 | | Course ID: | RELI 1001. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam | Course
Description: | An introductory survey of the religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Theories, methods, and inclusion of relevant information may vary according to instructors and sections. | | Athena Title: | Judaism Christianity Islam | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in RELI 1001E | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 1001E. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam | Course
Description: | An introductory survey of the religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Theories, methods, and inclusion of relevant information may vary according to instructors and sections. | | Athena Title: | Judaism Christianity Islam | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in RELI 1001 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 1002E. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Religions of India, China, and Japan | Course
Description: | A broad introduction to the major religious traditions of Asia, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, the Chinese traditions of Daoism and Confucianism, and Japanese Shinto. The course will focus on central figures, core concepts, aims and beliefs, and primary religious practices within each tradition. | | Athena Title: | Religions India China Japan | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in RELI 1002 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 1002. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Religions of India, China, and Japan | Course
Description: | A broad introduction to the major religious traditions of Asia, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, the Chinese traditions of Daoism and Confucianism, and Japanese Shinto. The course will focus on central figures, core concepts, aims and beliefs, and primary religious practices within each tradition. | | Athena Title: | Religions India China Japan | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in RELI 1002E | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 1003. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Religious Thought | Course
Description: | Religion including various theological perspectives and the philosophy of religion. | | Athena Title: | Introduction Religious Thought | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in RELI 1003E | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 1003E. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Religious Thought | Course
Description: | Religion, including various theological perspectives and the
philosophy of religion. | | Athena Title: | Introduction Religious Thought | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in RELI 1003 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 1006E. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Religions of the World | Course
Description: | Survey of the religions of the world, including religions
originating in the Near East, India, China, Japan, Africa, and
Native America. | | Athena Title: | Religions of the World | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in RELI 1006 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 1006. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Religions of the World | Course
Description: | Survey of the religions of the world, including religions originating in the Near East, India, China, Japan, Africa, and Native America. | | Athena Title: | Religions of the World | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in RELI 1006E | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 1007. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Reading the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible | Course
Description: | Introduction to the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible in translation.
Students engage representative portions of a primary text which
has strongly influenced and shaped world history, culture,
literature, and politics. Students will also explore some critical
perspectives in scholarship. | | Athena Title: | Old Testament/Hebrew Bible | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in RELI 1007E | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 1007E. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Reading the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible | Course
Description: | Introduction to the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible in translation. Students engage representative portions of a primary text which has strongly influenced and shaped world history, culture, literature, and politics. Students will also explore some critical perspectives in scholarship. | | Athena Title: | Old Testament/Hebrew Bible | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in RELI 1007 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 1008. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Reading the New Testament | Course
Description: | Introductory course in which students read entire New Testament
or representative selections. Mainly provides opportunity to
interact closely with a primary text which has strongly
influenced and shaped world history, culture, literature, and
politics; will also explore some critical perspectives in New
Testament studies. | | Athena Title: | NEW TESTAMENT | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 1009. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Indigenous Religions | Course
Description: | Who are Indigenous peoples and what are indigenous religions? Exploration of these questions through an examination of indigenous religions around the world from ancient times to the present. Modern religious traditions will be examined with reference to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. | | Athena Title: | Indigenous Religions | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in RELI 1009E | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 1009E. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Indigenous Religions | Course
Description: | Who are Indigenous peoples and what are indigenous religions? Exploration of these questions through an examination of indigenous religions around the world from ancient times to the present. Modern religious traditions will be examined with reference to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. | | Athena Title: | Indigenous Religions | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in RELI 1009 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI(NAMS) 1100. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Native American Studies | Course
Description: | A broad overview of Native American cultures and history. Focus
will be on tribes in North America. | | Athena Title: | INTRO NATIVE AMERIC | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI(AFST) 1200. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Study of African Religion | Course
Description: | Introduction to meaning, origin, and characteristics of African
religion, focusing on the approaches and challenges in studying
African religion. | | Athena Title: | Intro to Study of African Reli | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in RELI 1200E | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 1200E. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Study of African Religion | Course
Description: | Introduction to meaning, origin, and characteristics of African religion, focusing on the approaches and challenges in studying African religion. | | Athena Title: | Intro to Study of African Reli | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in RELI 1200, AFST 1200 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AFST(RELI) 1201. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Nature and Structure of African Religions | Course
Description: | Study of terminologies and basic beliefs of African religions,
dwelling on African concepts of Supreme Being, divinities,
spirits, ancestors, and magic and medicine. | | Athena Title: | NATUR & STRUC AFREL | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in RELI(AFST) 1200 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 1300. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Jews and Food | Course
Description: | Food preparation and consumption have always been important aspects of Jewish religion, identity, and culture. Jewish foodways have been shaped by biblical and rabbinic traditions as well as the many global societies that Jews have been a part of. This course examines the importance of food in Jewish tradition and includes opportunities to experience Jewish food firsthand through cooking and eating. | | Athena Title: | Jews and Food | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 1400. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Jews and Judaism in Popular Culture | Course
