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2003-2004 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2003-2004 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Religious Studies


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Chairperson: Thomas H. Donlin-Smith Professors: Bochen, Ph.D., Donlin-Smith, Ph.D., and Kelly, D.Min.; Assistant Professors: Nowak, Ph.D. and Schaller, Ph.D., Lecturers: Katz, M.A.H.L., Kistler-Connolly, M.A. and Shafiq, Ph. D.

Major Program Requirements

Majors complete 36 hours in Religious Studies. The major program includes courses in world religious traditions, theology and spirituality, sacred texts, ethics, and comparative studies.

Required
Perspectives I course (101, 103, or 104); three courses in religious traditions (202, 227, 228, 230, or 232); two additional courses in any one tradition; one course in theology and spirituality (214, 237, 239, 303, 304, 338, 344, 347); one course in sacred texts (203, 204, 213, 221, 301, 302, 305, 341); one course in ethics (233, 320, 330, 332, 335); one course in comparative studies (236, 240, 321, 331, 333, 334, 339, 348, 349); junior-senior seminar (370). The option of an internship is available.

Students seeking to enter the Inclusive Education (Quadruple Certification Grades 1-9) program may major in Religious Studies.

For the Senior Experience, the student prepares a thesis or a portfolio (including three papers that represent the student’s best work and an integrative essay showing how work in the major has both enhanced and been enhanced by work in the general curriculum) and an oral portion (discussing both the papers and integrative essay).

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