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RELIGIOUS STUDIES UNDERGRADUATE MAJOR RECORD FORM
INTERNAL WORKSHEET – NO SIGNATURE REQUIRED
Students entering University beginning Fall 1998

The undergraduate major consists of at least 27 hours of course work in religious studies. Fifteen of the total hours
required must be taken in courses numbered 300 and above, and eight of these junior-senior hours must be completed
in residence at the University. Each student must take REL 104, REL 124, and REL 490 ( REL 490 Senior Seminar in
Theories and Methods) which is normally offered only during the spring semester. Majors are advised to enroll in Required
Courses (REL 104, and REL 124) early in their course work. They should plan to take REL 490 during their senior
year during the spring semester. A student must complete all required courses and at least one course from each of the three
categories in Curricular Distribution Requirements (Section II) and at least three additional elective courses (Section III).

PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING COURSES THIS STUDENT HAS COMPLETED:

Overview of Judaism, Christianity, or Islam:

Semester completed:
107: Living Religions of the West
109: Living Religions of the West, Honors
311: Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament in English)
315: History and Literature of Early Christianity
325: Introduction to Judaism
345: Christianity
350: Islam
435: Development of the Islamic Tradition
570: Studies in Judaism

Overview of Religious Tradition other than Judaism, Christianity or Islam:

Semester completed:
106: Living Religions of the East
108: Living Religions of the East, Honors
360: The Buddhist Tradition in Asia
507: Religion in India
508: Religion in China
509: Religion in Japan

Focuses on Religion in North America

Semester completed:
171: Religion in American Society
172: Religion in American Society, Honors
330: Native American Religions
339: History of Religion in America
373: Supreme Court and Religious Issues in the U.S.
375: Supreme Court and Religious Issues in the U.S., Honors
585: New Religious Movements, Western
586: New Religious Movements, Non-Western
671: American Communes

Total Hours:
Estimated Date of Graduation:

JUNIOR SENIOR HOURS:
15 hours numbered 300 or above.
Note: The junior-senior hour’s requirement can be fulfilled by courses taken for Required Courses, Curricular Distribution
or Elective hours (Sections I, II and III).

Religious Studies 602, which varies in topic, may be counted toward appropriate curricular distribution requirements.
Departmental permission is required in order to apply REL 405 (Directed Study in Religion) toward fulfillment of the
curricular distribution requirements. Student entering the college in the fall of 1987 or thereafter and pursuing a B.G.S.
must complete a junior/senior concentration consisting of nine hours of course work numbered 300 or above.Therefore,
students planning to have Religious Studies be their area of emphasis are advised to take one course in each of the three
areas as designated above. Rev. March, 2007