Students are required to take 3 courses in either (a) a single religious tradition OR (b) a particular theme from those listed below. A maximum of two RLST Topics courses can apply toward satisfying the 9 credit hour cluster requirement.

Religious Studies Course Descriptions

Religious Traditions

Islam

RLST 2202, Islam

RLST 2320, The Muslim World, 600-1250

RLST 2600, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

RLST 3040, The Quran

RLST 3060, Fundamentalism and Islam

RLST 3070, Islamic Mysticism: Ibn Arabi, Rumi, and the Sufi Tradition

IAFS 3520/JWST 4302, Global Seminar to Israel, Palestine and West Bank

RLST 4650, Islam in the Modern World

Hinduism

RLST 2610, Happiness and Nirvana: Enlightenment in Indian Religions

RLST 2612, Yoga: Ancient and Modern

RLST 2800, Women and Religion

RLST 3200, Yoga, Castes and Magic: Hindu Society and Spirituality

RLST 4200, Topics in Hinduism (repeatable depending on the topic)

RLST 4280, The Body & Magic in India

Buddhism

RLST 2610, Happiness and Nirvana: Enlightenment in Indian Religions

RLST 2620, Religions of East Asia

RLST 2650, Meditation: Ancient and Modern

RLST 3300, Foundations of Buddhism

RLST 3550, Tibetan Buddhism

RLST 3750, Women in Buddhism

RLST 4250, Topics in Buddhism (repeatable depending on the topic)

RLST 4850, Gender in Hagiography

Christianity

RLST 1900, Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament

RLST 1910, Introduction to the New Testament

RLST 2600, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

RLST 2614, Paganism to Christianity

RLST 3000, Christian Traditions

RLST 3001, Modern Christianity: Culture, Politics, Religion

RLST 4030, Religions in America (can apply depending on the content of the course, repeatable depending on the topic)

RLST 4050, Topics in Christian Studies (can apply depending on the content of the course, repeatable depending on the topic)

RLST 4170, God and Politics

RLST 4850, Gender in Hagiography

Judaism

RLST 1818, Jewish History to 1492

RLST 1828, Jewish History Since 1492

RLST 1830, Global History of Holocaust and Genocide

RLST 1900, Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament

RLST 1910, Introduction to the New Testament

RLST 2600, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

RLST 3100, Judaism

RLST 3110, Of Jewish Legends, Folktales and the Supernatural

RLST 3120, Radical Jews

RLST 3150, Jerusalem: The Holy City in History, Legend, and Religious Thought

RLST 3202, Women, Gender & Sexuality in Jewish Texts & Traditions

IAFS 3520/JWST 4302, Global Seminar to Israel, Palestine and West Bank

RLST 3801, Muslims, Christians, Jews and the Mediterranean Origins of the West

RLST 4170, God and Politics

RLST 4180, Is God Dead

RLST 4260, Topics in Judaism (repeatable depending on the topic)

New Religious Movements

RLST 2500, Religions in the United States

RLST 3001, Modern Christianity: Culture, Politics, Religion

RLST 3060, Fundamentalism and Islam

RLST 3820, Topics in Religious Studies (can apply depending on the content of the course, repeatable depending on the topic)

RLST 4030, Religions in America (can apply depending on the content of the course, repeatable depending on the topic)

RLST 4250, Topics in Buddhism (can apply depending on the content of the course, repeatable depending on the topic)

RLST 4780, New Religions of East Asia

Regions

North America

RLST 2100, American Beliefs and Values

RLST 2500, Religions in the United States

RLST 2700, Native American and Indigenous Religious Traditions

RLST 3050, Religion and Literature in America

RLST 4030, Religions in America (repeatable depending on the topic)

RLST 4300, Topics in Native American Religions (repeatable depending on the topic)

RLST 4353, Indigenous Traditions and Law: A Global Perspective

RLST 4450, Religion and Nonviolence

Mediterranean World

RLST 1818, Jewish History to 1492

RLST 2614, Paganism to Christianity

RLST 2320, The Muslim World, 600-1250

RLST 3000, Christian Traditions

RLST 3150, Jerusalem: The Holy City in History, Legend, and Religious Thought

RLST 3801, Muslims, Christians, Jews and the Mediterranean Origins of the West

RLST 3850, The Mediterranean: Religion Before Modernity

RLST 4820 Interdisciplinary Seminar on Religion (can apply depending on the content of the course, repeatable depending on the topic)

