BA in Religion Credit Distribution
BA in Religion Credit Distribution
| Subject Category |
Credits |
| I. General Education Requirements |
60 |
| A. English Composition |
6 |
| B. Humanities |
12 |
| Introduction to Philosophy |
(3) |
| Other Humanities |
(9) |
| Must include at least two subject areas |
|
| C. Social Sciences |
12 |
| Must include at least two subject areas |
|
| D. Natural Sciences and Mathematics |
12 |
| One college-level mathematics course required |
(3) |
| One computer science course recommended |
(3) |
| Other natural sciences/mathematics |
(6) |
| Must include at least two subject areas |
|
| E. General Education Electives |
18 |
| II. Area of Study: Religion |
33 |
| A. Required Courses |
6 |
- Religions of the World (3 credits) OR
- Comparative Religion (3 credits)
|
(3) |
|
|
(3) |
| B. Religion Electives* |
27 |
- LIB-495 Liberal Arts Capstone strongly recommended
- Buddhist Thought
- Confucianism
- Contemporary Religious Thought
- Deathand Dying: Religious Perspectives
- Dogmatics
- Foundations of Mystical Experience
- Heresyand Heterodoxy
- History of Western Religion
- Islamic Religious Thought
- Jesus in Synoptic Gospels
- Judaismand Early Christian Thought
- Meditation in Eastern Tradition
- New Testament
- Old Testament
- Pauline Epistles
- Problem of Suffering in Biblical Tradition
- Religionand Culture
- Religionand Moral Issues
- Religion and Social Change
- Religion in America
- Religion of North American Indians
- Systems of Religious Thought
- Taoism
- The Holocaust: Religious Perspectives
- The Upanishads
- The Vedas
- Theologies of Hope
- Women Reformers in American Religion
|
|
| C. Corollary Requirements |
|
| (In addition to the 33 credits required in the area of study) |
|
- Introduction to Philosopy
|
|
| III. Free Electives |
27 |
| Total |
120 |
*This list is a guide. Other religion courses may be appropriate for this area of study.
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