General Requirements
The minor requires a minimum of 15 credits chosen from among the
courses listed here, and must include: PHIL204 (World Religions); at least
6 credits (2 courses) at the 300 level or higher; and courses chosen from
at least 3 different departments or disciplines. This last requirement
reflects the "interdisciplinary" nature of the minor, in that it exposes
the student to a variety of methodological approaches to the study of religion
as a cultural phenomenon.
Courses accepted for the Minor
The
following courses have been officially approved for the minor by the College
of Arts and Sciences
Anthropology
ANTH212 PEOPLES AND CULTURES OF THE MUSLIM WORLD
ANTH229 INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA
ANTH239 ARTS AND CRAFTS OF NATIVE NORTH AMERICA
ANTH316 ISLAM AND GENDER
ANTH360 AMERICAN ANABAPTISTS: AMISH, MENNONITE AND BRETHREN CULTURES
Art History
ARTH151 MYTH, RELIGION AND ART
ARTH202 BIBLICAL AND CLASSICAL LITERATURE
ARTH207 ART OF ANCIENT EGYPT AND THE NEAR EAST
ARTH208 GREEK AND ROMAN ART
ARTH209 EARLY MEDIEVAL ART: 200-1000 AD
ARTH210 LATER MEDIEVAL ART: 1000-1400 AD
ARTH236 ARTS OF THE ISLAMIC WORLD
Comparative Literature
CMLT316 CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY: GODS, HEROES, AND MONSTERS
English
ENGL202 BIBLICAL AND CLASSICAL LITERATURE
ENGL320 THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE
ENGL328 MILTON
ENGL348 CONTEMPORARY JEWISH-AMERICAN LITERATURE
ENGL349 INTRODUCTION TO JEWISH SOURCES: TEXT AND INTERPRETATION
ENGL350 STUDIES IN JEWISH LITERATURE
Foreign Languages And Literatures
FLLT202 BIBLICAL AND CLASSICAL LITERATURE
FLLT316 CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY: GODS, HEROES, AND MONSTERS
History
HIST130 ISLAMIC NEAR EAST: 600-1500
HIST131 ISLAMIC NEAR EAST: 1500-PRESENT
HIST145 GANDHI'S INDIA
HIST222 RELIGION IN MODERN AMERICA
HIST241 HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY TO 1300
HIST243 ANCIENT RELIGION AND CIVILIZATION
HIST254 JEWISH HOLOCAUST: 1933-1945
HIST343 MEDIEVAL EUROPE: 1050-1350
HIST363 MODERN JEWISH HISTORY
HIST377 RADICALISM AND REVOLUTION: ISLAMIC MOVEMENT/MODERN MIDDLE EAST
HIST378 NATIONALISM IN THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST
HIST380 HISTORY OF THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT
HIST381 ISLAM AND THE WEST: THE HISTORY OF MUTUAL PERCEPTIONS
HIST444 SEMINAR: WOMEN IN THE ISLAMIC MIDDLE EAST
Jewish Studies
JWST101 INTRODUCTION TO JUDAISM
JWST201 ISSUES AND IDEAS IN JEWISH STUDIES
JWST208 INTRODUCTION TO JEWISH PHILOSOPHY
JWST222 RELIGION IN MODERN AMERICA
JWST225 JEWISH MUSIC
JWST254 JEWISH HOLOCAUST: 1933-1945
JWST266 SPECIAL PROBLEM
JWST303 WOMEN IN THE HOLOCAUST
JWST308 TOPICS IN JEWISH THEOLOGY
JWST310 ANTI-SEMITISM
JWST348 CONTEMPORARY JEWISH-AMERICAN LITERATURE
JWST349 INTRODUCTION TO JEWISH SOURCES: TEXT AND INTERPRETATION
JWST350 STUDIES IN JEWISH LITERATURE
JWST360 SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION
JWST363 MODERN JEWISH HISTORY
JWST377 ARAB-ISRAELI POLITICS
JWST381 HISTORY OF THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT
Music
MUSC225 JEWISH MUSIC
Philosophy
PHIL204 WORLD RELIGIONS
PHIL208 INTRODUCTION TO JEWISH PHILOSOPHY
PHIL209 PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
PHIL210 WOMEN AND RELIGION
PHIL308 TOPICS IN JEWISH THEOLOGY
PHIL309 INDIAN RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
PHIL310 CHINESE RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
PHIL311 EARLY MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY
PHIL312 LATE MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY
PHIL344 SCIENCE AND RELIGION
Sociology
SOCI360 SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION
