Religious Studies Minor
This minor requires eighteen (18) units of Religious Studies course work (6 courses) at the 100 level or higher. At least 9 of these units (3 courses) must be at the 300 level or higher. Any course with a RELI prefix can count toward the minor.
A maximum of 3 units of independent study (courses numbered 399/499) may apply to the Religious Studies minor.
Religious Studies for Health Professionals (RSHP) Minor
A minor in RSHP requires eighteen (18) credit hours of coursework (6 courses) at the 100 level or higher, including at least 9 credit hours (3 courses) of upper division work (300 level and higher), as follows:
Choose 2 in Religion, Science & Health (6 credits):
- RELI 303: Spirituality & Sickness: Religion & Health in the U.S.
- RELI 326: God, Humanity, & Science
- RELI 336: Spirituality, Psychology & the Mind
- RELI 359: Buddhism & Healing
- RELI 406: Religious Diversity in Healthcare
*Any taken beyond 6 credits count toward the 9 concentration credits (below).
3 Additional Courses in Health Concentration (9 credits):
- RELI 203: Religion & Medicine in Western Healing Traditions
- RELI 211: Life After Death in World Religions & Philosophies
- RELI 212: Intro to American Indian Religious Traditions
- RELI 313: Health & Medicine in Classical Antiquity
- RELI 360: Religion, Nature, and Climate Change
- RELI 363: Religion & Sex
- RELI 367: Yoga
- REL 381: African/Indigenous Religions
- RELI 404: Religion, Gender, & the Body
- RELI 428A: Globalization, the Environment, & Indigenous Religions
- RELI 482: Tantric Buddhism
- EAS/RELI 333: Buddhist Meditation Traditions
- MAS/AIS/RELI 405: Traditional Indian Medicine
Choose 1 Additional RELI Elective (3 credits):
Choose any course with a RELI prefix for a 3-unit elective.
A maximum of 3 units of independent study (courses numbered 399/499) may apply to the Religious Studies for Health Professionals minor.
New Testament Language and Literature Minor
The minor in New Testament Language and Literature provides students with a multidisciplinary study of New Testament texts in their historical contexts. Students learn to read the New Testament in the original language of Ancient Greek. In addition to language study, students in this minor explore the dynamic relationship among ancient religions in the Greco-Roman World and between the New Testament texts and some of the subsequent interpretations of those texts.
A minor in New Testament Language and Literature (NTLL) requires nineteen (19) credit hours of coursework (6 courses), including at least 9 credit hours (3 courses) of upper division work (300 level and higher), as follows:
Required Coursework (7 units)
GRK 201 Intermediate Classical Greek 1 (4 units)
CLAS/RELI 401A Early Christian Literature: Greek Texts. This course will include readings in the original Greek for students in the minor who have completed GRK 201. Students can enroll in GRK 201 and CLAS/RELI 401A simultaneously.
One of the following two courses in Religious Studies & Classics (3 units)
If students enroll in both courses listed here, the second one can count toward the minor as an elective.
RELI 280 Introduction to the New Testament
CLAS/RELI 306 The Transformation of Society: Christianity in the Greco-Roman World
Any three of the following elective courses (9-10 units)
The student must have enough upper-division elective units to fulfill the minor's requirement of 9 upper-division units.
GRK 202 Selections from classical Greek poetry (4 units)
ENG/RELI 220B Literature of the Bible
PHIL/CLAS 260 Ancient Philosophy
RELI 300 Christian Literature and Thought
CLAS/RELI 305 Greek and Roman Religion
CLAS 323 Ancient Empires
RELI/GWS 327 Women and Christianity
JUS/RELI 329 Jewish-Christian Relations
CLAS 335 The Roman Empire: Rulers and Ruled
JUS/RELI 372B History & Religion of Israel in Ancient Times: Ezra-Nehemiah to the Roman Empire
JUS/RELI 382B Jesus, Judaism and Archaeology
CLAS/RELI 401B Early Christian Literature: Latin Texts
HIST/CLAS 403B History of the Hellenistic World
HIST/CLAS 404B History of Rome: The Empire through the Reign of Constantine the Great
JUS 405 Classical Aramaic
PHIL/CLAS 470 Greek Philosophy
RELI/JUS 481 Jews in the Roman Empire
For information on double-dipping General Education courses with Religious Studies minors, see the Double Use of Courses (Double Dipping) webpage.
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