Religious Studies
Major Requirements
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All major areas of concentration in Comparative Studies require a total of 60 credits, including Comparative Studies 398 and 598 and at least one "foundation course" in the area of concentration. Remaining courses fulfill interdisciplinary/thematic/comparative and distribution requirements. All Comparative Studies students should work with their advisers to develop a strong, coherent, individualized program.
The concentration in Religious Studies requires the following:
Foundation courses (10 credits):
Both of the following are required:
Comp St 270 Introduction to Comparative Religion
Comp St 620 Approaches to the Study of Religion (or new course CS 520 Theory and Method in the Study of Religion, when approved)
Comp St 620 Approaches to the Study of Religion (or new course CS 520 Theory and Method in the Study of Religion, when approved)
Interdisciplinary/thematic/comparative Requirement (35 credits)
Required (10 credits):
Five of the following are required (25 credits):
Comp St 398 Approaches to Comparative Studies
Comp St 598 Senior Seminar
Comp St 598 Senior Seminar
Five of the following are required (25 credits):
Phil 270 Philosophy of Religion
Anthro 620.11 Anthropology of Religion
Sociology 467 Sociology of Religion
Comp St 515 Gender, Sexuality, and Religion
Comp St 525 Contemporary Religious Movements in Global Context
Comp St 526 New Age and New Religious Movements
Comp St 541 Myth and Ritual
Comp St 651 Topics in Comparative Studies (topic to be approved by the student's adviser; course is repeatable)
Anthro 620.11 Anthropology of Religion
Sociology 467 Sociology of Religion
Comp St 515 Gender, Sexuality, and Religion
Comp St 525 Contemporary Religious Movements in Global Context
Comp St 526 New Age and New Religious Movements
Comp St 541 Myth and Ritual
Comp St 651 Topics in Comparative Studies (topic to be approved by the student's adviser; course is repeatable)
Distribution requirement (Electives) (15 credits):
Additional courses are to be chosen from Comparative Studies courses and from the list of courses offered by other departments and approved for major credit; courses that satisfy this requirement are listed below. Additional courses not listed below may, given appropriate content, be substituted at the discretion of the Comparative Studies adviser. (Note: Courses previously listed as "Religious Studies" courses are now listed as "Comparative Studies" courses.) No more than five credits at the 200-level may count toward fulfillment of the Distribution Requirement.
Coursework selected for this requirement should include at least one course in Comparative Studies chosen from the following:
Comp St 321 Religions of India
Comp St 322 Native American Religions
Comp St 323 The Buddhist Tradition
Comp St 324 African Religions
Comp St 345 South Asian American Religion and Culture
Comp St 376 The Jewish Mystical Tradition
Comp St 542 Native American Identity
Comp St 641 The Japanese Religious Tradition
Comp St 651 Topics in Comparative Studies (when topic is focused on a specific tradition, e.g., "Reformation Culture," "Zen Philosophy")
Comp St 322 Native American Religions
Comp St 323 The Buddhist Tradition
Comp St 324 African Religions
Comp St 345 South Asian American Religion and Culture
Comp St 376 The Jewish Mystical Tradition
Comp St 542 Native American Identity
Comp St 641 The Japanese Religious Tradition
Comp St 651 Topics in Comparative Studies (when topic is focused on a specific tradition, e.g., "Reformation Culture," "Zen Philosophy")
Comparative Studies
270 Introduction to Comparative Religion
315 Women and Religion
321 The Religions of India
322 Native American Religions
323 The Buddhist Traditions
324 African Religions
345 South Asian American Religion & Culture
376 The Jewish Mystical Tradition
398 Approaches to Comparative Studies
475 Studies in Ethnography
525 Contemporary Religious Movements in Global Context
526 New Age and New Religious Movements
541 Myth and Ritual
542 Native American Identity
598 Senior Seminar
620 Approaches to the Study of Religion
641 The Japanese Religions Tradition
651 Topics in Comparative Studies
677.04 Comparative Folk Groups
African American and African Studies
342 Music, Religion, and Ritual in Africa
541 History of Islam in Africa
Anthropology
620.11 Anthropology of Religion
Arabic
*626 Intro to the Qur'an
671 The Qur'an in Translation
Classics
222 Classical Mythology
226 Byzantine Civilization: Constantinople and the Empire of New Rome
322 The Hero in Classical Mythology
323 Religion in the Graeco Roman World
324 Magic in the Ancient World
325 Christians in the Graeco Roman World
326 Christian Heroes: Byzantine Saints' Lives
English
280 The English Bible
Hebrew
216 The Medieval Jewish Experience
241 Culture of Contemporary Israel