Description: | Explores the long history of depictions of Jewish people and Jewish religion in popular culture, from ancient and medieval art to modern retellings of biblical stories, contemporary representations of the Holocaust, and depictions of American, Israeli, and European Jewry in film and literature. | | Athena Title: | Judaism in Popular Culture | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 2001H. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (Honors) | Course
Description: | Judaism, Christianity, Islam and background religions, such as those of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome. | | Athena Title: | Judaism Christianity Islam H | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in RELI 1001 | | Prerequisite: | Permission of Honors | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 2002H. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to the Religions of India, China, and Japan (Honors) | Course
Description: | The religions of India, China, and Japan, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, and Shinto. | | Athena Title: | INDIA/CHINA/JAPAN-H | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in RELI 1002 | | Prerequisite: | Permission of Honors | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 2003H. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Religious Thought (Honors) | Course
Description: | Religion including various theological perspectives and the philosophy of religion. | | Athena Title: | INTR REL THGHT | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in RELI 1003 | | Prerequisite: | Permission of Honors | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI(NAMS) 2004. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Religion in Native American Cultures | Course
Description: | Native religious traditions of selected cultures of North America, with special attention to cultures of the Southeast, Great Plains, and Southwest. | | Athena Title: | NATIVE AMERICAN REL | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in RELI 2004H or RELI(NAMS) 2004H | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI(NAMS) 2004H. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Religion in Native American Cultures (Honors) | Course
Description: | Elements of religion in selected cultures of North America, with emphasis on issues of cross-cultural understanding. | | Athena Title: | NATIVE AMERICAN REL | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in RELI 2004 | | Prerequisite: | Permission of Honors | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI(AFAM) 2005. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | African American Religions: An Introduction | Course
Description: | Major and selected contemporary religious groups and movements among African Americans. | | Athena Title: | INTRO AFRCN AM REL | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 2008. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | The Gospel of Mark | Course
Description: | An introduction to the Gospel of Mark and to select methods
used in the academic study of the Gospels. | | Athena Title: | The Gospel of Mark | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 2012. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Asian Religions in America | Course
Description: | Examination of the diverse religious affiliations and identities of Asian Americans in North America. An interdisciplinary analysis of religious traditions, migration/diaspora experience, and contemporary issues, while grounding this knowledge in the Asian American cultures and socio-historical contexts that have influenced both continuity and change. | | Athena Title: | Asian Religions in America | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in RELI 2012H | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 2012H. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Asian Religions in America (Honors) | Course
Description: | Examination of the diverse religious affiliations and identities of Asian Americans in North America. An interdisciplinary analysis of religious traditions, migration/diaspora experience, and contemporary issues, while grounding this knowledge in the Asian American cultures and socio-historical contexts that have influenced both continuity and change. | | Athena Title: | Asian Religions in America Hon | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in RELI 2012 | | Prerequisite: | Permission of Honors | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 2013. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Law and Religion | Course
Description: | Examines the relationship between law and religion from the origins of law and ethics in religion in ancient times to views of religion in different cultures. Particular focus will be placed on the interaction of law and religion in the United States. | | Athena Title: | Law and Religion | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in RELI 2013H | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 2013H. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Law and Religion (Honors) | Course
Description: | Examines the relationship between law and religion from the origins of law and ethics in religion in ancient times to views of religion in different cultures. Particular focus will be placed on the interaction of law and religion in the United States. | | Athena Title: | Law and Religion Honors | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in RELI 2013 | | Prerequisite: | Permission of Honors | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 2014. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Genealogical and Genetic Genealogical Research of American Ethno-Religious Community | Course
Description: | An introduction to researching the genealogical history of prominent Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Hindu, and Buddhist men and women among the African American, Latino, Asian American, Arab American, Native American, and Caucasian American ethno-religious communities. Students will also research their own families’ genealogy and its religious aspects, aided by genetic genealogy. | | Athena Title: | Intro Genealogy American Relig | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AFST(ANTH)(CMLT)(GEOG)(SOCI)(RELI) 2100. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Africa | Course
Description: | The history, physical environment (landforms, vegetation, and climate), and sociocultural environment (artistic, political, and social development) of Africa. | | Athena Title: | Introduction to Africa | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in AFST 2100E | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI(AFAM) 3000. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | The Bible in the Third World | Course
Description: | Interpretations of the Bible in Africa, Asia, Central and South America and the influence upon minority communities in the United States. | | Athena Title: | BIBLE THIRD WORLD | | Prerequisite: | RELI 1001 or RELI 1002 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AFST(RELI) 3003. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Christianity, Mission, and International Development in Africa | Course
Description: | Examines how the different actors engaged with Christianity,
mission, and international development in Africa have understood
Christianity in different ways, leading to a range of intended
and unintended effects from the colonial period until today. | | Athena Title: | Christianity Mission Intl Dev | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI(AFST) 3004. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Global Christianity | Course
Description: | An exploration of different expressions of Christianity around
the world. | | Athena Title: | Global Christianity | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 3010. 1 hour. | | Course Title: | Family Dynamics in Morocco | Course
Description: | Living with and understanding a Moroccan family, its nurturing
of its members, its roles, interrelationships, economic
resources, stressors, family customs, the impact of Islam, the
emotions of the family and the student participant observer,
and comparison with American family life. | | Athena Title: | FAMILY DYN MOROCCO | | Nontraditional Format: | Field-based course for Maymester term with the major portion of
learning occuring while living with Moroccan families,
supplemented by lectures and group discussions. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 3030. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Religion and the Media | Course
Description: | Religion in the mass media. Topics may include the coverage of religious issues or events by the news media and the presentation of religious themes or concepts in the entertainment media. | | Athena Title: | RELIGION & MEDIA | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI(HIST) 3150. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Religion in the United States | Course
