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BA in Religion Credit Distribution

Subject Category Credits
I. General Education Requirements 60
A. English Composition 6
B. Humanities 12
Introduction to Philosophy (3)
Other Humanities (9)
Must include at least two subject areas
C. Social Sciences 12
Must include at least two subject areas
D. Natural Sciences and Mathematics 12
One college-level mathematics course required (3)
One computer science course recommended (3)
Other natural sciences/mathematics (6)
Must include at least two subject areas
E. General Education Electives 18
II. Area of Study: Religion 33
A. Required Courses 6
  • Religions of the World (3 credits) OR
  • Comparative Religion (3 credits)
(3)
  • Philosophy of Religion
(3)
B. Religion Electives* 27
  • LIB-495 Liberal Arts Capstone strongly recommended
  • Buddhist Thought
  • Confucianism
  • Contemporary Religious Thought
  • Deathand Dying: Religious Perspectives
  • Dogmatics
  • Foundations of Mystical Experience
  • Heresyand Heterodoxy
  • History of Western Religion
  • Islamic Religious Thought
  • Jesus in Synoptic Gospels
  • Judaismand Early Christian Thought
  • Meditation in Eastern Tradition
  • New Testament
  • Old Testament
  • Pauline Epistles
  • Problem of Suffering in Biblical Tradition
  • Religionand Culture
  • Religionand Moral Issues
  • Religion and Social Change
  • Religion in America
  • Religion of North American Indians
  • Systems of Religious Thought
  • Taoism
  • The Holocaust: Religious Perspectives
  • The Upanishads
  • The Vedas
  • Theologies of Hope
  • Women Reformers in American Religion
C. Corollary Requirements
(In addition to the 33 credits required in the area of study)
  • Introduction to Philosopy
III. Free Electives 27
Total 120

*This list is a guide. Other religion courses may be appropriate for this area of study.

 



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