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Summary of Requirements

World Religions - Bachelor of Arts Degree

Major Program Requirements


I. Foundations (21-24 Credit Hours)  
A. Introductions  
Wrel 102 Introduction to Religions of Asian Origin* (formerly Introduction to Eastern Religions)
3


Wrel 103 Introduction to Religions of Middle Eastern Origin* (formerly Introduction to Western Religions) 3  


*

May be replaced with a 200- or 300-level course with permission of the advisor.




B. Program Courses
Four 200-level Program Courses, chosen from the following:  
Wrel 204 Hinduism 3  
Wrel 205 Buddhism 3  
Wrel 207 Judaism 3  
Wrel 208 Christianity 3  
Wrel 209 Islam
3  
Wrel 211 Protestantism
3  
Wrel 215 Unification Philosophy
3  
Wrel 229 Confucianism and Taoism 3  

C. Thesis
Wrel 395 Senior Thesis** 3  

**

Thesis may be taken for six credit hours.


 

II. Concentrations (12 Credit Hours)

Students complete their major studies by taking twelve semester credit hours in one of the following concentrations.  

A. Religion, Conflict Analysis, and Mediation
 
Wrel 275 Religion, Conflict Analysis, and Mediation
3  
Wrel 278 Religion, Peace, and War
3  
Wrel 305 Comparative Religious Ethics
3  
Wrel 374 Religion and Politics in the Middle East
3  
Wrel 378 Religion and Genocide
3  
MCom 280 Intercultural Communication 3  

B. Religion and Community Service  
Wrel 275 Religion, Conflict Analysis, and Mediation
3  
Wrel 299 Religion, Leadership, and Community
3  
Wrel 305 Comparative Religious Ethics
3  
Wrel 348 Religion and Society
3  
Wrel 398 WREL Internship
3  
MCom 280 Intercultural Communication 3  

C. Religion and Contemporary Culture  
Wrel 221 Religion and Fiction
3  
Wrel 254 Religion and Science
3  
Wrel 288 Internet Religion
3  
Wrel 305 Comparative Religious Ethics 3  
Wrel 312 Religion and Film
3  
Wrel 348 Religion and Society 3  
  33-36  

General Education Requirements


Eng C101 Composition and Rhetoric 3  
FYS 101 First Year Seminar 3  
Math C105 Intermediate Algebra 3  
Hum C201 Humanities I 3
Hum   Approved Humanities Elective
3
SoSc C201 Social Sciences I 3
SoSc   Approved Social Science Elective 3
Sci C101 Natural Sciences I 3
Sci C102 Natural Sciences II 3  
Musc 122 World Music in the Liberal Arts 3  
Caps C390 Capstone Seminar 3  


Liberal Arts Electives 7  



40  

Foreign Language1 12  

Electives2 32-35  

Total Semester Hours 120  

Notes

  1. Competency at the Intermediate (104) level is required for the B.A. degree. Such competency is met if secondary school instruction was in a foreign language other than English.
  2. Electives also can be used to complete a minor or a concentration.
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