Requirements

Graduates may earn a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree with a major in Religious Studies.
 

Bachelor of Arts, Major in Religious Studies (27 hours)

  • RLST 101 Introducing Religious Studies
  • One 200-level RLST course
  • One course in each of the following areas:
    • Biblical Studies:
      • RLST 304 Historical Jesus: The Quest for Jesus of Nazareth
      • RLST 307 Leviticus and Numbers: Cultural Interpretations
      • RLST 308 Paul and His Times
    • Historical Theology:
      • RLST 325 Great Theologians
      • RLST 445 Historical Theology
    • Theory of Theology:
      • RLST 370 Aquinas' Search for God: Faith Meets Philosophy
      • RLST 406 Ways of Doing Theology
    • Systematic Theology:
      • RLST 315 Free and Responsible: Grace and the Human Condition
      • RLST 318 Heaven and Hell
      • RLST 457 Systematic Theology Seminar
    • Ethical Studies:
      • RLST 352 Religion and Politics
      • RLST 458 Theological Ethics Seminar
  • Two additional RLST courses at the 300/400 level
    • RLST 312 Theologies of Love
    • RLST 314 Reading and Interpreting Hebrew Bible Prophets
    • RLST 339 Religion and Literature
    • RLST 351 Religion and Science
    • RLST 362 Becoming Women
    • RLST 380 World Religions and Christianity
    • RLST 390 Special Topics
    • RLST 476 Theology for Ministry I: Theory