Religion Minor
A Religion Minor invites students to explore the ways in which humanity's deepest values and commitments shape society through stories, beliefs, rituals, behaviors and institutions.
Minor Requirements (16 credits):
- Three credits from:
- Three credits from:
- Three credits from:
- Three credits from:
- Another course in Religion (3 cr)
- One approved course in Philosophy, History, Literature, or Anthropology (3 cr)
- Three credits in the Fine Arts (Music, Theatre, Art) or in Creative Writing
- REL-398 Writing in Religion (1 cr), a competence demonstration to be taken concurrently with the final course that completes the minor, or no later than one academic term after the minor's completion
Student Learning Outcomes
- Critical Thinking in Religion
- Analytical Reasoning in Religion
- Problem Solving in Religion
- Written Communication in Religion
- Religious literacy, consisting of
- being able to articulate the nature, role and necessity of “symbols” for expressing ultimate commitments and values in society and the interpretive issues involved in dealing with them
- being able to make meaningful and fruitful comparisons between the key historical developments, practices and beliefs of at least two religious systems/movements/traditions and of the diversity within each of them