Description: | The significant developments in American religious history and thought from Puritanism to the present with attention to the social and cultural contexts in which various religious movements arose. | | Athena Title: | Religion in the United States | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in RELI 3150E, HIST 3150E, RELI 4107, RELI 6107 | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI(HIST) 3150E. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Religion in the United States | Course
Description: | The significant developments in American religious history and thought from Puritanism to the present with attention to the social and cultural contexts in which various religious movements arose. | | Athena Title: | Religion in the United States | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in RELI 3150, HIST 3150, RELI 4107, RELI 6107 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI(AFST) 3202. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | African Concept of God and Humanity | Course
Description: | African concepts of God in names, attributes, status,
monotheism, human origin, function of soul, human destiny,
rites of passage, and predestination. | | Athena Title: | AFR CNCPT GOD & HUM | | Prerequisite: | RELI(AFST) 1200 or AFST(RELI) 1201 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AFST(RELI) 3203. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | African Mythology | Course
Description: | Examination and analysis of African myths, legends, fables,
etc. The significance and functionalism of these and
comparison to those in other world religions. | | Athena Title: | AFRICAN MYTHOLOGY | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in RELI(AFST) 3202 | | Prerequisite: | RELI(AFST) 1200 or AFST(RELI) 1201 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 3300. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to East Asian Religions | Course
Description: | The history, beliefs, and practices of major traditions of China and Japan, particularly Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. Special attention will be paid to the evolution of diverse forms within each tradition, and to the interactions of the different traditions. | | Athena Title: | INTRO E ASIAN REL | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI(ANTH)(NAMS) 3901. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Methods in the Study of Native American Culture | Course
Description: | Examination of the various methods used to study Native American
cultures and religious traditions, including history,
anthropology, literature, and history of religions. | | Athena Title: | Study of Native Amer Culture | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4001/6001. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Old Testament/Hebrew Bible Literature | Course
Description: | The nature, content, and problems of the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible, with attention given to historical data, literary forms, and ancient Near Eastern cultural backgrounds. | | Athena Title: | Old Testament/Hebrew Bible Lit | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4002/6002. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Prophetic Literature of the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible | Course
Description: | The origin and development of the phenomenon of prophecy as it existed throughout the history of ancient Israel. | | Athena Title: | PROPHETIC LIT OT/HB | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4003/6003. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Ancient Israelite Religion | Course
Description: | Origins of the religion of ancient Israel, its emergence from and continuities with ancient West Semitic religion and culture. Historical and comparative methods, emphasizing current knowledge of Near Eastern history and religions contemporary with ancient Israel. | | Athena Title: | ANC ISRAELITE REL | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4004/6004. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Old Testament/Hebrew Bible: The Writings | Course
Description: | Course covers the biblical books that are not covered in
Old Testament/Hebrew Bible Literature (the narrative books) and
Prophetic Literature of the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible (the
prophets). Included are poetry (Psalms), wisdom (Job, Proverbs,
Ecclesiastes), and the Five Scrolls (Song of Songs, Ruth,
Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther). | | Athena Title: | Old Test/Hebrew Bible Writings | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4005/6005. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Topics in Hebrew Bible | Course
Description: | Study of a particular book, theme, or period in the Hebrew
Bible (Tanak, Old Testament), focusing on both the Bible in its
context in the ancient Near East and its influence in later
literature and history. Study of the Biblical text through
archaeological, theological, literary, and historical
perspectives. | | Athena Title: | TOPICS HEBREW BIBLE | | Prerequisite: | Third-year or fourth-year student standing or permission of department | | Pre or Corequisite: | RELI 4001/6001 or permission of department | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4006/6006. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Women and the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible | Course
Description: | Portrayals and views of women, and women's views, in the Hebrew
Bible and related literature. The selection of texts will
highlight a particular set of themes each semester. | | Athena Title: | Women of Old Test Hebrew Bible | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4010. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Modern Hebrew Literature | Course
Description: | Major works, literary movements, and cultural background of the
modern and contemporary periods examined within their specific
historical contexts. Texts will include examples of poetry, prose,
and drama. Given in Hebrew. | | Athena Title: | Modern Hebrew Literature | | Prerequisite: | HEBR 2003 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4020/6020. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Women in the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible | Course
Description: | A selection of Iconic female agents mainly in the Old
Testament/Hebrew Bible, their characterization, their social
worlds, and the use to which the writers put these, in the context
of ancient literature. | | Athena Title: | Women Old Test Hebrew Bible | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4040/6040. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Apocalyptic Literature | Course
Description: | Apocalyptic literature from its origins in the sixth and fifth centuries BCE down to its flourishing in Hellenistic and Roman times. Texts to be studied include Isaiah 24-27, 40-66, Zechariah 9-14, Joel, Malachi, Daniel, I Enoch, IV Ezra, Baruch, Qumran material, Mark 13 and the Book of Revelation. Questions bearing on contemporary theological significance will also be discussed. | | Athena Title: | APOCALYPTIC LIT | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4070/6070. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Judaism | Course
Description: | The interaction of Jewish history and Western civilization, with emphasis upon the development of Jewish religion in the biblical, rabbinic, and modern periods. | | Athena Title: | JUDAISM | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4071/6071. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | The Holocaust | Course
Description: | The background and legacy of the destruction of European Jewry from 1933 to 1945. Topics include: the historical context, Holocaust art, literature, and film, the reactions of rescuers and bystanders, and theological issues raised by the Holocaust. | | Athena Title: | HOLOCAUST | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4071H. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | The Holocaust (Honors) | Course
Description: | The background and legacy of the destruction of European Jewry from 1933 to 1945. Topics include: the historical context; Holocaust art, literature, and film; the reactions of rescuers and bystanders; and theological issues raised by the Holocaust. | | Athena Title: | HOLOCAUST HONORS | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in RELI 4071/6071 | | Prerequisite: | Permission of Honors | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4072/6072. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | American Judaism | Course
Description: | An examination of what it means, and has meant, to be a Jew in
the United States, with emphasis upon the historical experience
and religious expressions of American Jews. | | Athena Title: | AMERICAN JUDAISM | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4073/6073. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Law and Religion in Israel | Course
Description: | This course treats issues in which law and religion meet,
overlap, and conflict within Israel. Topics include medical
issues (end-of-life, abortion, surrogacy), religious control
