2008-2009 Academic Catalog - Queens University of Charlotte

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Degree
A major in Religion leads to the Bachelor of Arts degree.
Requirements
Students are required to complete 33 hours for a Religion major.
Religious and Philosophical Foundations
PHIL320 Philosophy of Religion
Plus one additional course chosen from:
PHIL203 Introduction to Philosophy
PHIL320 Philosophy of Religion (required)
RELG105 Introduction to Religion
World Religions
RELG210 World Religions
Plus one additional course chosen from:
RELG210 World Religions (required)
RELG351 Studies in World Religion (The specific topic of this course will change, but it will
usually focus on one of the world’s major religions, such as Islam, Hinduism or a
comparison of several world religions.)
Sacred Scriptures
RELG205 Old Testament
RELG206 New Testament
Plus one additional course chosen from:
RELG205 Old Testament (required)
RELG206 New Testament (required)
RELG352 Studies in Sacred Scriptures (may be repeated with different subtitles)
Religion, Culture and Ethics
Three courses chosen from:
RELG344 Christian Ethics
RELG/HIST345 Religion in America
RELG348 The Problem of Evil
RELG353 Studies in Religion, Culture and Ethics (may be repeated with different subtitles)
PHIL340 Contemporary Moral Issues
PSYC360 Psychology of Religion
Senior Capstone Course
RELG400 Major Religious and Philosophical Thinkers and Issues (may be repeated once with
different subtitles)
Sociology-Anthropology Minor
A minor in Sociology-Anthropology is offered through Hayworth College.
Sociology is the study of group life: its characteristics, changes, causes and consequences.
It combines scientific and humanistic perspectives in the study of urban and rural life, family
patterns and relationships, social change, inter-group relations, social class, environment,
technology and communications, health seeking behavior, as well as social movements and
community responses to disasters natural and created. Anthropology is the study of human
societies and their cultures. It bridges the gulf between the sciences and humanities because
of its subject matter and methodology. Anthropology is holistic and comparative, seeking a
comprehensive view of human life by studying both small and large-scale societies in all parts
of the world, in the past and present. The four major branches of Anthropology are cultural, archaeological,
biological and linguistic. Cultural anthropologists study living people in their natural
settings through participant observation. They recognize that humans are a product of their
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