Courses
To view a listing of all courses offered by the Department of Religious Studies, please see the University Catalog.
Course Designations
Creative Arts ("A" designation)
- RELS 168A - The Bible in Art and Artifact
- RELS 242A - Sacred Arts of Asia
Culture and Belief ("B" designation)
- RELS 100B - Introduction to Biblical Literature
- RELS 103B - Religions of the East
- RELS 105B - Judaism, Christianity and Islam
- RELS 107B - Introduction to Judaism
- RELS 108B - Christian Thought and Doctrine
- RELS 109B - Sacred Traditions of the World
- RELS 222B - Heretical Christianities of the Early Church
- RELS 252B - Religions of China and Japan
- RELS 255B - Apocalyptic Visions and American Culture
- RELS 258B - Religions of India
- RELS 275B - Religion and the Civil Rights Movement
- RELS 282B - The American Jewish Experience
- RELS 305B - Shapers of Christian Thought
- RELS 331B - Islam: Religion of the Prophet
- RELS 336B - Society and the Supernatural in Asia
- RELS 337B - The Religion and Culture of Hinduism
- RELS 341B - Idea of the Devil
- RELS 344B - Religion and American Politics
- RELS 337B - The Religion and Culture of Hinduism
- RELS 365B - Mary, Max and Mozart: Religion and European Culture
- RELS 391B - Topics in Religion: Islam in the Modern World
Human Diversity ("D" designation)
- RELS 256V - Gender and Difference in Biblical Texts and Traditions
- RELS 335V - Religion and Violence in Asia
- RELS 339V - Sexual Bodies, Gendered Lives: Women in Asia
First Year Seminar ("FSEM" designation)
- FSEM 100-09 - Search for Wisdom
- FSEM 100-10 - Self and World
- FSEM 100-30 - Healthy Religion vs. Sick Religion
- FSEM 100-102 - Ghost Stories: East and West
- FSEM 100-168 - Religion and Human Rights in a Pluralistic World
Ethical or Spiritual Inquiry ("E" designation)
- RELS 231V - The Bible and Ethics
- RELS 238V - Religious Ethics and Moral Problems
- RELS 281V - Moral Reflections on the Holocaust
- RELS 302V - American Christian Experience
- RELS 307V - Varieties of American Religion
- RELS 317V - The Gospels
- RELS 318V - Life and Letters of Paul
- RELS 334V - Buddhism: The Middle Way
- RELS 352V - Nature, the Sacred and Ethics
- RELS 412V - Envisioning the Psalms
- RELS 435V - Spiritualities East and West
- RELS 459V - The Ethics of Mortality
Junior Seminar ("JS" designation)
- RELS 316(E)V-JS - In Search of Jesus
- RELS 347(J)V-JS - The Theology of Harry Potter
- RELS 358(E)V-JS - Frontiers in Bioethics
Historical Inquiry ("H" designation)
- RELS 221H - History of Early Christianity
- RELS 311H - The Dead Sea Scrolls
Social Justice ("J" Designation)
- RELS 313V - Prophets of Social Justice
- RELS 362V - Religion and Human Rights
- RELS446V-01 - Slaves, Whores and Poors