370 Biblical & Post Biblical Hebrew Lit in Translation
371 Medieval Hebrew Literature in Translation
372 Modern Hebrew Lit in Translation
373 Prophecy in the Bible and Post Biblical Literature
374 Women in Biblical and Post Biblical Hebrew Lit
376 The Jewish Mystical Tradition
378 Biblical and Post-Biblical Wisdom Literature
379 The World of the Rabbis
*425 Readings in the Mishnah
*620 Intro to Hebrew Literary and Cultural Texts
*621 The Bible as Literature: Selected Readings
*623 Readings in Rabbinic Literature
671 Problem of Evil: Biblical & Post Biblical Lit
676 Studies in Biblical Law
680 Biblio & Ref Tools: Hebraica, Judaica, & Semitics
*taught in Hebrew
History
301 Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations
330.01 Ancient and Medieval Jewish Civilization
330.02 Modern Jewish Civilization
331 The Holocaust: Destruction of European Jewry
332 Jews in American Film
340 Islam, Politics, and Society in History
342 Foundations of Chinese Civilization
368.01 Introduction to Native American History
500 The Ancient Near East
503.02 Early Roman Empire: 31 BC-AD 180
503.03 Later Roman Empire: AD 180-476
505.01 Byzantine History: Early Byzantine Empire
505.02 Later Byzantine Empire
506 History of Early Christianity
507 History of the Medieval Christianity
508.01 Medieval Europe I: 300-1100
508.02 Medieval Europe II: 1100-1450
508.03 Medieval England
511 The Reformation
530.01 History of Ancient Israel
530.02 Jewish History: Second Commonwealth
530.03 Jews in the Western World in Modern Times
530.04 The American Jewish Experience
531.01 Messiahs and Messianism in Jewish History
531.02 Jews in the World of the Renaissance
531.03 Jewish Society at the Dawn of the Modern Age, 1600-1750
533.01 Colonial Latin American History
540.01 Islamic Society, 610-1258
540.02 History of Iran
540.03 Ottoman Empire
540.04 Middle East in 19th Century
540.05 Middle East in 20th Century
541.01 Islamic Spain & No. Africa
541.02 History of Islam in Africa
542.01 Intellectual and Social Movements in the Muslim World
543.01 Ancient India
543.02 Islamic India
543.03 Colonial India
548.01 History of Japan before 1800
568.01 Native American History from European Contact to Removal, 1560-1820
568.02 Native American History Removal to Present
578 American Religious History
History of Art
201 History of Western Art I: The Ancient and Medieval Periods
H210 Art of the Ancient World
H211 Art of the Medieval and Renaissance Worlds
213 Asian Art
216 Intro to African Art and Archeology
301 Christian Art
305 Art and Civilization in the Near East
315 Renaissance Art in Italy
316 Dante's Divine Comedy & its Visualizations
505 Contemporary African Art, 1920-Present
524 Early Christian and Byzantine Art
525 Medieval Art
527 Northern Renaissance Art
529 Early Renaissance Art in Italy
576 The Arts of China
582 Arts of Japan
610 African Art and Archeology I
611 African Art and Archeology II
615 Contemporary Art of West Africa
616 Contemporary Art of Central Africa
617 Contemporary Art of East and Southern Africa
625 Romanesque and Gothic Art
628 Gothic Towards Renaissance: 14th Century
651 Romanesque and Gothic Sculpture
663 Early Islamic Art
664 Later Islamic Art
669 The Art of Newar Buddhism
670 Buddhist Art: Theory and History
671 Art of India I
672 Art of India II
673 Art of Central Asia
674 Art of Nepal and Tibet
675 Art of India III
676 Hindu Iconography
677.01 Chinese Art: Pre Buddhist
677.02 Chinese Art: Buddhist
681 Japanese Art: Proto Historic and Buddhist
Japanese
641 The Japanese Religious Tradition
Jewish Studies
201 Intro to Jewish Studies
613 The American Jewish Experience: Life and Culture
Medieval and Renaissance Studies
210 Court of Charlemagne
211 Medieval Kyoto: Portraits and Landscapes
212 Culture of a City-State in the Renaissance
213 Medieval Moscow
214 Golden Age of Islamic Civilization
215 Gothic Paris
216 The Medieval Jewish Experience
217 Early Modern London
218 Colonial Mexico: Med & Renaiss Legacy
226 Byzantine Civilization: Constantinople and the Empire of New Rome
240 Magic & Witchcraft in the Middle Ages & Renaissance
Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
271 Sacred Texts of the Near East
341 Islam in the U.S.
351 Introduction to Islam
370 Mythology of Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia
372 Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World
671 Canons and Communities in the Near East
Persian
370 Persian Culture
Philosophy
215 Asian Philosophies
270 Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion
302 History of Medieval Philosophy
321 Introduction to Jewish Philosophy
322 Jewish Mysticism
323 Judaism and Ethics
521 Topics in Jewish Philosophy
602 Studies in Medieval Philosophy
670 Philosophy of Religion
Rural Sociology
622 Amish Society
Scandinavian
222 Nordic Mythology and Medieval Culture
Sociology
467 Sociology of Religion
Turkish
371 Turkish
