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Religious Studies/Religions and Cultures Spring 2013

Interdepartmental Courses  Spring 2013

Religious Studies major: Religions and Cultures concentration

Comparative STudies major: Religious Studies concentration 

(Study of Religions courses for Spring 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 Spring 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, TR 1245-205, Urban; WF 1110-1230
  • 3673 The Buddhist Traditions, WF 935-1055, Kasulis
  • 3990 Approaches to Comparative Studies, WF 1110-1230, Shank
  • 4655 Studies in Ethnography, TR 1110-1230, Coleman
  • 4871 Religion and American Politics, WF 935-1055, McVicar
  • 4872H Varieties of Christianity, WF 935-1055, Reff
  • 4875 Gender, Sexuality, and Religion, WF 220-340, McVicar
  • 4877 Myth and Ritual, TR 1110-1230, Jones
  • 4972 Theory and Method in the Study of Religion, TR 935-1055, Urban
  • 4990 Senior Seminar, WF 910-1055, Holland
  • 5691 Topics in Comparative Studies: Religious Pluralism and Tolerance, W 1110-205, Maymind
  • 5691 Topics in Comparative Studies: Ethnography, Film, Festival, TR 1110-1230, Borland
  • 5871 The Japanese Religious Tradition, WF 1245-205, Kasulis

Classics

  • 2220 Classical Mythology, MWF 1130-1225 and recitation, Hawkins
  • 2220H Classical Mythology, TR 935-1055, Hawkins; TR 1110-1230, Graf; TR 1245-205
  • 3408 Ancient Roman Religion, TR 1245-205, Harrill

English  

  • 2280 The English Bible, WF 1110-1230

German

  • 3451H Religion in Modern German Literature and Philosophy, TR 1245-205, Mergenthaler

Hebrew  

  • 2241H Culture of Contemporary Israel, WF 1245-205, Tanenbaum
  • 2700 Biblical & Post Biblical Hebrew Lit in Translation, TR 935-1055  
  • 2702 Modern Hebrew Lit in Translation, tba, Kernan  
  • *5602 The Bible as Literature: Selected Readings, TR 1110-1230, Frank

History

  • 2045 History of American Religion to the Civil War, TR 355-515, Price
  • 2070 Intro to Native American History, tba, Wallace
  • 2111 Intro to Native American People of the Andes, TR 355-515, Tyce
  • 2201 Ancient Greece and Rom, MWF 8-855, Vanderpuy; TR 355-515, Barber; MWF 3-355  
  • 2202 Intro to Medieval History, TR 8-920, Drake; MWF 3-355
  • 2231 The Crusades, MWF 910-1005, Ewing
  • 2350 Islam, Politics, and Society in History, TR 355-515, Honchell
  • 2351 Early Islamic Society, 610-1258
  • 2375 Islamic Central Asia, WF 1020-1115 and recitation, Levi
  • 2450 Ancient and Medieval Jewish History, 300 BCE-1100CE, TR 935-1055, Frank
  • 3070 Native American History from European Contact to Removal, 1560-1820, TR 935-1055
  • 3223 The Later Roman Empire, TR 935-1055, Sessa
  • 3226 Later Byzantine Empire, tba, Gregory
  • 3239 Medieval England, TR 1110-1230; MWF 1020-1115
  • 3360 History of Iran, TR 220-340, Pourshariati

History of Art

  • 2001 Western Art I: The Ancient and Medieval Worlds, MW 910-1005 and recitation
  • 2003 Asian Art, TR 1020-1115 and recitation  
  • 4421 Medieval Art, TR 355-515, Whittington
  • 4701 An Introduction to Buddhist Art and Iconography, WF 1245-205, Huntington
  • 5221 Early Islamic Art, TR 220-340, Crane
  • 5821 Japanese Art: Proto Historic and Buddhist, TR 355-515, Huntington

Japanese

  • 5271 The Japanese Religious Tradition, WF 1245-205, Kasulis

Medieval and Renaissance Studies

  • 2666 Magic & Witchcraft in the Middle Ages & Renaissance, MWF 1130-1225, Johnston

Near Eastern Languages and Cultures

  • 3501 Introduction to Islam, TR 410-530
  • 3700 Mythology of Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, TR 935-1055; WF 1245-205
  • 3702 Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World, WF 935-1055, Buzov
  • 5578 Islamic Law and Society, M1210-2, Buzov

Philosophy

  • 2120 Asian Philosophies, MWF 1240-135, Cray  
  • 5850 Philosophy of Religion, TR 1110-1230, Rudavsky

Sociology

  • 3467 Sociology of Religion, WF 220-340, Thompson