disputes, the restriction of non-Orthodox movements, and the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Readings include primary
sources; texts of actual legal cases. | | Athena Title: | LAW & RELI ISRAEL | | Prerequisite: | Third-year or fourth-year student standing or permission of department | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4074/6074. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Law and Lawcodes in the Ancient Mediterranean World | Course
Description: | Explores the promulgation of laws from Sumer and Babylon to Greek and Biblical materials ending ca. 500 BCE. Exposes conceptions of law and the state as these mutate with social and political conditions, and the administration of the law as reflected in procedural records. Issues include the legal status of persons, citizenship and marriage, and economic regulation. | | Athena Title: | Law the Beginnings | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4075/6075. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | The Jewish Experience | Course
Description: | Examines Judaism and Jews with reference to internal and
external relationships in particular historical and
contemporary contexts. Topics may include religion, theology,
community, interfaith relations, literature, social location,
and even internal Jewish heterodoxy from the birth of Judaism
to the present. | | Athena Title: | The Jewish Experience | | Prerequisite: | RELI 1001 or RELI 1003 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4080/6080. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | New Testament Literature | Course
Description: | The nature, content, and problems of New Testament literature, with particular attention given to its canonization and textual transmission. | | Athena Title: | NEW TESTAMENT LIT | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4081/6081. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Jesus | Course
Description: | Although primarily a study of what Jesus taught, attention is given to the literary and environmental background of his teaching, the historical life of the teacher, and the contemporary validity of what he taught. | | Athena Title: | JESUS | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4082/6082. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Life and Letters of Paul | Course
Description: | An historical-exegetical study of the life and letters of Paul, the relation between Acts and the Pauline epistles, early non-Pauline Gentile Christianity, Pauline theology, and its lasting impression on Christianity. | | Athena Title: | LIFE-LETTERS PAUL | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4083/6083. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | The New Testament World | Course
Description: | The political, social and religious influences on the New Testament writings. Special attention is given to intertestamental Judaism and Hellenistic and Roman religion as background to New Testament Christianity. | | Athena Title: | NEW TESTAMENT WORLD | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4084/6084. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Gospels | Course
Description: | A study of the four New Testament gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke,
and John). An examination of the genre of these writings, their
historical contexts, theories about their formation, their
primary themes, methods used for interpreting them, and
signficant scholarly interpretations of these books. | | Athena Title: | GOSPELS | | Prerequisite: | Third- or fourth-year standing or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4085/6085. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | The Gospel According to John | Course
Description: | Examines some critical issues and key themes associated with the
Gospel of John, includes an extensive examination of the full
text of the gospel with reference to several commentaries, and
devotes some attention to the epistles of John. | | Athena Title: | GOSPEL OF JOHN | | Prerequisite: | Third- or fourth-year student standing or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4088/6088. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Topics in New Testament Studies and Early Christianity | Course
Description: | Study of a particular book, theme, period, or method in the
field of New Testament Studies/Early Christianity. | | Athena Title: | NT Studies Seminar | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | RELI 4080/6080 or RELI 4081/6081 or RELI 4082/6082 or RELI 4083/6083 or RELI 4084/6084 or RELI 4085/6085 or RELI(GREK) 4089/6089 | | Graduate Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI(GREK) 4089/6089. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Biblical Greek | Course
Description: | Students will read through selections from the Greek New
Testament or Septuagint in Greek. While attention will be given
to issues of interpretation, the course will focus on Greek
translation, grammar, and syntax. | | Athena Title: | BIBLICAL GREEK | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | (GREK 1001 and 1002) or (GREK 2050 and 2060) | | Graduate Prerequisite: | (GREK 1001 and 1002) or (GREK 2050 and 2060) or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4090/6090. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Trinity: The Christian Doctrine of God | Course
Description: | The doctrine of the Trinity is one of the most unique and
fundamental aspects of Christian theology. This course provides
a survey of trinitarian discourse from its ancient roots and
medieval developments through its 20th-century revival and
contemporary formulations and practical implications. | | Athena Title: | Trinity | | Prerequisite: | Junior or Senior Standing or permission of department | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4095/6095. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Christianity and Sustainability | Course
Description: | In an era marked by profound and often deepening environmental,
social, and economic crises, we are challenged to seek
sustainable solutions to these issues. This course surveys,
analyzes, evaluates, and applies ways in which various Christian
thinkers and communities define these local and global crises
and seek sustainable solutions. | | Athena Title: | Christianity and Sustainabilit | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior student standing or permission of department | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4100/6100. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Reformation Theology | Course
Description: | A survey of the leading theologians of the Protestant and
Catholic Reformations of the sixteenth century. | | Athena Title: | Reformation Theology | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4101/6101. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | History of Christian Theology (Ancient-Medieval) | Course
Description: | The development of Christian thought from the first through the fourteenth century as expressed in the writings and practices of the Christian community and its leading thinkers. | | Athena Title: | CHRST THEO ANCT/MED | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4102/6102. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | History of Christian Theology (Modern-Contemporary) | Course
Description: | The development of Christian thought from the fifteenth century to the present as expressed in the writings and practices of the Christian community and its leading thinkers. | | Athena Title: | CHRSTN THEO/MOD-CON | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4103/6103. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Perspectives in Catholic Theology | Course
Description: | An examination of major themes in Roman Catholic theology, with
emphases on the United States and how Catholic theology differs
from Protestant theology. | | Athena Title: | Perspectives in Catholic Theol | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4104/6104. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Sex and Marriage in Christian Theology | Course
Description: | An exploration of the theology of sex and marriage in
Christianity from the patristic period to the contemporary
church. | | Athena Title: | Sex Marriage Christian Theol | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4105/6105. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Women in Christian History | Course
Description: | The relationship between women and Christianity, particularly concerning matters involving gender equality in church and society. | | Athena Title: | WOMEN CHRISTN HIST | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4106/6106. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Women in Early Christian Literature | Course
Description: | An exploration of biblical and other literature in the first five hundred years of Christianity focused on examining women's participation and leadership. | | Athena Title: | WOMEN IN EARLY CHRI | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4107/6107. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | American Religious History | Course
