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Nov 23, 2024
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2023-2024 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED BULLETIN]
Religion and Contemporary Issues, Minor in
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The program is suited for any student seeking greater comprehension of the ways religion is involved in the contemporary world but is designed to supplement majors that prepare students for a career in health care; law, public policy, public service; or arts or media. There are distinct sets of courses in each of these general pre-professional areas. The requirements allow students to integrate coursework from their pre-professional major into their Religion and Contemporary Issues minor, as well as to take courses specifically focusing on the role of religion in their chosen field of study.
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Minor Requirements: 18 Semester Hours
At least 12 of the 18 semester hours must be RELI or JWST courses.
1. Religion Core Course - 3 Semester Hours
2. Religion/Pre-Professional Core Courses - 3 Semester Hours
Religion/Pre-Professional Core Course is dependent on the Pre-Professional major.
Choose one from the following:
3. Religion/Pre-Professional Electives - 6 Semester Hours
Religion/Pre-Professional Electives are dependent on the student’s Pre-Professional major.
Choose from the following:
Religion and Contemporary Issues in Health Electives:
Religion and Contemporary Issues in Law, Ethics, and Politics Electives:
Religion and Contemporary Issues in Media and Popular Culture Electives:
- RELI 026 - (IS) Mindful America Semester Hours: 3
- RELI 035 - (CC, HP) Living Buddhism Semester Hours: 3
- RELI 040 - (CC, HP) Yoga, Psychology and Health Semester Hours: 3
- RELI 045 - (HP) “Cults”: Law, Media, Memory Semester Hours: 3
- RELI 049 - (HP) Post-Holocaust Jewish Thought Semester Hours: 3
- RELI 050 - (CC, HP) Islam Semester Hours: 3
- RELI 051 - (CC, HP) Sex and Diversity in American Islam Semester Hours: 3
- RELI 055 - (CC, HP) Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Racisms: Global Perspectives Semester Hours: 3
- RELI 066 - (HP) Demonology: Religion and the Dark Side Semester Hours: 3
- RELI 067 - (HP) Evil: Religious, Philosophic and Scientific Perspectives Semester Hours: 3
- RELI 068 - (HP) Apocalypse: Now and Then Semester Hours: 3-4
- RELI 079 - (HP) Religion, Law, and Society Semester Hours: 3-4
- RELI 085 - (CC) Comparative Religious Ethics Semester Hours: 3
- RELI 086 - (CC, IS) Cultural Medicine: Negotiating Barriers to Healthcare Semester Hours: 3
- RELI 089 - (CC, HP) Dying Across Cultures: Asia and Beyond Semester Hours: 3
- RELI 096 - (HP) Race and Religion in the Americas Semester Hours: 3
- RELI 073 - (HP) Sex and the Body in Religious Studies Semester Hours: 3
- RELI 121 - (HP) The Religious Mind Semester Hours: 3
- RELI 153 - (CC) Political Islam Semester Hours: 3
- RELI 154 - (HP) American Catholicism Now Semester Hours: 3
4. Pre-Professional Coursework taken under advisement - 3 Semester Hours
Students will use three (3) semester hours of course work from their Pre-Professional major taken under advisement to meet this requirement.
5. Additional Pre-Professional course or Religion/Pre-Professional elective - 3 Semester Hours
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