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Major Requirements

Major Requirements: Religious Studies (BA)

Course Number And Title

Sem. Hrs.

Comparative Analysis

Select one of the following:

RELST 116: World Religions
RELST 181: Judaism through Food
RELST 206: American Sacred Space

 4

Literary and Exegetical Analysis

Select two of the following:

RELST 217: The Old Testament World
RELST 218: The New Testament World
RELST 251/351: Bible & Literature

 8

Institutional Analysis

Select two of the following:

RELST 232: Religion & American Politics
RELST 233: Religion & Constitutional Law

 8

Social/Cultural Analysis

Select one of the following:

RELST 335: Christian Theology & Film RELST 363/463: Sports & Religion
RELST 352/452: Seminar in C.S. Lewis

 4
Capstone
RELST 364: Mediating Religious Conflict 		4
At least three (3) additional courses at the 300 or 400 level 12
One elective at the 100, 200, 300, 400 level 4
Total 36

Minor Requirements: Religious Studies

Course Number And Title

Sem. Hrs.
RELST 116: World Religions 4
One Religious Studies course at the 200 level or above 4
Two Religious Studies course at the 300/400 level or above 8
One Religious Studies course at the 200 level or above 4
Total 20

Minor Requirements: Jewish Studies

Course Number And Title

Sem. Hrs.

One of the following:

RELST 180: Judaism & Film
RELST 181: Judaism through Food

 4

One of the following*:

HIST 366: Holocaust
POLS 338: Comparative Politics of the Middle East and North Africa RELST 140: Religion in American Culture
RELST 217: The Old Testament World

 4

One of the following*:

GER 305: Short Prose of Kafka
GER 340: German Cinema: Art & Politics
HIST 348: History of Modern Germany
RELST 361/461: Thinkers/Topics in Religion (as applicable)

8
JST 381: Internship in Jewish Studies 4
JST 481: Readings in Jewish Studies  
Total 20