Effective as of fall 2009
Interdisciplinary Program in Religious Studies
All students must complete an academic major. Completion of any major requires a minimum of 13 courses. Students interested in the interdisciplinary program in Religious Studies, which leads to a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts, are encouraged to complete the sequence of courses below. Alternatively, students should complete the requirements for the self-designed Liberal Arts major. Students focusing in this area of study cannot officially elect an academic minor. However, students interested in a course of study in religious studies supplementary to their major are encouraged to complete the list of courses set forth below.
One Integrative course, chosen from the following (not all courses offered every semester)
LREL 2778 Religion and Theater
LREL 2779 Science and Religion: Anomalies and Miracles
LREL 3059 Myth and Religion in Film
One Core Course:
LREL 3004 Theorizing Religion
Six additional Religious Studies courses of which four must be 3000 or higher
Four courses outside Religious Studies chosen in consultation with the chair
One Senior Capstone, chosen from:
Individual Independent Project
Collaborative Independent Project
By the end of junior year, students are expected to have defined a special field of competence that draws from courses both in and outside the program. These must be chosen with the approval of the chair.
Students must earn a grade of C or higher in all courses taken to meet the requirements for the Liberal Arts major.
Students interested in a course of study in religious studies supplementary to their major are encouraged to complete the following:
One Core Course
LREL 3004 Theorizing Religion
One course each in Western and non-Western religious traditions
Two courses in an area of special competence
One additional religious studies course
Students must earn a grade of C or higher in all courses taken to meet these requirements.
Please note: Students are advised to refer to the current applicable program catalog for degree completion requirements and to confirm their progress in satisfying those requirements with their advisors.
