Religious Studies A.B.

Chair: 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

REL2920	Approaches to the Study of Religion	4 sh
REL4970	Senior Seminar	4 sh

Select an additional eight REL courses: 32 sh

• At least one must be numbered 1000-1769.
• At least two must be numbered 1770-1990.
• 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 recognize and describe the breadth and diversity of religious traditions and/or other constructions of “religion.”

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/or economic significance and/or ways in which cultural, political, and/or economic phenomena have significance for “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.

Total Credit Hours: 40