Major Requirements

Religion Studies Major Requirements (9 courses)

Breadth and Global Diversity	2 courses
Students must take at least two courses intended to introduce the diversity of religious experience globally.
List A (1 course): Religions of China Religions of Japan The Good Life in Buddhism Islamic Traditions Zen Buddhism Death and Desire in Tibetan Buddhism Islam in America	List B (1 course): Monotheism Paths in Jewish Thought Judaisms Christians and their Communities Hebrew Bible New Testament

Theory and Method in the Study of Religion	1 course

Culminating Undergraduate Experience (CUE)	1 course
All CUE Seminars will include opportunities for reflection on students’ thematic area of concentration.

Areas of Thematic Concentration	5 courses
Students have the option to choose any one of the following Areas of Thematic Concentration to study in depth.
> Religion, Power, and Politics Religion and Popular Culture It’s The End of the World Gender and Sexuality in Buddhism Hebrew Bible Gender and Sexuality in Judaism Power and Piety in Ancient Christianity Gender and Sexuality in Islam
> Ritual, Performance, and Storytelling Animals and the Sacred Sacred Stories Myth, Religion, and Creation Pilgrimage: Rites of Way Mapping Religion Reading the Rabbis Scrolls, Scribes & Scriptures Death and Desire in Tibetan Buddhism
> Religion and Social Justice Gender and Sexuality in Religion Religious Migrations Speaking with the Divine Ecology and Religion Religions and their Monsters New Religious Movements MILA: Conflict, Culture & Community Development in South Africa MILA: Ecology and Religion in Japan
> Self-Designed Concentration With an advisor, students select five courses that allow them to develop their personal academic and intellectual interests.

NOTES
Religion Studies majors may count a maximum of three courses from either study abroad programs or cognate departments or programs, subject to approval from their major advisor and the department chair. Students double majoring in Religion Studies and in a cognate department or program may double count a maximum of three courses in fulfillment of the Religion Studies major, subject to approval from their major advisor and the department chair.

NOTES

Religion Studies majors may count a maximum of three courses from either study abroad programs or cognate departments or programs, subject to approval from their major advisor and the department chair.

Students double majoring in Religion Studies and in a cognate department or program may double count a maximum of three courses in fulfillment of the Religion Studies major, subject to approval from their major advisor and the department chair.