Religious Studies A.B.

A Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Religious Studies requires the completion of the Elon Core Curriculum as well as the Major Requirements listed below.

Major Requirements

Required courses: 8 sh

REL 292	APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF RELIGION	4 sh
REL 492	SENIOR SEMINAR	4 sh

Select one course numbered 100-176: 4 sh

REL 110	RELIGION IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT	4 sh
REL 112	Religion and Power	4 sh
REL 120	Magic	4 sh
REL 121	Religion and Rock & Roll	4 sh
REL 131	Jewish Biblical Literature in Context	4 sh
REL 132	Early Christian Literature in Context	4 sh
REL 141	African Gods	4 sh

 

Select two courses from the following: 8 sh

REL 181	BUDDHIST TRADITIONS	4 sh
REL 182	HINDU TRADITIONS	4 sh
REL 183	ISLAMIC TRADITIONS	4 sh
REL 184	CHRISTIAN TRADITIONS	4 sh
REL 185	JEWISH TRADITIONS	4 sh
REL 186	Irreligious and Secular Traditions	4 sh

 

Select an additional five REL courses: 20 sh

At least four must be at the 300 or 400 level.

At least one must be a 400-level topic seminar.

Total Credit Hours: 40

Program Outcomes

Students will demonstrate their ability to think critically about the socially constructed nature of that which can be categorized as “religious.”

Students will recognize and explain ways in which “religion” has cultural, political, and economic significance and/or ways in which cultural, political, and economic phenomena have religious significance.

Students will recognize and describe the breadth and diversity of constructions of religion.

Students will formulate substantive, critical questions about issues within the study of religion.

Students will employ appropriate approaches to pursuing those questions.

Students will craft coherent and well-supported arguments.

Students will articulate the relevance of religious studies to understanding and/or addressing questions and problems that face our world.