Summer 2026 Courses

The Muslim World, 600-1250

RLST/ARAB 2320 | 3.0
Brian A. Catlos

Focusing on the history of the Muslim World in the age of the caliphates, this course takes an interdisciplinary, comparative approach to the development of Islamicate society, focusing on social structure, politics, economics and religion. Students will use primary and secondary sources to write a research paper, and make in-class presentations to cultivate critical thinking, research and writing skills.

This class will be taught online and delivered asynchronously which means there are not scheduled days and times. Instructor may determine pacing and deadlines for coursework completion.

Religions in the United States

RLST 2500 | 3.0
Deborah Whitehead

Explores the development of various religions within the shaping influences of American culture, including separation of church and state, the frontier experience, civil religion, and the interaction of religions of indigenous peoples, immigrants, and African Americans.

This class will be taught online and delivered asynchronously which means there are not scheduled days and times. Instructor may determine pacing and deadlines for coursework completion.

Christian Traditions

RLST 3000 | 3.0
Brian A. Catlos

Serves as an introduction to the academic study of Christianity, understood in its historical context, beginning with its most remote Mesopotamian origins and through to beginnings of the Protestant Reformation. Coverage is global, but "Western" Christian tradition are emphasized, as is the evolution of doctrine, ritual and institutions in relation to social, cultural and political factors.

This class will be taught online and delivered asynchronously which means there are not scheduled days and times. Instructor may determine pacing and deadlines for coursework completion.

Religion and Literature in America

RLST 3050 | 3.0
Deborah Whitehead

Studies religious dimensions of American culture through representative literature, beginning with the Puritans and focusing on diversity in the 19th and 20th centuries.

This class will be taught online and delivered asynchronously which means there are not scheduled days and times. Instructor may determine pacing and deadlines for coursework completion.