Religious Studies A.B.

Chair: Associate Professor Claussen

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 2920	APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF RELIGION	4 sh
REL 4970	SENIOR SEMINAR	4 sh

Select one course numbered 1000-1760: 4 sh

REL 1000	RELIGION IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT	4 sh
REL 1120	RELIGION AND POWER	4 sh
REL 1200	MAGIC	4 sh
REL 1210	RELIGION AND ROCK & ROLL	4 sh
REL 1310	JEWISH BIBLICAL LITERATURE IN CONTEXT	4 sh
REL 1320	EARLY CHRISTIAN LITERATURE IN CONTEXT	4 sh
REL 1410	AFRICAN GODS	4 sh

 

Select two courses from the following: 8 sh

REL 1810	BUDDHIST TRADITIONS	4 sh
REL 1820	Yoga, Karma, and Dharma: Hindu Traditions	4 sh
REL 1830	ISLAMIC TRADITIONS	4 sh
REL 1840	CHRISTIAN TRADITIONS	4 sh
REL 1850	JEWISH TRADITIONS	4 sh
REL 1860	IRRELIGIOUS AND SECULAR TRADITIONS	4 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.