Religious Studies Minor

Requirements

The Minor in Religious Studies is available to any non-Religious Studies major. This requires a minimum of 15 units in Religious Studies, of which at least 9 units are upper-division, exluding language courses.

R/ST 100 - The Religious Quest for Meaning (3 units)
R/ST 101 - Religion at the Movies (3 units)
R/ST 111 - Religion Games: Religion in the Public Square (3 units)
R/ST 200 - Introduction to Early and Western Religions (3 units)
R/ST 201 - Introduction to Asian Religions (3 units)
R/ST 202 - Religion and Pop Culture (3 units)
R/ST 208 - Religion and Sexual Ethics (3 units)
R/ST 210 - Introduction to the Bible (3 units)
R/ST 230 - Heaven, Hell and Other Afterlives (3 units)
R/ST 240 - Love, Life, and the World (3 units)
R/ST 302 - Faith and Race in America (3 units)
R/ST 303 - Queer Spirit (3 units)
R/ST 308 - Comparative Religious Ethics (3 units)
R/ST 311 - Religion and Literature of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament (3 units)
R/ST 312 - Intertestament Literature, Palestine History, and Early Christianity (Dead Sea Scrolls) (3 units)
R/ST 314 - Jewish Religion (3 units)
R/ST 315 - Modern Jewish Thought/Zionism (3 units)
R/ST 317 - Jewish Mysticism (3 units)
R/ST 322 - New Testament and Earliest Christian Literature (3 units)
R/ST 331 - A Journey through Islam (3 units)
R/ST 337 - Muslim Mystics: Music, Poetry, and Dance (3 units)
R/ST 341 - Buddhism (3 units)
R/ST 344 - Religions of East Asia (3 units)
R/ST 351 - Hinduism (3 units)
R/ST 352 - Religions of India (3 units)
R/ST 353 - Religions of Southeast Asia (3 units)
R/ST 362 - Religion and Psychology (3 units)
R/ST 375 - The Historical Jesus (3 units)
R/ST 376 - Christian Origins (3 units)
R/ST 383 - Christianity and Global Conflict (3 units)
R/ST 391 - Religion and Science (3 units)
R/ST 402 - Religion in America (3 units)
R/ST 403 - Professional Research Praxis: How to do it (3 units)
R/ST 410 - Women, Religion and Spirituality (3 units)
R/ST 460 - Jewish Christianity (3 units)
R/ST 471 - Early Christianity and Society (3 units)
R/ST 490 - Selected Topics in Religious Studies (3 units)

Note:

Courses with a subject focus on religion that are offered by other departments can be articulated into the minor, e.g., AFRS 353, AFRS 498 (up to 3 units).

* When the subject matter of a special topics or directed studies course is applicable, the course may be used.