Description: | Major and innovative religious organizations, ideas, movements, and personalities as they express themselves in particular religious settings as well as the manner in which they have influenced other aspects of American culture. | | Athena Title: | American Religious History | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in RELI 3150, HIST 3150, RELI 3150E, HIST 3150E | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4108/6108. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Christian Feminist Theology | Course
Description: | An introduction to some of the major issues in Christian
feminist theology, including both critical and constructive
feminist approaches to the doctrine of God, Christology, and
theological anthropology. | | Athena Title: | Christian Feminist Theology | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4109/6109. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Christian Anthropology: Past, Present, Future | Course
Description: | Examination of the meaning of being "human" in the past,
present, and future. Emphasizing contemporary scientific,
philosophical, and theological sources, the course is framed
around the question of how Christian thinkers today understand
Homo sapiens as a species that has evolved to bear the image of
their creator God. | | Athena Title: | Christian Anthropology | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI(ANTH) 4110/6110. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Anthropology and American Religion | Course
Description: | An examination of American religious beliefs, practices, and
organizations from an anthropological perspective. | | Athena Title: | ANTH & AMRCN RELIGN | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4120/6120. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Figures in American Catholicism | Course
Description: | A biographical survey of significant Catholic figures in the
Americas whose faith, thought, and actions continue to shape
our cultural landscape in the realms of cinema and television,
politics, economics, morality, and religion. A multi-media
approach showcases figures from Martin Sheen to Flannery
O'Connor to Pope Francis. | | Athena Title: | Figures American Catholicism | | Prerequisite: | Third year standing or fourth year standing or permission of department | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI(AFAM) 4201/6201. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | African American Religious History | Course
Description: | The religious traditions of African Americans from Colonial times to the present; major religious movements, personalities, and ideas and their relationship to various aspects of American culture. | | Athena Title: | AFRCN AM REL HIST | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI(AFAM) 4202/6202. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Southern Religious History | Course
Description: | The origins, growth, and current practices of religion in the American South. The interaction between religion and other aspects of Southern culture, such as racial and gender concerns, education, Darwinian science, temperance, and politics. | | Athena Title: | SOUTHERN REL HIST | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI(AFAM) 4203/6203. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | The Bible in the Black Church | Course
Description: | Biblical interpretation in black America from 1865 to the present. | | Athena Title: | BIBLE BLACK CHURCH | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4204/6204. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Martin Luther King, Jr. and Religion | Course
Description: | Examines the relationship between the Civil Rights Movement and
religion through the words and activities of Martin Luther King,
Jr. during the 1950s and 1960s and poses questions regarding the
continuing impact of religion on the quest for racial freedom
and vice versa. | | Athena Title: | MARTIN L KING & REL | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4300/6300. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Islam and Its World | Course
Description: | Islam as a religious and sociocultural phenomenon. The fundamental principles of the Islamic faith, Qu'ran, the Sunna of Muhammad, Islamic sectarianism, Islamic law, theology, and mysticism, and themes in Islamic art. The course will also survey Islam in its various forms throughout the world. | | Athena Title: | ISLAM AND ITS WORLD | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4301/6301. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Islamic Thought in the Caliphal Age | Course
Description: | Islamic scholarship from the eighth through the fourteenth centuries. Principal topics covered will include the Qur'an and Qur'anic exegesis, the Hadith tradition, Islamic law, theology, philosophy, and Sufi mysticism. | | Athena Title: | ISLAMIC THOUGHT | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4302/6302. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Islam and the Modern World | Course
Description: | Islamic modernism and revivalism as a response to Western cultural penetration since the eighteenth century. Subjects covered will include Sufi reformism, Wahhabism, the Salafiyya movement, Islamic "Fundamentalism," the Iranian Revolution, women's rights, and Western perceptions of Islam. | | Athena Title: | ISLAM/MODERN WORLD | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4303/6303. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | The Sufi Way | Course
Description: | Islamic mysticism, both as a set of metaphysical doctrines and as it is expressed in religious practices. Particular attention will be given to the doctrinal development of Sufism, its literature, major figures, and the process of consciousness transformation. | | Athena Title: | THE SUFI WAY | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4304/6304. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | The Koran, Sacred Text of Islam | Course
Description: | Historical, thematic study of the Islamic sacred text, the Koran, including textual history, its compilation, and the stages that led to its printed form. There will also be an introduction to basic technical terms of the Koranic sciences, Koranic hermeneutics, and Arabic script and phonology. | | Athena Title: | KORAN | | Prerequisite: | Junior standing or permission of department | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4305/6305. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Mohammad, Life and Teachings from Earliest Sources | Course
Description: | Historical, thematic, detailed study of the life of Mohammad, the prophet of Islam, from earliest sources. An examination of biographical (sirah) material, the Transmitted Traditions (hadith), and debates about the Traditions. The introduction to Arabic script and phonology will permit students to read a few of Mohammad's short sayings. | | Athena Title: | MOHAMMAD | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI(CMLT) 4307/6307. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Comparative Islamic Literature | Course
Description: | The major genres of Islamic literature and its principle concepts, covering Qur'anic, hadith, legal and political literature, philosophy, theology, historiography, hagiography, and poetry, emphasizing the Medieval period and mystical prose and poetry primarily in Arabic, Persian, and Turkish. The works will be in English translation. A writing intensive course. | | Athena Title: | COMP ISLAMIC LIT | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI(ARAB) 4308/6308. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Islamic Calligraphic Art and the Vision of Islam | Course
Description: | In an era when dehumanization is widespread, the beauty of Islamic calligraphy is a refreshing body of content that can be approached from a rehumanizing scholarly perspective. This course surveys various Arabic calligraphic scripts and genres and analyzes the viewpoints expressed in Islamic calligraphic compositions. | | Athena Title: | Islamic Calligraphic Art | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4310/6310. 4 hours. | | Course Title: | Islam and Islamic Culture in Morocco | Course
Description: | An examination of Islam and Islamic culture in Morocco. The course covers basic Islamic beliefs and practices and the most significant aspects of Islamic culture in Morocco, such as music, art, and architecture. | | Athena Title: | ISLAM IN MOROCCO | | Nontraditional Format: | This is a maymester summer abroad program and will thus entail, with the course work, extensive travel throughout Morocco and homestays with Moroccan families. The educational experience of this course will be of an on-going "immersion" type. | | Prerequisite: | Third-year student standing or permission of department | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4400/6400. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | The History of Religions | Course
