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Religious
Studies Minor Requirements
A Religious Studies Minor
requires a minimum of 18 semester hours.
Ø Students must complete at least
12 hours in residence.
Ø A minimum of 9 hours must be
advanced; at least 6 of which must be in residence.
Ø Students must earn a grade
point average of 2.00 or higher on all courses attempted in the minor.
The 18 required hours are to
include:
- RELS 1301 Intro to
Religious Studies
- Three hours of either RELS
2310 The Bible and Western Culture I or RELS 2311 The Bible and
Western Culture II.
- At least six hours
selected from other RELS courses.
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RELS
1301 Introduction to Religious Studies
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RELS
3330 Christianity
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^ RELS
3350 Islam
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RELS 3370 Bible and Modern Science (offered via
Distance Education)
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RELS
3375 Christianity and Ethics
(offered via Distance Education)
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** RELS
2310 The Bible and Western Culture
I
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# RELS 3380 Asian Religions
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** RELS
2311 The Bible and Western Culture
II
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# RELS 3385
Buddhism
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** RELS
2330 Judaism
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+ RELS 3390
Intro to Hinduism and Jainism
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~ RELS
2335 Rabbinic Biblical Interpretation
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RELS
3396 Selected Topic in Religious
Studies
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RELS
2396 Selected Topic in Religious
Studies
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# RELS 3396
Asian Religions in America
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RELS
2397 Selected Topics in Religious
Studies
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+ RELS 3396
Religions from India
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^ RELS 3396
Islamic Philosophy of Science
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^ RELS 3396
Muslim-Christian Relations
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RELS
3397 Selected Topic in Religious
Studies
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RELS 4320
Religion and Personality
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^ RELS 4360
Clash of Civilizations
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RELS
4396 Selected Topic in Religious
Studies
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^ RELS 4396
Islamic Spirituality
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- At least three hours
selected from the following Humanities related courses:
(Note: Any Religious Studies course will count as a
Humanities credit in addition to any course from the following list.)
AAS 2322 Introduction to African
Religions and Philosophy
AAS 4330 The Black Church
in America
ARAB 3303 Qur’anic
and Classical Arabic
CLAS 3306 Greek and Roman
Myths
CLAS 3307 Greek and Roman
Myths of Heroes
CLAS 3308 Myths and the Cult
of Ancient Gods
GREK 1301 Elementary Greek I
GREK 1302 Elementary Greek
II
GREK 1331 Introduction to
Classical and Biblical Greek I
GREK 1332 Introduction to
Classical and Biblical Greek II
GREK 3331 Basic Translation
of Ancient/Koine Greek I
GREK 3332 Basic Translation
of Ancient/Koine Greek II
HIST 3310 History of
Religions in America
to 1865
HIST 3311 History of
Religions in America
since 1865
HIST 4332 The Crusades
HIST 4334 The Reformation
in Europe
HIST 4375 Religions of
Modern Latin America
PHIL 3348 Philosophy and
Evolution
PHIL 3374 Science and
Religion
PHIL 3377 Philosophy of
Religion
- At least three hours
selected from the following social sciences related courses:
RELS 3370 Bible and Modern
Science
RELS 4320 Religion and
Personality
RELS 4360 Clash of
Civilizations
ANTH 3348 Anthropology of
Religion (Writing Intensive Course)
POLS 3340 Ancient and
Medieval Political Thought
POLS 4333 Islam and
Democracy
SOC 3375 Religion and
Society
SOC 3385 Sociology of
World Religions
Additional Note: Courses with
Religious Studies content not on this list may be petitioned for use in the
minor.
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**
denotes CORE Humanities approved course
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#
denotes course approved for use in Chinese Studies program
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~
denotes Writing in the Disciplines approved course
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+ denotes
course approved for use in India Studies program
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^
denotes course approved for use in come Bauer programs
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For More information about Religious Studies at the University
of Houston,
Central Campus:
Visit the A.D.
Bruce Religion
Center.
Call for information at (713) 743-3213
Email for information : Religious
Studies - Program Information
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