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
Select one course numbered 1000-1760: 4 sh
Select two courses from the following: 8 sh
Select an additional five REL courses: 20 sh
At least four must be at the 3000 or 4000 level.
At least one must be a 4000-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.