Description: | The nature of early primitive religions and the main outlines of the chief living religions of the world. The method will be both historical and analytical. | | Athena Title: | HISTORY OF RELIGION | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4401/6401. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | The Buddhist Tradition | Course
Description: | Buddhism from its origin in the life and teachings of the Buddha through the period of philosophical ferment in India, and its thought and institutions in the East and the West up to the present. | | Athena Title: | BUDDHIST TRADITION | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4402/6402. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Confucianism and Chinese Tradition | Course
Description: | Confucianism and its place in traditional Chinese religion, thought, and culture. Emphasis on the teachings of foundational thinkers such as Confucius, Mencius, and Hsun-tzu. | | Athena Title: | CONFUCIANISM | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4403/6403. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | The Taoist Tradition | Course
Description: | Taoism and its place in traditional Chinese religion, thought, and culture. Emphasis on the classical texts, Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu; the evolution of the later Taoist religion; and the many varieties of Taoist spirituality. | | Athena Title: | TAOIST TRADITION | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4404/6404. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Japanese Religion | Course
Description: | Religion in Japan from earliest times to the present, with emphasis upon Shinto, the domestication of Buddhism, and the relationship of religion to the Japanese state and "national identity." Particular attention given to the development of Zen in Japan. | | Athena Title: | JAPANESE RELIGION | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4405/6405. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Buddhist Ritual Practices | Course
Description: | The variety of ritual practices employed by Buddhists around the
world. An examination of both ritual studies generally and
Buddhist
rituals in specific. | | Athena Title: | BUDDHIST RITUAL | | Prerequisite: | Third- or fourth-year student standing or permission of department | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4406/6406. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | The Hindu Tradition | Course
Description: | An in-depth study of Hinduism. The philosophy, ritual,
iconography, literature, architecture, and social theory of
Hinduism, a form of religion and culture that have dramatically
shaped the history of South Asia and beyond. | | Athena Title: | HINDU TRAD | | Prerequisite: | Third-year standing or permission of department | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4407/6407. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | East Asian Buddhism | Course
Description: | This course focuses on the varieties of Buddhism located throughout East Asia. It highlights themes related to the introduction, adaptation, and maturation of Buddhism in China before continuing on developments for Buddhism in Korea and Japan. | | Athena Title: | East Asian Buddhism | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4410/6410. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Gandhi and Nonviolence: History, Theory, and Practice | Course
Description: | Focus is on Gandhi's life, work, and teachings examining his
historical context; central religious and ethical ideas;
campaigns toward nonviolent social transformation and Indian
independence; his roles as religious thinker, social reformer,
and political strategist; the cross-cultural reach of his work
and the continued relevance of his legacy. | | Athena Title: | Gandhi and Nonviolence | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI(PHIL) 4500/6500. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Philosophy of Religion | Course
Description: | The meaning, nature, and validity of religious discourse, beliefs, and practices, involving theories concerning the existence and nature of God and humanity's relation to God. | | Athena Title: | Philosophy of Religion | | Prerequisite: | RELI 1003 or RELI 1003E or RELI 2003H or PHIL 2010 or PHIL 2010H or PHIL 2010E or PHIL 2020 or PHIL 2020H or PHIL 2020E or PHIL 2030 or PHIL 2030H or PHIL 2030E or any 3000-level PHIL course | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4510/6510. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Indian Religions | Course
Description: | The basic contours of thought and practice of selected Indian religions, including the Vedas, Upanishads, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sufism, Sikhism, and the epic and poetic traditions. | | Athena Title: | INDIAN RELIGIONS | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4520/6520. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Constructive Theology | Course
Description: | The aims, methods, and content of theology as related to the theistic religions of humanity. | | Athena Title: | CONSTRUCTIVE THEO | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4530/6530. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Theology and Culture | Course
Description: | The relation of theology to philosophy, science, technology, and the arts, with special attention to the theological attempts to deal with the impact of science and technology upon culture and civilization. | | Athena Title: | THEOLOGY/CULTURE | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI(WMST) 4550/6550. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Women in World Religions | Course
Description: | What do religions say about women? What do women say about religions? This class will examine women’s lives in a variety of religious traditions around the world. | | Athena Title: | Women in World Religions | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4600/6600. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Religion and Literature | Course
Description: | An examination of religious themes in literature, focusing on
religion generally, not a particular religion. The Enlightenment
challenge to religion and literature's dealings with that
challenge; identity in modern and postmodern fiction and world,
community and modernity; and orthodox and unorthodox religious
understandings in modern fiction. | | Athena Title: | RELIGION AND LIT | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | Third-year standing or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4602/6602. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Readings in Popular Theology | Course
Description: | A survey of popular Christian readings highlighting contemporary
Christian theological debates and their relationships to
historical Christian doctrine. | | Athena Title: | Readings in Popular Theology | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4610/6610. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | The Origins of Monotheism and Science | Course
Description: | An exploration of various topics linking the languages of science and religion in the ancient world. For example, the relationships among Babylonian astrology and omenology, and Biblical and Greek thought, in the 8th-6th centuries BCE (the "Axial Age"), focusing on cosmology. Socially contextualized, this is a source of monotheism and philosophy. | | Athena Title: | Monotheism and Science | | Graduate Prerequisite: | Permission of department | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AFST(RELI)(LACS) 4620/6620. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | African Religion in Diaspora | Course
Description: | Diasporic movement, sustainability, modifications, syncretic
tendencies of African Derived Religions in the Americas,
especially Brazil, Cuba, Haiti, and North America. | | Athena Title: | AFRCN RELI DIASPORA | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI(ANTH) 4640/6640. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Anthropology of Religion | Course
Description: | Anthropological approaches to the world's major religions as they relate to complex societies. | | Athena Title: | Anthropology of Religion | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI(NAMS) 4705/6705. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Topics in Native American Studies | Course
Description: | Special topics in Native American Studies. | | Athena Title: | Topics in NAMS | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI(NAMS) 4710/6710. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Directed Reading and Study in Native American Studies | Course
Description: | Individual reading and study in Native American Studies under the
direction of a project director. | | Athena Title: | Dir Study NAMS | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. Will support new certificate in Native American
