interdisciplinary minor in religious studies - Salisbury University

Fulton School of Liberal Arts
2009-2010 Catalog
INTERDISCIPLINARY MINOR
IN
RELIGIOUS STUDIES
CHECKLIST
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For a minor in Religious Studies, a student must complete 5 courses, (with at least 3 at
the 300/400 level). Of these, 1 course must be taken from the Core, and 4 courses from a
variety of departmental offerings, with the requirement that these 4 courses be taken from at
least 3 different departments. The University requires that at least 15 hours of the work
applied toward a minor must consist of courses which are not used to satisfy General Education
requirements, and at least 9 of these hours must be credits earned at the University. Grades
of C or better are required in all courses applicable to the minor. Please refer to the back of
this page for a complete listing of approved departmental course offerings.
Dr. James Hatley of the Philosophy Department would be happy to assist you
in planning this minor.
CATEGORY DEPARTMENT/COURSE NUMBER GRADE
Core Course
IDIS 250 – Comparative Religions
OR
HIST 210 – Intro to World Religions
Departmental Offerings
Department #1
Department #2
Department #3
Any other approved course
PHIL/lsa 5/2009

2009-2010
MINOR IN RELIGIOUS STUDIES
APPROVED DEPARTMENTAL COURSE OFFERINGS
Students should choose 4 courses from at least 3 different departments.
At least 3 of the courses must be at the 300/400 level.
ANTH 200 Topics in Anthropology (when the topic deals specifically with religious themes) 4
ANTH 215 Religion, Magic and Witchcraft 4
ENGL 300 Studies in English (when the topic deals specifically with religious themes) 4
ENGL 301 Studies in English (when the topic deals specifically with religious themes) 4
ENGL 341 The Bible as Literature 4
ENGL 366 World Mythology 4
ENGL 384 Native American Literature 4
ENGL 401 Studies in Film (when the topic deals specifically with religious themes) 4
*HIST 210 Introduction to World Religions 4
HIST 215 Topics in History (when the topic deals specifically with religious themes) 4
HIST 320 History of the Early Christian Church 4
HIST 371 Introduction to Classical Mythology 4
HIST 375 Topics in American Studies (when the topic deals specifically with religious themes) 4
HIST 382 American Religious History 4
*IDIS 250 Comparative Religions 4
PHIL 309 Medieval Philosophy 4
PHIL 310 Philosophical Topics (when the topic deals specifically with religious themes) 4
PHIL 323 Buddhist Philosophy 4
PHIL 324 Topics in Asian Philosophy (when the topic deals specifically with religious themes) 4
PHIL 325 Philosophy of Religion 4
PHIL 402 The Problem of God 4
PHIL 450 Philosophical Concepts in Literature (when the topic deals specifically with religious themes) 4
SOCI 318 Sociology of Religion 4
*Course may count as one of the 4 additional courses if it was not used to satisfy the core course requirement.