Comparative Religion Minor

The minor in Comparative Religion is designed to allow students with an interest in religious studies to follow a flexible, interdisciplinary course of study by choosing from a selection of courses with varied methodological approaches to religions both past and present.

Requirements (15 credits):

CREL 2603 - Religions of the World (3 cr.)
CREL 4000 - The Bible and Ancient Texts (3 cr.)
CREL 4001 - Three Faiths, One Father (3 cr.)

Either two further CREL courses or any two of the following courses (6 credits):

ANTH 4025 - Religion in a Global World (3cr.)
ANTH 4030 - Women, Islam and the State (3 cr.)
ARIC 3020 - Introduction to Sufism (3 cr.)
ARIC 3324 - Non-Muslim Communities in the Muslim World (3 cr.)
ARIC 3353 - Islamic Political Thought (3 cr.)
ARIC 3435 - Introduction to the Study of Islam (3 cr.)
EGPT 4040 - Ancient Egyptian Religion and Ethics (3 cr.)
PHIL 2112 - Philosophy of Religion (3 cr.)

Note

With the approval of the CREL advisor, other 3000 or 4000 level courses on Islam from ARIC, HIST, POLS, ANTH, SOC or PHIL may be substituted for the non-CREL courses listed above.

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Comparative Religion Minor

Requirements (15 credits):

Either two further CREL courses or any two of the following courses (6 credits):

Note