2024-2025 Undergraduate General Catalog

Religion Major

27 credit hours

Required Courses: 12 credit hours

RELI 110Exploring the Christian Faith (CT)

3

InterReligious Course: 3 credit hours

Take one of the following courses.
RELI 216God: The Problem and the Promise (RT)

3

RELI 248Religions of the World (E)(RT)

3

RELI 251Christianity and Islam: A Comparative Exploration (E) (RT)

3

RELI 256Jesus in Islam and Christianity (PW)

3

RELI 260Geographies and Stories of Faith (E) (RT)

3

Textual Exploration Course: 3 credit hours

Take one of the following courses.
RELI 201Introduction to Hebrew Bible/Old Testament (RT)(E)

3

RELI 212Lessons in Living: Biblical and Contemporary Reflections on Wisdom (RT)

3

RELI 213Power, Politics, and the Biblical Prophets (E) (RT)

3

RELI 214Telling Stories, Disrupting Order: Gospels and Other Transformations (E) (RT)

3

RELI 218Apocalypse: Hope and the Future (E) (RT) (W)

3

RELI 229Reading for Meaning and Truth: Hermes, God of Thieves & Interp (E) (RT) (W)

3

RELI 250Story, Faith, and Meaning: Biblical Origin Stories (E) (RT)

3

Intersections Course: 3 credit hours

Take one of the following courses.
PHIL 200/RELI 200Reason, Faith and the Search for Meaning (RT)(E)

3

PHIL 210/RELI 210Ethical Perspectives (E) (RT)

3

RELI 211/PHIL 211Scriptures, Sci Fi, & Fantasy (E) (RT)

3

RELI 219God, Suffering, and Evil (E) (RT)

3

RELI 235Gender, Sexuality, & Religion (RT)(E)

3

RELI 241/PHIL 241Theology and Philosophy in Dialog (RT)

3

RELI 242Liberation Theologies (RT)

3

RELI 243Religion, Science, and Technology (E) (RT)

3

RELI 245After Auschwitz: The Holocaust and Christian Faith (E) (RT)

3

RELI 247From Plato to Genesis to Job: The Question of Justice (E) (RT)

3

RELI 254Religion, Medicine, and Ethics (E) (RT)

3

RELI 255Religion, Politics and Violence (E) (RT)

3

RELI 257Theology and the Arts (RT)

3

RELI 261Reformation and Revolution: Confessing Movements in the Church Catholic (E) (RT)

3

RELI 264/PHIL 264Religion and the Environment (E) (RT)

3

RELI 265Manga, 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.]