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Dec 05, 2025
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Course Catalog 2025-2026
Religion Minor
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The minor consists of a minimum of 5 full courses (or the equivalent).
Note: Students must earn minimum grades of C- or P for all courses that apply toward the minor.
 View the catalog page for the religion department.
The religion department curriculum embodies the balanced breadth and depth of a multidisciplinary liberal arts education. As such, the flexible pathways through the religion minor complement well a variety of other disciplinary pursuits. The transferable skills and knowledge gained through the religion minor prepare students for a range of career and educational pursuits, including law, medicine, environmental advocacy, and publishing industries.
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Note(s) on Requirements
- At least four of the five required courses must be taken within the department.
- Normally, three of the five courses must be at the intermediate level.
Detailed Minor Requirements
Religion Minor Course Lists
300-Level Advanced Seminar Courses
Return to the summary of requirements. - CAST 408 - Race, Religion, and Citizenship
- EAST 335 - Buddhism, Healing, and the Body in East Asia ⇒ cross-listed with RELG 335
- GSFS 330 - Religion, Gender, and Sexuality in India ⇒ cross-listed with RELG 330
- GSFS 370 - Beloved Bodies: Gender and the Erotic in Islamic Literature ⇒ cross-listed with RELG 370
- JWST 303 - Jews and Greeks in Ancient Egypt ⇒ cross-listed with RELG 303
- JWST 306 - Biblical Biographies Told and Retold ⇒ cross-listed with RELG 306
- RELG 303 - Jews and Greeks in Ancient Egypt ⇒ cross-listed with JWST 303
- RELG 306 - Biblical Biographies Told and Retold ⇒ cross-listed with JWST 306
- RELG 330 - Religion, Gender, and Sexuality in India ⇒ cross-listed with GSFS 330
- RELG 335 - Buddhism, Healing, and the Body in East Asia ⇒ cross-listed with EAST 335
- RELG 336 - Embodied Mysticism and Negative Theology
- RELG 351 - American Sacred Spaces
- RELG 370 - Beloved Bodies: Gender and the Erotic in Islamic Literature ⇒ cross-listed with GSFS 370
- RELG 392 - Ethics After Nihilism
Religion Minor Elective Courses
Return to the summary of requirements. - AAST 131 - Traditional African Cosmology and Religions: Shifting Contours and Contested Terrains ⇒ cross-listed with RELG 281
- EAST 133 - Haunted Archipelago: Ghosts, Spirits, and the Occult in Japanese Religion ⇒ cross-listed with RELG 233
- EAST 137 - Introduction to Religion: Buddhism in East Asia ⇒ cross-listed with RELG 137
- EAST 153 - Religious Rituals in East Asia ⇒ cross-listed with RELG 229
- EAST 154 - Religious Objects in East Asian Religions ⇒ cross-listed with RELG 240
- FYSP 008 - On Time
- FYSP 070 - Should We Eat Meat? The History of the Debate
- FYSP 144 - Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.
