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Religious Studies/Cultures and Religions Autumn 2013

Interdepartmental Courses  Autumn 2013

Religious Studies major: Religions and Cultures concentration

Comparative Studies major: Religious Studies concentration 

(Study of Religions courses for Autumn 2013)

Courses listed here are ONLY the required and elective courses for the Religious Studies area of concentration within the Comparative Studies major and the Religions and Cultures concentration within the new Religious Studies major  offered in Autumn 2013. Go to requirements to see the range of courses that may fulfill requirements for this concentration. Consult your Comparative Studies adviser to be sure the courses you choose are appropriate for your particular program. In some cases, courses not listed below may, given relevant content, be substituted at the discretion of your adviser.

Note: Beginning Autumn 2012, students may declare the Religious Studies major, which has two concentrations: Religions and Cultures, which is identitical to the Religious Studies concentration within Comparative Studies, and Study of Religions, which focuses on specific traditions and interdisciplinary approaches to the study of religion.

Comparative Studies

  • 2370 Introduction to Comparative Religion, MW 910-1005 and recitation, Kasulis
  • 3678 Religion and American Culture, WF 1110-1230, Weiner
  • 3990 Approaches to Comparative Studies, TR 1110-1230, Horn
  • 4877 Myth and Ritual, TR 935-1055, Jones
  • 4990 Senior Seminar, TR 355-515, Berman

African American and African Studies

  • 3342H Music, Religion, and Ritual in Africa, WF 1245-205, Brodnicka

Arabic

  • *4626 Intro to the Arabic Qur'an, TR 1245-205, Moumtaz

Classics

  • 2220 Classical Mythology, MWF 1130-1225 and recitation, Lopez-Ruiz  
  • 2220H Classical Mythology, MWF 8-855; TR 220-340; WF 935-1055, McCullough
  • 2401 Intro to the New Testament: History and Literature, TR 1245-205, Harrill
  • 3401 Ancient Greek Religion, MWF 1240-135, Johnston  

English  

  • 2280H The English Bible, TR 220-340, Hamlin
  • 2281 Intro to African-American Literature, TR 220-340

Hebrew  

  • 2241H Culture of Contemporary Israel, WF 1245-205, Tanenbaum
  • 2700 Biblical & Post Biblical Hebrew Lit in Translation, MWF 1020-1115  
  • 2700H Biblical & Post Biblical Hebrew Lit in Translation, TR 935-1055, Frank
  • 2703 Prophecy in the Bible and Post Biblical Literature, WF 1110-1230, Meier  
  • 2704 Women in Biblical and Post Biblical Hebrew Lit , MW 220-340, Brenner
  • *5603 Readings in Rabbinic Literature, M 215-5, Swartz
  • 5802 Problem of Evil: Biblical & Post Biblical Lit, TR 1245-205, Frank

History

  • 2070 Intro to Native American History, TR 355-515
  • 2201 Ancient Greece and Rome, TR 8-920  
  • 2220 Intro to the History of Christianity, MW 1020-1115 and recitation, Brakke
  • 2231 The Crusades, MWF 910-1005
  • 2350 Islam, Politics, and Society in History, MEF 910-1005
  • 2351 Early Islamic Society, 610-1258
  • 2352 Ottoman Empire, 1300-1800, TR 1110-1230, Hathaway
  • 2375 Islamic Central Asia, TR 355-515, Honchell
  • 2392 Colonial India, WF 935-1055, Sreenivas
  • 2451 Medieval and Early Modern Jewish History, 700-1700 CE, TR 355-515
  • 2452 Modern Jewish History, 1700-Present, TR 1245-205, Judd
  • 2475 History of the Holocaust, TR 935-1055, Judd
  • 3221 Rome from the Gracchi to Nero, WF 1245-205, Rosenstein
  • 3225 Early Byzantine Empire, Gregory
  • 3229 History of Early Christianity, TR 1245-205, Sessa
  • 3350 The Middle East in 19th Century, TR 1110-1230, Findley
  • 3425 History of Japan before 1800, TR 1110-1230, Brown

History of Art

  • 2001 Western Art I: The Ancient and Medieval Worlds, MW 910-1005 and recitation, Whittington
  • 2001 Western Art I: The Ancient and Medieval Worlds, WF 1110-1230, Fullerton
  • 2003 Asian Art, TR 1020-1115 and recitation
  • 4810 The Arts of China, WF 1110-1230, Andrews
  • 5430 The Age of Giotto, TR 220-340, Whittington
  • 5724 The Buddhist Art of Gandhara and Kashmir, WF 355-515, Huntington

Medieval and Renaissance Studies

  • 2215 Gothic Paris: 1100-1300, WF 1110-1230, Figg
  • 2514 Golden Age of Islamic Civilization, TR 355-515, Pourshariati
  • 2666 Magic & Witchcraft in the Middle Ages & Renaissance, TR 1245-205, Green

Near Eastern Languages and Cultures

  • 3501 Introduction to Isla, TR 1110-1230, Yacoubi
  • 3700 Mythology of Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, TR 1245-205; WF 935-1055
  • 3702 Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World, TR 935-1055, Buzov

Philosophy

  • 2120 Asian Philosophies, MW 1130-1225 and recitation, Kasulis

Rural Sociology

  • 5520 Amish Society, WF 220-340, Donnermeyer

Scandinavian

  • 3350 Norse Mythology and Medieval Culture, TR 935-1055, Kaplan