Religious Studies Minor

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James P. Gubbins, Coordinator

The Religious Studies minor offers the student a multi-disciplinary approach to the study of religion as a human endeavor. The student has the opportunity to meet his/her needs and interests by choosing (in consultation with the Coordinator) four electives in at least two disciplines. In addition, the required Seminar in Comparative Religion (normally taken as one of the last courses in the minor) presents the student with a broad but integrated perspective on religion.

Required (3 credits)

IDS 470 Seminar in Comparative Religion

Four courses from at least two disciplines, exclusive of the student’s major area, to be chosen from the following:

ENL 363 The Search for God
ENL 461 Literature of the Bible
IDS 255 Comparative Religious Traditions
HST 325 Topics in Religion and History
PHL 303 Philosophy of Religion
PHL 310N Philosophy and Religion of the Eastern World
SOC 309 The Black Religious Experience
SOC 314 On Death and Dying
SOC 333 Peoples of India
SOC 334 Myth, Ritual and Society
SWK 435 - Religious Inst and Delivery of Soc Services (inactive)