2023-2024 Undergraduate & 研究生目录
辅修宗教研究
The REL program is part of the Integrative, 宗教, Inter文化 Studies Department (IRIS), located in the Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies. With a curriculum grounded in the liberal arts, the religious studies curriculum offers a broad spectrum of courses that foster an understanding of religious issues, encourage critical thinking and exploration of religion, address religion in relation to broad historical, 政治, 文化, philosophical themes.
Religion is arguably one of the most significant forces in human life. Whether you are pursuing a career in a professional field like business, 护理, 联合健康科学, 教育, 或工程, or if you are thinking about pursuing graduate study in the humanities or social sciences, religious studies provides transferrable skills and deepens understanding of the human experience, 文化, traditions both past and present. 学生 who are already majoring in another field may choose to complement their studies and bolster their dossiers by pursuing a minor in religious studies.
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Requirements for a Minor (19 credit hours)
Core 课程 (10 credits)
学生 must complete the following courses (nine credits):
- REL 100 - Religions of the World (3 credits)
- REL 200 - Understanding Religions in Human Experience (3 credits)
- REL 300 - Religions in the World Today: Theories, Methods, Issues (3 credits)
- REL 482 - Integrative Statement (1 credit)
Elective Course Options (9 credits)
- AHS 352 - Introduction to Holistic Health Care (3 credits)
- ANT 315 - Comparative Religions (3 credits)
- ANT 421 - Anthropology of Social Movements (3 credits)
- CJ 405 - Terrorism (3 credits)
- CLA 315 - Ancient Religion (3 credits)
- ENG 386 - Literary Responses to Death and Dying (3 credits)
- HRT 335 - Theory of Human Rights (3 credits)
- HST 311 - History of Religion in the United States (3 credits)
- HST 337 - The Age of Islamic Empire (3 credits)
- HST 342 - History of Buddhism and East Asian Religions (3 credits)
- HST 376 - History of Witch Hunts (3 credits)
- HTM 368 - Geotourism (3 credits)
- INT 314 - Life Journeys (3 credits)
- INT 330 - The Idea of Nature (3 credits)
- INT 400 - Global Visionary Leadership (3 credits)/INT 401 - American Visionary Leadership (3 credits)
- IDS 350 - Civil Discourse (3 credits)
- MES 350 - Islam: Scripture and Ritual (3 credits)
- PNH 360 - Voluntarism and the Nonprofit Sector (3 credits)
- PHI 312 - Divine Revelation meets Greek Rationality: Medieval Philosophy (3 credits)
- PHI 341 - Philosophy of Death and Dying (3 credits)
- PHI 343 - God, Faith, Reason: Philosophy of Religion (3 credits)
- PHI 400 - Wisdom of the East: Advanced Topics in Asian Philosophy (3 credits)
- PLS 330 - Religion and Politics in America (3 credits)
- REL 305 - Christianity: Scriptures and Tradition (3 credits)
- REL 306 - Hinduism and South Asian Religions (3 credits)
- REL 310 - Jewish Scriptures and Traditions (3 credits)
- REL 335 - Sacred Words, Global Understanding (3 credits)
- REL 340 - Religion and Popular Culture in the United States (3 credits)
- REL 380 - Special Topics in 宗教 Studies (1 to 9 credits)
- REL 399 - Independent Readings in 宗教 Studies (1 to 4 credits)
- REL 499 - Independent Research in 宗教 Studies (1 to 4 credits)
学生 can also use courses in the Alliance and Conflict sequence from the Meijer Honors College (which includes 曼151年, 曼152年, 曼153年, 曼154年) or one of the following upper-division honors courses to meet the elective requirement within the REL minor. Those upper-division courses include:
- 曼350年 - Textual Tease (3 credits)
- 曼350年 - Prophetic Critique in the Modern World (3 credits)
- 曼350年 - The Terror of Monotheism (3 credits)