We live in a world of many cultures. Each of these cultures is shaped by a least one religion and often more than one. A minor in Religious Studies can bring an important dimension of multicultural awareness to a major in any other discipline, and the issues raised by the study of religion and the investigation of these issues involve factual discovery and conceptual insight.

The Religious Studies Minor helps develop critical thinking and writing skills, critical historical analysis, sociocultural analysis and comparative analysis of the other. Anyone who will need to know something of the beliefs, rituals and moral values of other people in order to better appreciate different cultural patterns and individual aspirations would benefit from a Religious Studies Minor to supplements one’s major.

A minor in RS consists of 3 units of lower division and 15 units of upper division credit. With approval of the department advisor, students may apply an Experimental Topics course (RS 396A-Z) to fulfill the requirements of the minor.

1. Lower Division Required Course (3 units)

Choose one course from the following:

RS 100, 101, 150, 160, 240

2. Upper Division Required Courses

Religion in the United States (3 units)

Choose one course from the following:

RS 305, 306, 307, 308, 378

Current Issues in Religion (3 units)

Choose one course from the following:

RS 300, 302, 303, 304, 310, 311, 313, 356, 361, 370

Sacred Texts of the World (3 units)

Choose one course from the following:

RS 320, 325, 327, 375, 383, 384

Religious Traditions (6 units)

Choose two courses from the following:

JS 300

RS 345, 365, 380, 385, 390, 426

With approval of the Department advisor, students may apply an Experimental Topics in Religion course (RS 396A-Z) to the appropriate category listed above.