South Asia and Tibet

RLST 2610, Happiness and Nirvana: Enlightenment in Indian Religions

RLST 2612, Yoga: Ancient and Modern

RLST 2650, Meditation: Ancient and Modern

RLST 3200, Yoga, Castes and Magic: Hindu Society and Spirituality

RLST 3300, Foundations of Buddhism

RLST 3550, Tibetan Buddhism

RLST 3750, Women in Buddhism

RLST 4200, Topics in Hinduism (repeatable depending on the topic)

RLST 4250, Topics in Buddhism (repeatable depending on the topic)

RLST 4280, Body and Magic in India

RLST 4850, Gender in Hagiography

Middle East and North Africa

RLST 1818, Jewish History to 1492

RLST 1820, Religion and Politics in Ancient Egypt

RLST 1900, Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament

RLST 1910, Introduction to the New Testament

RLST 2202, Islam

RLST 2320, The Muslim World, 600-1250

RLST 2600, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

RLST 3060, Fundamentalism and Islam

RLST 3070, Islamic Mysticism: Ibn Arabi, Rumi, and the Sufi Tradition

RLST 3150, Jerusalem: The Holy City in History, Legend, and Religious Thought

RLST 3801, Muslims, Christians, Jews and the Mediterranean Origins of the West

RLST 3850, The Mediterranean: Religion Before Modernity

RLST 4820 Interdisciplinary Seminar on Religion (can apply depending on the content of the course, repeatable depending on the topic)

Themes

Religion, media, and popular culture

RLST 1850, Ritual and Media

RLST 2100, American Beliefs and Values

RLST 2500, Religions in the U.S.

RLST 2612, Yoga: Ancient and Modern

RLST 2650, Meditation: Ancient and Modern

RLST 2800, Women and Religion

RLST 3001, Modern Christianity: Culture, Politics, Religion

RLST 3050, Religion and Literature in America

RLST 3060, Fundamentalism and Islam

RLST 3110, Of Jewish Legends, Folktales and the Supernatural

RLST 3120, Radical Jews

RLST 4030, Religions in America (can apply depending on the content of the course, repeatable depending on the topic)

RLST 4190, Love and Desire 

RLST 4820 Interdisciplinary Seminar on Religion (can apply depending on the content of the course, repeatable depending on the topic) 

Religious law, ethics, and interpretation

RLST 1830, Global History of Holocaust and Genocide

RLST 2100, American Beliefs and Values

RLST 2400, Religion, Ethics and Politics

RLST 3000, Christian Traditions

RLST 3001, Modern Christianity: Culture, Politics, Religion

RLST 3040, The Quran

RLST 3060, Fundamentalism and Islam

RLST 3120, Radical Jews

RLST 3150, Jerusalem: The Holy City in History, Legend, and Religious Thought

RLST 3820, Topics in Religious Studies (can apply depending on the content of the course, repeatable depending on the topic)

RLST 4030, Religions in America (can apply depending on the content of the course, repeatable depending on the topic)

RLST 4050, Topics in Christian Studies (can apply depending on the content of the course, repeatable depending on the topic)

RLST 4170, God and Politics  

RLST 4180, Is God Dead?

RLST 4353, Indigenous Traditions and Law: A Global Perspective

RLST 4450, Religion and Nonviolence

RLST 4650, Islam in the Modern World

RLST 4820 Interdisciplinary Seminar on Religion (can apply depending on the content of the course, repeatable depending on the topic)

Women, gender, and sexuality

RLST 2800, Women and Religion

JWST 3202, Women, Gender & Sexuality in Jewish Texts & Traditions

RLST 3750, Women in Buddhism

RLST 3820, Topics in Religious Studies (can apply depending on the content of the course, repeatable depending on the topic)

RLST 4050, Topics in Christian Studies (can apply depending on the content of the course, repeatable depending on the topic)

RLST 4190, Love and Desire

RLST 4280, Body and Magic in India

RLST 4850, Gender in Hagiography

Ritual, affect, and the body

RLST 1850, Ritual and Media

RLST 2200, Religion and Dance

RLST 2610, Happiness and Nirvana: Enlightenment in Indian Religions

RLST 2612, Yoga: Ancient and Modern

RLST 2650, Meditation: Ancient and Modern

RLST 2800, Women and Religion

RLST 3010, Religion and the Senses

RLST 3070, Islamic Mysticism: Ibn Arabi, Rumi, and the Sufi Tradition

RLST 3202, Women, Gender & Sexuality in Jewish Texts & Traditions

RLST 3750, Women in Buddhism

RLST 3820, Topics in Religious Studies (can apply depending on the content of the course, repeatable depending on the topic)

