Online Courses

The Department of Religious Studies is committed to offering quality courses, both in-person and fully asynchronous online.
The following courses are offered fully asynchronous online.

Click the course title for a sample syllabus where available (PDF file).

RLST 100 Introduction to the Study of Religion (Syllabus Spring 2025)   
RLST 110 Religions of the World (Syllabus Spring 2022)   
RLST 200 Introduction to Christianity
RLST 201 Introduction to the New Testament (Syllabus Spring 2025)   
 

RLST 210 Introduction to Judaism
RLST 250 Introduction to Islam (Syllabus Fall 2023)   
RLST 270T Hinduism & Sikhism (Syllabus Fall 2022)   
RLST 280 Introduction to Buddhism (Syllabus Spring 2025)   
RLST 305 Anthropology of Religion
RLST 307 Non-violence, Animal Rights and Diet in Jainism
RLST 311 Religion and Film (Syllabus Spring 2023)   
RLST 325 African American Religion and Spirituality
RLST 341 Hindu Tradition to 400 B.C.E. (Syllabus Fall 2023)   
RLST 342 Hindu Tradition from 400 B.C.E.
RLST 351 History and Development of Early Christian Thought (Syllabus Spring 2025)   

 

RLST 352 History and Development of Modern Christian Thought (Syllabus Fall 2023)   
RLST 361 History and Development of Jewish Thought: Biblical and Rabbinical Eras
RLST 362 History and Development of Jewish Thought: Medieval and Modern Times
RLST 367 Religion in Latino/a Life
RLST 371 History and Development of Islamic Thought: The Beginning to 1258 (Syllabus Fall 2023)   
RLST 372 History and Development of Islamic Thought: 1259 to Modern Times
RLST 373 Women in Islam
RLST 375 Conceptions of the Afterlife (Syllabus Spring 2025)   
 

 

RLST 380 Religion and Violence
RLST 400 Religion, Media and Culture (Syllabus Fall 2021)