Religious Studies

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Coordinator/Dept. Chair: 
Prof. Michael Greenwald
Phone: 
315.229.5127
Campus Address: 
108 Richardson hall
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REL 100: Mystery and Meaning (HUM) introduces students to the academic study of religion and surveys major themes in one or two selected religious traditions. In addition, we offer REL 102: Religion and Science (SST), which focuses on these two seemingly different ways of knowing and understanding the world. Both courses are appropriate for first-year students. All 200-level courses are also open to first-year students without any prerequisites (i.e., you do not need to take REL 100). Several of these courses also fulfill the Humanities (HUM) or Diversity (DIV) distribution requirement.

The following courses offered this fall are appropriate for first-year students, subject to the availability of seats:

  • REL 100: Mystery and Meaning (HUM)
  • REL 102: Religion and Science (SST)
  • REL 205: Hebrew Bible (HUM)
  • REL 221/ASIA 261: Religious Life of India (HUM/DIV)
  • REL 231: Christian Religious Traditions (HUM)
  • REL 247A: Saints, Grails, and Mystics
  • REL 273/ASIA 273: Religion and Visual Culture (HUM/DIV)