- FYSP 174 - Is Another World Possible? Utopianism and its Discontents
- GSFS 135 - Introduction to Religion: Devotion and Dissent in South Asian Performance ⇒ cross-listed with RELG 135
- GSFS 230 - Religion, Wellness, and the Commodification of Yoga ⇒ cross-listed with RELG 230
- GSFS 232 - Religion and Culture in Indian Epics ⇒ cross-listed with RELG 232
- JWST 100 - Introduction to Jewish Studies: Sacred Spaces and Promised Lands ⇒ cross-listed with RELG 100
- JWST 203 - The Garden of Eden in Literature, Art, and Film ⇒ cross-listed with RELG 203
- JWST 204 - Biblical Prophets and Prophecy ⇒ cross-listed with RELG 204
- JWST 205 - Hebrew Bible in its Ancient Near Eastern Context ⇒ cross-listed with RELG 205
- JWST 206 - The Apostle Paul within Judaism ⇒ cross-listed with RELG 206
- JWST 208 - New Testament and Christian Origins ⇒ cross-listed with RELG 208
- JWST 231 - The Nature of Suffering: The Book of Job and its History of Interpretation ⇒ cross-listed with RELG 202
- JWST 253 - Jewish Pilgrimage ⇒ cross-listed with RELG 253
- JWST 254 - Judaism and the Body ⇒ cross-listed with RELG 254
- JWST 256 - Jews and Food ⇒ cross-listed with RELG 256
- JWST 258 - Religious Outsiders and the American State ⇒ cross-listed with RELG 258
- JWST 259 - Jewish Conversions: Transforming the Self ⇒ cross-listed with RELG 259
- RELG 100 - Introduction to Jewish Studies: Sacred Spaces and Promised Lands ⇒ cross-listed with JWST 100
- RELG 103 - Religion and Violence
- RELG 115 - Death and the Afterlife
- RELG 135 - Introduction to Religion: Devotion and Dissent in South Asian Performance ⇒ cross-listed with GSFS 135
- RELG 137 - Introduction to Religion: Buddhism in East Asia ⇒ cross-listed with EAST 137
- RELG 151 - Religion in America
- RELG 175 - Modern Mysticisms: Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam
- RELG 191 - Religion and Social Change
- RELG 202 - The Nature of Suffering: The Book of Job and its History of Interpretation ⇒ cross-listed with JWST 231
- RELG 203 - The Garden of Eden in Literature, Art, and Film ⇒ cross-listed with JWST 203
- RELG 204 - Biblical Prophets and Prophecy ⇒ cross-listed with JWST 204
- RELG 205 - Hebrew Bible in its Ancient Near Eastern Context ⇒ cross-listed with JWST 205
- RELG 206 - The Apostle Paul within Judaism ⇒ cross-listed with JWST 206
- RELG 208 - New Testament and Christian Origins ⇒ cross-listed with JWST 208
- RELG 209 - The Bible in American Politics
- RELG 215 - A History of Sin
- RELG 216 - Apocalyptic
- RELG 218 - Authority and Dissent in Medieval Christianity
- RELG 224 - Business Ethics
- RELG 229 - Religious Rituals in East Asia ⇒ cross-listed with EAST 153
- RELG 230 - Religion, Wellness, and the Commodification of Yoga ⇒ cross-listed with GSFS 230
- RELG 231 - Introduction to Hindu Traditions
- RELG 232 - Religion and Culture in Indian Epics ⇒ cross-listed with GSFS 232
- RELG 233 - Haunted Archipelago: Ghosts, Spirits, and the Occult in Japanese Religion ⇒ cross-listed with EAST 133
- RELG 240 - Religious Objects in East Asian Religions ⇒ cross-listed with EAST 154
- RELG 241 - Literature and Ethics: British Novels
- RELG 242 - Literature and Ethics: American Novels
- RELG 243 - Roman Catholic Popes and Their Social Teaching
- RELG 249 - Medical Ethics
- RELG 253 - Jewish Pilgrimage ⇒ cross-listed with JWST 253
- RELG 254 - Judaism and the Body ⇒ cross-listed with JWST 254
- RELG 256 - Jews and Food ⇒ cross-listed with JWST 256
- RELG 258 - Religious Outsiders and the American State ⇒ cross-listed with JWST 258
- RELG 259 - Jewish Conversions: Transforming the Self ⇒ cross-listed with JWST 259
- RELG 270 - Introduction to Islamic Traditions
- RELG 271 - American Islam
- RELG 273 - Drinking With God: An Introduction to Sufism
- RELG 276 - Religion in Bollywood Film
- RELG 281 - Traditional African Cosmology and Religions: Shifting Contours and Contested Terrains ⇒ cross-listed with AAST 131
- RELG 290 - Religion, Reason, and Empire
- RELG 293 - Religion and Abolition: from Slavery to the Prison-Industrial-Complex
- RELG 401 - Capstone Research Methods
- RELG 402 - Capstone Colloquium
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