Religious Studies Major Elective Course Lists

  • For the most current course lists, please contact the Department of Religious Studies

 Approved RELS Courses (21 hours required)

RELS 1113Introduction to Religious Studies3
RELS 1213Judaism and Christianity in Conversation and Conflict3
RELS 2133History of Christian Traditions3
RELS 2303Introduction to Islam3
RELS 2313Religion and Black Popular Music3
RELS 2703History of Buddhist Traditions3
RELS 2713History of Hindu Traditions3
RELS 2960Directed Readings1-3
RELS 2970Special Topics1-3
RELS 3103Famous Bibles3
RELS 3153Jesus Interpreted3
RELS 3173Women and the Bible3
RELS 3193Biblical Literature3
RELS 3223Religion and Nationalism in India3
RELS 3233Money, Power, and God(s): Religion and Economy East and West3
RELS 3423Gender, Sex, and the Body in the Christian Tradition3
RELS 3533The Qur'an3
RELS 3543Islamic Law3
RELS 3563Islamic Theology3
RELS 3593Hermeneutics: Approaches to Interpreting the Bible and the Qur’an3
RELS/HIST 3613Roman Religion3
RELS 3623Paul and Christian Origins3
RELS 36333
RELS 3733Tibetan Buddhism3
RELS 3743History of Daoist Traditions3
RELS 37533
RELS 3763Chinese Religions3
RELS/HIST 3833Archaeology of the Lands of the Bible3
RELS/HIST 3893Greek Religion3
RELS 3900Special Topics1-4
RELS 3960Honors Reading1-3
RELS 3970Honors Seminar1-3
RELS 3980Honors Research1-3
RELS 3990Independent Study ((maximum 6 hours))1-3
RELS 4640/5640Field Study in Religious Studies1-6

Approved Non-RELS Courses (3 hours allowed)

A HI 3263Survey of Byzantine Art and Architecture3
A HI 4273Byzantine Icons3
AFAM 3143Gospel Music Past and Present3
AFAM 4633African American Religious Traditions3
ANTH 1823Religion in Everyday Life3
ANTH 3423Anthropology of Religion3
CL C 1123Gods and Heroes in Art3
CL C 3053Origins of Christianity: Jesus to Augustine3
CL C 3113Gods and Heroes of Ancient Epic3
CL C 3163Visions of Heaven and Hell: Virgil, Dante, and Milton3
EXPO 1213/1223Expository Writing (Topic: Violence & the Sacred)3
HIST 1563The Jews: From Abraham to Zionism3
HIST 2503American Jews/Jewish Americans3
HIST 3113The Crusades3
HIST 3143The Era of the Reformation3
HIST 3203Transformation of Jews3
HIST 3413The History of Ancient Israel3
HIST 3563Jerusalem3
HIST 3733History of Heaven and Hell in Judaism and Christianity3
HIST 3763Genesis Through Jewish Eyes3
HIST 3773Jews and Christians--Middle Ages3
HIST 3963From Zionism to Modern Israel3
HIST 4003Jews and Other Germans3
HIST 4023Inquisitions3
HIST 4973Undergraduate Seminar in History (Topic: The Bible Since Enlightenment)3
HSTM 3443Science in a Religious World3
HSTM 3453Science and Civilization in Islam3
HSTM 3823Science in Medieval Culture3
HON 2973Perspectives on the American Experience (Topic: American Religion on the Margins)3
HON 2973Perspectives on the American Experience (Topic: Religion and State)3
HON 3993Honors Colloquium (Topic: Death, Dying, & Religion)3
HON 3993Honors Colloquium (Topic: Religion & Pop Culture)3
HON 3993Honors Colloquium (Topic: New Religious Movements)3
IAS 3413Iran & Islam to 1800: History, Culture, and Society in the Pre-Modern Period3
IAS 3443Political Islam3
IAS 3473The Arab-Israeli Conflict3
IAS 3723Sexuality & Identity in the Islamic World3
LSTD 4163World Religions and Ecology3
LSTD 4173Women in the Bible and Qur’an3
LSTD 4183Crafting the Cinematic Jesus3
LSTD 4213A Critical Review of the Bible as a Literary Work3
MLLL 3063Survey of Jewish Literature from Antiquity to the Present3
MLLL 4993Epics of India: Ramayana and Mahabarata3
NAS 3113Native American Philosophy3
P SC 3033Religion and Politics in America3
P SC 3053Global Religion and American Foreign Policy3
P SC 3063Religion and the American Constitution3
PHIL/IAS 1223Introduction to Asian Philosophy3
PHIL/IAS 3343Chinese Philosophy3
PHIL 3423Ancient and Medieval Religious Philosophy3
PHIL 3433Modern Philosophy of Religion3
PHIL 3443Contemporary Issues in Philosophy of Religion3
PHIL 3733Religion in Political Theory3
PHIL/IAS 4343Early Chinese Philosophy3
PHIL 4473Philosophy of Religion3
SOC 3773Sociology of Religion3
SOC 38733