Religion Major

27 credit hours

Required Courses: 12 credit hours

RELI 110

Exploring the Christian Faith (CT)

3

InterReligious Course: 3 credit hours

Take one of the following courses.

RELI 216	God: The Problem and the Promise (RT)	3
RELI 248	Religions of the World (E)(RT)	3
RELI 251	Christianity and Islam: A Comparative Exploration (E) (RT)	3
RELI 256	Jesus in Islam and Christianity (PW)	3
RELI 260	Geographies and Stories of Faith (E) (RT)	3

Textual Exploration Course: 3 credit hours

Take one of the following courses.

RELI 201	Introduction to Hebrew Bible/Old Testament (RT)(E)	3
RELI 212	Lessons in Living: Biblical and Contemporary Reflections on Wisdom (RT)	3
RELI 213	Power, Politics, and the Biblical Prophets (E) (RT)	3
RELI 214	Telling Stories, Disrupting Order: Gospels and Other Transformations (E) (RT)	3
RELI 218	Apocalypse: Hope and the Future (E) (RT) (W)	3
RELI 229	Reading for Meaning and Truth: Hermes, God of Thieves & Interp (E) (RT) (W)	3
RELI 250	Story, Faith, and Meaning: Biblical Origin Stories (E) (RT)	3

Intersections Course: 3 credit hours

Take one of the following courses.

PHIL 200/RELI 200	Reason, Faith and the Search for Meaning (RT)(E)	3
PHIL 210/RELI 210	Ethical Perspectives (E) (RT)	3
RELI 211/PHIL 211	Scriptures, Sci Fi, & Fantasy (E) (RT)	3
RELI 219	God, Suffering, and Evil (E) (RT)	3
RELI 235	Gender, Sexuality, & Religion (RT)(E)	3
RELI 241/PHIL 241	Theology and Philosophy in Dialog (RT)	3
RELI 242	Liberation Theologies (RT)	3
RELI 243	Religion, Science, and Technology (E) (RT)	3
RELI 245	After Auschwitz: The Holocaust and Christian Faith (E) (RT)	3
RELI 247	From Plato to Genesis to Job: The Question of Justice (E) (RT)	3
RELI 254	Religion, Medicine, and Ethics (E) (RT)	3
RELI 255	Religion, Politics and Violence (E) (RT)	3
RELI 257	Theology and the Arts (RT)	3
RELI 261	Reformation and Revolution: Confessing Movements in the Church Catholic (E) (RT)	3
RELI 264/PHIL 264	Religion and the Environment (E) (RT)	3
RELI 265	Manga, K-Drama, and Religion (RT)(E)	3

Five Religion Electives: 15 credit hours

At least two of the five additional electives must be at the 297 level or higher.

RELI

Elective course

3

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.

Religion Sample Plan of Study [This will open a Google Sheet, which you can view as well as make and save a copy of.]