RLST 4190, Love and Desire

RLST 4280, Body and Magic in India

RLST 4820 Interdisciplinary Seminar on Religion (can apply depending on the content of the course, repeatable depending on the topic)

RLST 4850, Gender in Hagiography

Transnational religion and decolonization

RLST 1828, Jewish History Since 1492

RLST 1830, Global History of Holocaust and Genocide

RLST 2202, Islam

RLST 2320, Muslim World 600-1250

RLST 2600, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

RLST 2612, Yoga: Ancient and Modern

RLST 2650, Meditation: Ancient and Modern

RLST 2700, Native American and Indigenous Religious Traditions

RLST 3000, Christian Traditions

RLST 3001, Modern Christianity: Culture, Politics, Religion

RLST 3060, Fundamentalism and Islam

RLST 3801, Muslims, Christians, Jews and the Mediterranean Origins of the West

RLST 3820, Topics in Religious Studies (can apply depending on the content of the course, repeatable depending on the topic)

RLST 3850, The Mediterranean: Religion Before Modernity

RLST 4030, Religions in America (can apply depending on the content of the course, repeatable depending on the topic)

RLST 4250, Topics in Buddhism (can apply depending on the content of the course, repeatable depending on the topic)

RLST 4300, Topics in Native American Religions (can apply depending on the content of the course, repeatable depending on the topic)

RLST 4353, Indigenous Traditions and Law: A Global Perspective

RLST 4650, Islam in the Modern World

RLST 4800, Critical Studies in Religion (can apply depending on the content of the course, repeatable depending on the topic)

RLST 4820 Interdisciplinary Seminar on Religion (can apply depending on the content of the course, repeatable depending on the topic)

Religious minorities

RLST 1828, Jewish History Since 1492

RLST 1830, Global History of Holocaust and Genocide

RLST 2202, Islam

RLST 2320, Muslim World 600-1250

RLST 2400, Religion, Ethics and Politics

RLST 2500, Religions in the United States

RLST 2600, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

RLST 2700, Native American and Indigenous Religious Traditions

RLST 3040, The Quran

RLST 3060, Fundamentalism and Islam

RLST 3550, Tibetan Buddhism

RLST 3820, Topics in Religious Studies (can apply depending on the content of the course, repeatable depending on the topic)

RLST 4030, Religions in America (can apply depending on the content of the course, repeatable depending on the topic)

RLST 4170, God and Politics

RLST 4250, Topics in Buddhism (can apply depending on the content of the course, repeatable depending on the topic)

RLST 4300, Topics in Native American Religions (can apply depending on the content of the course, repeatable depending on the topic)

RLST 4353, Indigenous Traditions and Law: A Global Perspective

RLST 4650, Islam in the Modern World

RLST 4820, Interdisciplinary Seminar on Religion (can apply depending on the content of the course, repeatable depending on the topic)

Biblical studies and tradition

RLST 1900, Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament

RLST 1910, Introduction to the New Testament

RLST 2202, Islam

RLST 2600, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

RLST 2614, Paganism to Christianity

RLST 3000, Christian Traditions

RLST 3040, The Quran

RLST 3100, Judaism

RLST 3150, Jerusalem: The Holy City in History, Legend, and Religious Thought

RLST 4050, Topics in Christian Studies (can apply depending on the content of the course, repeatable depending on the topic)

RLST 4260, Topics in Judaism (can apply depending on the content of the course, repeatable depending on the topic)

Religion, science, and reason

RLST 1830, Global History of Holocaust and Genocide

RLST 2202, Islam

RLST 2400, Religion, Ethics and Politics

RLST 2650, Meditation: Ancient and Modern

RLST 3000, Christian Traditions

RLST 3001, Modern Christianity: Culture, Politics, Religion

RLST 3040, The Quran

RLST 3060, Fundamentalism and Islam

RLST 3100, Judaism

RLST 3110, Of Jewish Legends, Folktales and the Supernatural

RLST 3820, Topics in Religious Studies (can apply depending on the content of the course, repeatable depending on the topic)

RLST 4030, Religions in America (can apply depending on the content of the course, repeatable depending on the topic)

RLST 4170, God and Politics  

RLST 4180, Is God Dead?

RLST 4353, Indigenous Traditions and Law: A Global Perspective

RLST 4450, Religion and Nonviolence

RLST 4820, Interdisciplinary Seminar on Religion (can apply depending on the content of the course, repeatable depending on the topic)