Religious Studies Minor (18 units)
(RLST was formerly CPRL)
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In completing the requirements for a minor, a minimum of 12 units, of which at least six must be upper-division, must be distinct and different from the units used to complete the requirements of the major or other minor.
Students minoring in religious studies are required to take 18 units, distributed as follows:
Introduction and Methods (6 units)
Introduction:
RLST 100 - Introduction to the Study of Religion (3) or
RLST 105 - Religion and the Quest for Meaning (3) or
RLST 110 - Religions of the World (3)
Methods:
RLST 300 - Methods of Studying Religion (3)
Religious Traditions 1: Judaism, Christianity, Islam (3 units)
Select one course:
RLST 351 - History and Development of Early Christian Thought (3)
RLST 352 - History and Development of Modern Christian Thought (3)
RLST 361 - History and Development of Jewish Thought: Biblical and Rabbinical Eras (3)
RLST 362 - History and Development of Jewish Thought: Medieval and Modern Eras (3)
RLST 371 - History and Development of Islamic Thought: The Beginning to 1258 (3)
RLST 372 - History and Development of Islamic Thought: 1259 to Modern Times (3)
RLST 412A - History of the Christian Church to the Reformation (1517) (3)
RLST 412B - History of the Christian Church from the Reformation to the Present (3)
RLST 435A - The Holocaust (3)
RLST 466A - Islamic Civilization: Arab Era (3)
RLST 466B - Islamic Civilization: Imperial Age (3)
Religious Traditions 2: Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism (3 units)
Select one course:
PHIL 350 - Asian Philosophy (3)
RLST 307 - Non-violence, Animal Rights and Diet in Jainism (3)
RLST 341 - Hindu Tradition to 400 B.C.E. (3)
RLST 342 - Hindu Tradition from 400 B.C.E. (3)
Electives: Religion, Culture and Experience (6 units)
Select two courses:
RLST 200 Introduction to Christianity (3)
RLST 201 - Introduction to the New Testament (3)
RLST 210 - Introduction to Judaism (3)
RLST 270T - Introduction to the Asian Religions (3)
RLST 280 - Introduction to Buddhism (3)
RLST 305 - Anthropology of Religion (3)
RLST 306 - Contemporary Practices of the World’s Religions (3)
RLST 311 - Religion and Film (3)
RLST 312 - The Bible as Literature (3)
RLST 321 - Psychology of Religion (3)
RLST 325 - African American Religions and Spirituality (3)
RLST 333 - Religion and Sexuality (3)
RLST 367 - Religion in Latino/a Life (3)
RLST 370 - New Religious Movements in the U.S.A. (3)
RLST 373 - Women in Islam (3)
RLST 374 - Issues in Contemporary Islam (3)
RLST 375 - Conceptions of the Afterlife (3)
RLST 380 - Religion and Violence (3)
RLST 381 - Religion and Politics in the United States (3)
RLST 400 - Religion, the Media and Contemporary Culture (3)
RLST 485T - Major Religious Thinkers and Concepts (3)
