Religious StudiesAll Religious Studies majors are required to take at least 1 course from each of 3 different religious traditions. You can take more than 3 if you choose.
In selecting courses to fulfill this requirement, please review the classes below. Please note that this list does not include Special Topics courses and junior-senior seminars, which will be approved for a specific tradition by the Curriculum Committee on an ad hoc basis.
| Number | Title | Codes |
|---|---|---|
| RELIGION 120 | Buddhism | CCI, EI, CZ |
| RELIGION 175 | Religions of Asia | CCI, EI, CZ |
| RELIGION 176 | Japanese Religions: Buddhas, Gods, and Monsters | CCI, EI, CZ |
| RELIGION 320S | Modern Buddhism in Asia and America | CCI, CZ |
| RELIGION 321S | Buddhist Ethics | CCI, EI, W, CZ |
| RELIGION 323 | Buddhist Meditation in Transformation: Historical, Scientific, and Medical Perspectives | CCI, EI, CZ |
| RELIGION 323S | Buddhist Meditation: Cultivation Practices and Psychology | CCI, EI, CZ |
| RELIGION 333S | Buddhism, Death, and Dying: Religious and Medical Perspectives | CCI, EI, CZ |
| RELIGION 581S | Pan-Asianism, Religion, and the State in Modern Asia | CCI, EI, CZ |
| Number | Title | Codes |
|---|---|---|
| RELIGION 150 | Christianity | CCI, EI, CZ |
| RELIGION 151 | Christian Orthodoxy and Heresy | CCI, EI, CZ |
| RELIGION 155 | The New Testament | CCI, EI, CZ |
| RELIGION 205S | Women, Gender, and Christian Origins | CCI, W, CZ |
| RELIGION 350S | Non-Canonical Gospels | EI, ALP, CZ |
| RELIGION 351 | Jesus and the Gospels | CCI, EI, CZ |
| RELIGION 352 | The Life and Letters of Paul | CCI, EI, CZ |
| RELIGION 353 | Ethical Issues in Early Christianity | CCI, EI, CZ |
| RELIGION 360 | Jesus in Film | CCI, ALP, CZ |
| RELIGION 361 | The End of The World: Apocalyptic Arguments from Antiquity to the Present Day | CCI, EI, ALP, CZ |
| RELIGION 367 | Bodies, Sex, & Christianities | EI, W, CZ |
| RELIGION 368S | The Theology and Fiction of C. S. Lewis | EI, ALP, CZ |
| Number | Title | Codes |
|---|---|---|
| RELIGION 175 | Religions of Asia | CCI, EI, CZ |
| RELIGION 257 | Four Funerals and a Wedding: Introduction to Chinese Religious Life | CCI, R, CZ, SS |
| RELIGION 257S | Four Funerals and a Wedding: Introduction to Chinese Religious Life | CCI, R, CZ, SS |
| RELIGION 265 | The Transnational Realities of an Ancient Tradition | CCI, R, CZ, SS |
| RELIGION 318S | Asian Religion and Knowledge of the Other | CCI, R, CZ, SS |
| Number | Title | Codes |
|---|---|---|
| RELIGION 110 | Self, Society and Art in Modern Hinduism | CCI, EI, CZ |
| RELIGION 216S | Hinduism and Judaism: Culture, Religion, and Identity | CCI, CZ |
| RELIGION 221 | Indian Cinema & Social Change | CCI, ALP, CZ |
| RELIGION 258 | Religion and the Novel in Modern India | CCI, EI, ALP, CZ |
| RELIGION 278S | Epics of India: Ethics, Politics, and Performance Traditions | CCI, ALP, CZ |
| Number | Title | Codes |
|---|---|---|
| RELIGION 160 | Islam | CCI, EI, CZ |
| RELIGION 219S | Muslim Women Across the Ages | CCI, W, CZ, SS |
| RELIGION 224S | Islam, Art, and Society | CCI, ALP, CZ |
| RELIGION 235S | Cross-Cultural Encounters | CCI, CZ |
| RELIGION 287 | Religion and Science | CCI, STS, CZ |
| RELIGION 287S | Religion and Science | CCI, STS, CZ |
| RELIGION 370S | Understanding the Qur'an | CCI, EI, CZ |
| RELIGION 373S | Islamic Mysticism | CCI, EI, CZ |
| RELIGION 374S | Islam & the Meaning of Life | EI, CZ |
| RELIGION 376 | Islamic Civilization II | CCI, EI, CZ |
| RELIGION 377S | Religion and Politics in Post-Revolutionary Iran | CCI, EI, CZ |
| RELIGION 384S | Islam in the Americas | CCI, W, CZ, SS |
| RELIGION 385S | Islam, Medicine, and Healing | CCI, STS, CZ |
| RELIGION 388S | Muslim Ethics and Islamic Law: Issues and Debates | CCI, EI, CZ |
| RELIGION 401 | The Problem of Evil: God, Evil, Suffering, Sin, Meaning of Life, and Philosophy of Religion | CCI, EI |
| Number | Title | Codes |
|---|---|---|
| RELIGION 140 | Judaism | CCI, CZ |
| RELIGION 145 | The Old Testament/Hebrew Bible | CCI, EI, CZ |
| RELIGION 216S | Hinduism and Judaism: Culture, Religion, and Identity | CCI, CZ |
| RELIGION 271 | Sex and Gender in the Hebrew Bible | CCI, EI, CZ |