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DEPARTMENT OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES
COURSE NUMBERING SYSTEM

    100s:
Intros
200s:
Foundations
300s:
Focus courses
400s:
Seminars
_1_: Judaism
_2_: Christianity
_3_: American
_4_: Islam
_5_: South Asian
_6_: Buddhism
_7_: East Asian
_8_: Topical
_9_:

Required
for majors

INTROS

101:   Introduction to the Study of Religion
102:   1st-year Seminar: Introduction to the Study of Religion
103:   1st-year Seminar: Introduction to the Study of Religion: Women and Religion


FOUNDATIONS

Judaism
210:   The Judaic Tradition
211:   Modern Judaism

Christianity
220:   Faith of Christians
225:   Jesus and the Gospels (or New Testament)

American
230:   Religion and Society in America (U.S.)
242:   Afro-Caribbean Spirituality

Islam
240:   Classical Islam

South Asian
250:   South Asian Religions

Buddhism
260:   Buddhist Thought and Practice

East Asian
270:   Chinese Religions
275:   Japanese Religions


FOCUS COURSES
Judaism
310:   Hebrew Scriptures/Old Testament
312:   Jews in Literature
313:   Souls on Fire: Jewish Mystical Expression

Christianity
320:   Medieval Christianity
321:   The Reformation
328:   Women and the Christian Tradition
329:   Christian Mysticism

American
332:   African-American Religions

334:   Afro-Caribbean Spirituality

Islam
345:   Medieval Muslim Empires (also History 260)

South Asian
350:   Modern Hinduism

Buddhism
360:   Zen Buddhism

East Asian
37_:

Topical
380:   Ethics and Social Justice
381:   Meanings of Death
382:   Prophecy

Required for majors
390:   Approaches to the Study of Religion


SEMINARS

Judaism
410:   Women in Judaism
412:   Journey and Illumination: Jewish and Hindu Mystical Expression

Christianity
421:   Modern Catholicism
422:   Victorian Religions

American
43_

Islam
440:   Seminar on Sufism
441:   Islam in Central Asia

South Asian
450:   Religion and Performance in South Asia and Islam

Buddhism
46_

East Asian
471:   Confucianism
472:   Taoism

Topical
480:   Religious Communities
481:   Religion and Nature
482:   Comparative Mysticism

Required for majors
490:   Senior Seminar


Edit date: 4/15/04

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