Religion Major

Comprehensive understanding with both professional and graduate preparation.

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The Religion Major provides a comprehensive understanding of religion with a focus on the Christian tradition.

It prepares students for both seminary and graduate study in a variety of fields.

 

Six courses at the 100-200 level:
Religion 202: World Religions

One of the following:
Philosophy 120: History of Western Philosophy
Philosophy 101: Intro to Philosophy

One or both of the following:
Religion 110: Hebrew Bible
Religion 111: New Testament

One or both of the following:
Religion 225: Christian Social Ethics
Religion 251: Christian Spirituality

Other courses for the Religion Major at the 100-200 level:
Religion 101: Introduction to Religion
Religion 111: Christian Discipleship
Religion 220: A Survey of Western Christianity.

Six Courses at the 300-400 level:
At least one of these:
Religion 310: Judaism
Religion 311: Asian Religion and Philosophy
Religion 312: Islam

Select five additional courses from the following:
Religion 301: Christian Theology
Religion 320: Christian Education
Religion 321: Church Leadership
Religion 330: History of Christianity in the United States
Religion 331: Christianity in the African-American Experience
Religion 301: Christian Theology
Philosophy 331: Philosophy of Non-violence
Religion 340: Religion and Ecology
Religion 391: Topics
Religion 401: Seminar in Religion
Religion 421: Practicum

You may count one (and only one) of the following toward 300-400 level requirements:
HIST 445: Renaissance and Reformation
PSCI 301: History of Western Political Philosophy I
PSCI 302: History of Western Political Philosophy II

The Capstone Project: Every major will be required to complete a capstone project in a 300 or 400 level course taken during the last nine hours of their program in Religion. That project will require students to apply ideas critically and comparatively from various perspectives and or traditions (possibly non-Christian ones) to a theme, topic, or problem related to the subject matter of that course. For students doing the capstone project in Religion 421, the project may involve a practical problem or issue related to the context in which students fulfill requirements for Religion421: Practicum. 
 

 

 

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