The courses offered in the Religious Studies department cover all of the world's major religious traditions. In addition to the courses listed here, the department offers a number of Special Topics courses each semester. Click here for details on Special Topics Courses.
Many of the Religious Studies courses are cross-listed or dual listed with History, Gender Studies, Government or Sociology, and most of our courses offer diversity or humanities credit.
| Course | Title |
Day |
Time |
Instructor |
REL 100A |
Mystery/Meaning |
t th |
0220pm-0350pm |
Stuart Young |
REL 100B |
Mystery/Meaning |
t th |
1240pm-0210pm |
Kathleen Self |
REL 100C |
Mystery/Meaning |
t th |
1240pm-0210pm |
Laura Desmond |
REL 205A |
Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) |
t th |
1240pm-0210pm |
Michael Greenwald |
REL 221A |
Religious Life Of India |
t th |
0830am-1000am |
Laura Desmond |
REL 222A |
Buddhism |
m w f |
0140pm-0240pm |
Stuart Young |
REL 224A |
Islamic Religious Traditions |
m w |
1200pm-0130pm |
Jusuf Salih |
REL 231A |
Christian Religious Traditions |
t th |
1010am-1140am |
Kathleen Self |
REL 247E |
SPTP: Religion and Violence |
m w |
0140pm-0310pm |
Kathleen Self |
REL 247F |
SPTP: Buddhist Art&Archaeology |
t th |
0830am-1000am |
Stuart Young |
REL 307A |
Seminar: Jesus and the Gospels |
t th |
1010am-1140am |
Michael Greenwald |
REL 360A |
Majors Seminar |
t |
0700pm-1000pm |
Laura Desmond |
REL 450A |
Directed Studies in Religion |
arranged |
- |
Staff |
REL 450B |
Directed Studies in Religion |
arranged |
- |
Staff |
REL 489A |
SYE:Independent Study |
arranged |
- |
Staff |
REL 100A: Mystery and Meaning (MacWilliams)
REL 100B: Mystery and Meaning (Self)
REL 148A: Virgin, Queen of Heaven, Disciple: The Marys in Christian Tradtions (Self) SPTP
(Cross-listed with GNDR)
REL 206: Introduction to the New Testament (Greenwald)
REL 225: The Religious Traditions of Judaism (Greenwald)
REL 288A: Cults & New Relgious Movements (MacWilliams)
(Dual-listed with SOC)
REL 277A: Intro to Hinduism (Venkatesan)
REL 248C: Global Christianities (Self) SPTP
(Dual-listed with GS)
REL 348A: Walking Naked Ecstatic and Erotic Devotionalism: Traditions of Hindu India (Venkatesan) SPTP
(Cross-listed with GNDR)
REL 450 A Directed Studies In Religious Studies (Staff)
REL 490A SYE: Independent Study (Staff)
Rel 100A: Mystery and Meaning (Venkatesan)
Rel 100C: Mystery and Meaning (Self)
Rel 205A: Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) (Greenwald)
Rel 223A: Religious Life of China (MacWilliams)
Rel 224A: Islamic Religious Traditions (Venkatesan and Hasnain)
Rel 231A: Christian Religious Traditions (Self)
REL 247A: Religion and Violence (Self) SPTP
Rel 267A: The Holocaust (Greenwald)
Rel 347A: Hindu Women, Hindu Goddesses (Venkatesan)