Studies. | | Prerequisite: | Third year- or fourth year-student standing or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4800. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 9 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Reading and Research in Religion | Course
Description: | Directed study in reading and research in religion. | | Athena Title: | READ AND RSCH REL | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4900. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 9 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Topics and Problems | Course
Description: | Topics and problems in religion with emphasis upon extensive reading in primary sources and individual and/or group research projects. Selection of topics will vary with instructor and interest of students. | | Athena Title: | TOPICS AND PROBLEMS | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4901/6901. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Topics in the Study of Judaism | Course
Description: | Topics and problems concerning Judaism, with emphasis upon
extensive reading in primary sources and individual and/or group
research projects. Selection of topics will vary with instructor
and interest of students. | | Athena Title: | Topics in Judaism | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4902/6902. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Topics in the Study of Christianity | Course
Description: | Topics and problems concerning Christianity, with emphasis upon
extensive reading in primary sources and individual and/or group
research projects. Selection of topics will vary with instructor
and interest of students. | | Athena Title: | Topics in Christianity | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4905/6905. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Topics in the Study of the Religions of the Americas | Course
Description: | Topics and problems concerning religions of the Americas with
emphasis upon extensive reading in primary sources and
individual and/or group research projects. Selection of topics
will vary with instructor and interest of students. | | Athena Title: | Study of Religions of Americas | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4907/6907. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Topics in the Study of Indigenous Religions and Other Studies | Course
Description: | Topics and problems concerning indigenous religions and/or other
religious studies with emphasis upon extensive reading in
primary sources and individual and/or group research projects.
Selection of topics will vary with instructor and interest of
students. | | Athena Title: | Topics Indigenous Religions | | Prerequisite: | Junior or senior standing or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4910/6910. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 9 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Topics and Problems in Religions of India, China, and Japan | Course
Description: | Topics and problems concerning religions of India, China, and
Japan, with emphasis upon extensive reading in primary sources
and individual and/or group research projects. Selection of
topics will vary with instructor and interest of students. | | Athena Title: | Religions of India China Japan | | Prerequisite: | Third- or fourth-year student standing or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4960R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 16 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research I | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, and synthesize and interpret data and
to present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research I | | Nontraditional Format: | This course belongs to a progressive research course sequence to
promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability.
This course requires the close supervision of a faculty member
as the student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4970R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research II | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, and synthesize and interpret data and
to present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research II | | Nontraditional Format: | These courses belong to a progressive research course sequence
to promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability. The
courses require the close supervision of a faculty member as the
student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4980R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research III | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, and synthesize and interpret data and
to present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research III | | Nontraditional Format: | These courses belong to a progressive research course sequence
to promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability. The
courses require the close supervision of a faculty member as the
student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 4990R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Undergraduate Research Thesis (or Final Project) | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, and synthesize and interpret data.
Students will write or produce a thesis or other professional
capstone product, such as a report or portfolio that describes
their systematic and in-depth inquiry. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Thesis | | Nontraditional Format: | This is a capstone course under the direct supervision of a
faculty member. This course may be the culmination of the 4960R-
4980R sequence. Students will write a thesis or other
professional capstone product, such as a report or portfolio,
that describes their systematic and in-depth inquiry into an
unknown, fundamental, or applied problem. The thesis or capstone
product is written in close collaboration with the faculty
member and must be approved by that faculty member and/or the
department. The student will apply understanding of the
discipline to identify or shape the research question and apply
skills and techniques learned to complete the research project.
The student will have gathered data, synthesized relevant
literature and materials, analyzed, and interpreted data. The
student will demonstrate in writing the contribution of their
work to the discovery and interpretation of knowledge
significant to their field of study. The student will have
presented results in the form of a properly formatted,
professionally rigorous thesis document or other appropriate
professional capstone product and through the formal
presentation of the thesis or product to faculty and peers
during an approved event. The student will receive feedback from
the faculty member on the overall execution of their thesis
project, the written thesis, and their presentation. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 7000. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 15 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Master's Research | Course
Description: | Research while enrolled for a master's degree under the direction of faculty members. | | Athena Title: | MASTER'S RESEARCH | | Nontraditional Format: | Independent research under the direction of a faculty member. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 7005. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 45 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Graduate Student Seminar | Course
Description: | Advanced supervised experience in an applied setting. This
course may not be used to satisfy a student's approved program of
study. | | Athena Title: | GRAD STUDENT SEM | | Nontraditional Format: | Seminar. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 7300. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 15 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Master's Thesis | Course
Description: | Thesis writing under the direction of the major professor. | | Athena Title: | MASTER'S THESIS | | Nontraditional Format: | Independent research and thesis preparation. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 8000. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Religion in Global Society | Course
Description: | An examination of religions historically and today as global phenomena: communities and traditions with changing and interacting boundaries. Focuses on religion in plural societies, diasporas, and transnational religions; on the Ancient Near East, Africa, China, Japan, and the Americas; and on worldwide Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. | | Athena Title: | Religion in Global Society | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 8005. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Canons and Their Discontents | Course
Description: | Canons in all dimensions, a field with unbroken ground. Case studies involve canon formation and institutionalization; canon's social effects, among them bonding and stratification; its impact on intellectual development, and hermeneutics. Redefining and engaging so multivalent a subject invites kaleidoscopic conversation from literature and religion to history and sociology. | | Athena Title: | Canons and Their Discontents | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 8100. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Religion and Globalization | Course
