Religion
Not available to Religion majors.
(18 semester hours)

The student who graduates with a minor in Religion will be able to:

• Describe and evaluate the scholarly methods used in the study of religion.
• Identify the basic concepts that make up a religious world view (e.g., creation of the world, good and evil, salvation, suffering).
• Identify and give examples of the universal forms of religious expression (e.g., sacred places, symbols, ethics, rituals).
• Analyze the historical development, and interaction among, the major world religions.
• Identify and evaluate the key beliefs and characteristics of each of the current major world religions.
• Determine and appraise the various expressions of religious life (e.g., social, political) that are evident in different societies over time.

HM230 / REL 201 - Introduction to World Religions
HM231 / REL 202 - Religion in America
PH410 / PHI 410 - God and World
RE310 / REL 101 - The Study of Religion
RE451 / REL 412 - Religious Fundamentalism
SO411 / SOC 420 - Sociology of Religion