Religious Studies Major and Minor Requirements

Requirements for a Major in Religious Studies

The requirements listed below reflect Mount Union’s new curriculum for the 2012-2013 Academic Year.  For information regarding major or minor requirements for current students, please refer to the University Catalogue of your entering year.

Required courses

• Understanding Christian Faith
• Biblical Texts and Contexts
• Religions of the World
• Seminar in Religious Studies
• One Elective
• One of the following Experiential Learning Elements

Travel Seminar
Research
Internship

Tracks

Majors must complete 12 semester hours in one of the following tracks: Comparative Studies, Christian Studies, or Religion and Culture.

Comparative Studies

Any Three from the Following Courses

• Native American Spirituality
• Islam
• Buddhism
• Religious Conflict and Peace
• Gender and Religion

Christian Studies

Any Three from the Following Courses

• The Black Church
• Development of the Christian Tradition
• Signs and Wonders
• Old Testament Interpretation
• Jesus and the Gospels
• Paul and the Epistles
• Christian Social Ethics
• Philosophy of Religion

Religion and Culture

Any Three from the Following Courses

• Religion and Film
• Death and Dying
• Religion and Science
• Religious Conflict and Peace
• Gender and Religion
• Religion and Ecology

Requirements for a Minor in Religious Studies

Required Courses

• Religions of the World
• Seminar in Religious Studies
• Two electives