Description: | Examines religion and globalization covering an introduction to
the history of and the discourse on globalization and
contemporary theorists and issues emerging in religion from
globalization. Readings such as Giorgio Agamben, Oserhammel and
Petersson, and Eboo Patel. | | Athena Title: | REL GLOBALIZATION | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 8200. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Religion in the Americas | Course
Description: | An examination of religion and culture in North, Central,
Caribbean, and South America, focusing on the following six
themes: religion and colonization; religion and cultural contact
and interactions; religion and conflict; religion and popular
culture; religion, science, and technology; and religion and
ecology. | | Athena Title: | Religion in the Americas | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 8210. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Seminar in Traditional and Contemporary Topics African Traditional Religion | Course
Description: | Examination of fundamental beliefs and practices of African
traditional religion in traditional and contemporary settings
depicting transitional dynamics, religious significance, and
relevance in global religious traditions. | | Athena Title: | Seminar African Trad Contemp | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 8220. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Seminar in Interactions of Religious Traditions in Africa | Course
Description: | A study of religious traditions in Africa with focus on
advents, contacts, common grounds in religious beliefs,
practices, and teachings. Referencing African Traditional
Religion, Christianity, and Islam, this course examines themes
such as faith, worship, concepts of creation, sin, salvation,
and dynamics of interactions, including syncretism and
religious dialogue. | | Athena Title: | Seminar African Religious Trad | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 8230. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Seminar in African Derived Religions | Course
Description: | An in-depth survey and examination of the identification,
origins, formations, and developments of African Derived
Religions outside the African Continent. It focuses on the
religious and social emancipation and identity issues fostered
by the religions in their different locations, particularly in
contemporary religious, social, and legal dynamics. | | Athena Title: | Seminar African Derived Reli | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 8450. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 1 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Seminar in Problems and Topics in Biblical Research | Course
Description: | Major issues in Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) and/or New Testament research. Pentateuchal criticism, prophecy, apocalyptic movements, wisdom literature, the history of Religion of Ancient Israel, the text of the New Testament, the canon of the New Testament, Synoptic Gospels, Jesus, and Paul. Some topics will require a reading knowledge of Greek and/or Hebrew. | | Athena Title: | SEM BIBL RSCH | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 8460. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 1 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Seminar in Problems and Topics in Judaism | Course
Description: | A major field or issue in Judaic studies such as Rabbinic literature, Jewish Mysticism, or Post-Holocaust Theology, or a particular Jewish thinker or school of thought. Some topics will require a reading knowledge of Hebrew. | | Athena Title: | SEMINAR IN JUDIASM | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 8480. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 1 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Seminar in Problems and Topics in Islamic Research | Course
Description: | Major issues in Islamic studies, Qur'anic exegesis, Islamic law, philosophy, history, literature, hadith, sectarianism, and Sufism. | | Athena Title: | SEM IN ISLAMIC RSCH | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 8490. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 1 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Seminar in Problems and Topics in Asian Religions | Course
Description: | Issues in one or more religions of South or East Asia, focusing on textual, historical, and/or interpretive problems. | | Athena Title: | SEM IN ASIAN REL | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 8500. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 1 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Seminar in the History of Christian Thought | Course
Description: | The life, thought, and religious activities of a selected major or innovative Christian leader and his/her impact on the development of Christianity. | | Athena Title: | SEM HIS CHRIST THGT | | Prerequisite: | RELI 4102/6102 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 8510. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 1 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Seminar in Problems and Topics in Theology | Course
Description: | Traditional and contemporary problems and topics in theology. Substantive and methodological issues will be addressed. | | Athena Title: | SEMINAR IN THEOLOGY | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 8520. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 1 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Seminar in Christian Theologians | Course
Description: | The works of Christian theologians both past and present. Substantive and methodological issues will be addressed. | | Athena Title: | CHRISTIAN THEOLGNS | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 8610. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Seminar Topics in Religion, Theory, and the Arts | Course
Description: | Major issues in arts, literature, and religion with
concentration on cultural and theoretical literature. The
course may involve a topic or concentrate on one or several key
theorists in the study of religion and the arts. | | Athena Title: | THEORY AND ARTS | | Corequisite: | RELI 7770 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHIL(RELI) 8630. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Seminar in Philosophy of Religion | Course
Description: | Major topics in the philosophy of religion, such as the nature and existence of God, the problem of evil, and the character of religious discourse. | | Athena Title: | SEM PHIL OF REL | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 8700. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Seminar in Problems and Topics in Religion Research | Course
Description: | Major issues in religion research. Topics will vary according to the area of discussion. Such areas will include biblical studies, religious history and philosophy, rabbinics, Islamics, Buddhism, canonical criticism. | | Athena Title: | SEM RELIGION RSCH | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 8770. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Theories and Methods in the Study of Religion | Course
Description: | Theories, methodologies, and issues involved in the academic study of religion. This course is required of graduate students in religion and open to students in other departments. | | Athena Title: | Theory and Method in Religion | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 9000. 1-12 hours. Repeatable for maximum 30 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Doctoral Research | Course
Description: | Research while enrolled for a doctoral degree under the direction
of faculty members. | | Athena Title: | Doctoral Research | | Nontraditional Format: | Independent research under the direction of a faculty member. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 9005. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 45 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Doctoral Graduate Student Seminar | Course
Description: | Advanced supervised experience in an applied setting. This course
may not be used to satisfy a student's approved program of study. | | Athena Title: | Doctoral Graduate Student Sem | | Nontraditional Format: | Advanced supervised experience in an applied setting. This
course may not be used to satisfy a student's approved program
of study. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | RELI 9300. 1-12 hours. Repeatable for maximum 30 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Doctoral Dissertation | Course
Description: | Dissertation writing under the direction of the major professor. | | Athena Title: | Doctoral Dissertation | | Nontraditional Format: | Independent research and preparation of the doctoral dissertation. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
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