (CT)	3
RELI 320	Seminar in Biblical Studies (W)	3
RELI 332	Seminar in Contemporary Theology	3
RELI 400	Senior Thesis	3

One World Religions Course: 3 credit hours

RELI 330	Exploring Judaism (W)	3
RELI 341	Exploring Hinduism and Buddhism (NW)	3

One Text and Context course: 3 credit hours

RELI 211	The Bible and The Detective Story (RT)	3
RELI 212	Lessons in Living: Biblical and Contemporary Reflections on Wisdom (RT)	3
RELI 213	Power, Politics, and the Biblical Prophets (RT)	3
RELI 214	Telling Stories, Disrupting Order: Gospels and Other Transformations (RT)	3
RELI 247	From Plato to Genesis to Job: The Question of Justice (RT)	3

One Tradition and Culture course: 3 credit hours

RELI 200/PHIL 200	Reason, Faith and the Search for Meaning (RT)	3
RELI 210/PHIL 210	Ethical Perspectives (RT)	3
RELI 216	God: The Problem and the Promise (RT)	3
RELI 241/PHIL 241	Theology and Philosophy in Dialog (RT)	3
RELI 245	After Auschwitz: The Holocaust and Christian Faith (RT)	3
RELI 251	Judaism, Islam and the Christian Faith (RT)	3
RELI 255	Religion, Politics and Violence (RT)	3
RELI 260	The Geography of God's Incarnation: Landscapes and Narratives of Faith (RT)	3

One Contemporary Issues course: 3 credit hours

RELI 219	God, Suffering, and Evil (RT)(E)	3
RELI 254	Theology, Medicine and Ethics (RT)	3

One additional course from one of the above areas: 3 credits

Additional courses in Philosophy, History, and Foreign Languages are highly recommended. The department especially recommends study of Latin, Greek and Hebrew.

Religion Sample Plan of Study

Following is one possible way to complete the major.  

Students should fill in gaps with coursework required for the core curriculum and other majors/minors to take an average of 14 credit hours each fall and spring, and 3-4 credit hours each Interim.  Total credit hours needs to be 124 for degree completion.

First Year

Fall Semester

FYS 110	First Year Seminar I (FS)	4
RELI 110	Exploring the Christian Faith (CT)	3
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4

Interim

Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course

3-4

Spring Semester

FYS 111	First Year Seminar II (FS)	4
RELI	Elective course	3
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4

Second Year

Fall Semester

RELI	Elective course	3
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4

Interim

Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course

3-4

Spring Semester

RELI	Elective course	3
RELI 330	Exploring Judaism (W)	3
	OR
RELI 341	Exploring Hinduism and Buddhism (NW)	3
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4

Third Year

Fall Semester

RELI	Elective course	3
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4

Interim

Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course

3-4

Spring Semester

RELI 320	Seminar in Biblical Studies (W)	3
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4

Fourth Year

Fall Semester

RELI 332	Seminar in Contemporary Theology	3
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4

Interim

Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course

3-4

Spring Semester

RELI 400	Senior Thesis	3
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4