Schedule of Classes
A glowing range of classes are offered each semester ranging through various religious and cultural perspectives. Introductory courses on Christianity, Islam and Judaism are offered most semesters, and our faculty have several tailored courses highlighting their specialties, including religious traditions, mystics, ethics and the divine.
The Religious Studies program also supports an engaging study abroad program for students to further their hands-on experience as well.
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Summer 1 2025 - 5/5/2025 - 6/25/2025
Introduction to Christianity
REL 1250/CRN 31526
Online - Async
Taught by Charles Mabee
Key ideas, major concepts, and peculiar language of the Christian religious experience. Focus on history of Christianity, creeds and doctrines of various denominations, Christianity’s cultural influences, and Christian ethical systems.
(Satisfies the university general education requirement in the global perspective knowledge exploration area.)
World Religious Traditions
REL 1850/CRN 30408
Online - Async
Taught by Michael Pytlik
Examines the core teachings and practices of the world's major religious traditions, including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Chinese religions. Emphasis is on terminology developed within each tradition, identification of human problems that each attempts to solve, and the insights and problematic issues that arise from these attempts.
(Satisfies the university general education requirement in the global perspective knowledge exploration area.)
Directed Readings in Religious Studies
REL 4920/CRN 31958
Permission of coordinator ([email protected])
Taught by Michael Pytlik
Individual study of topic(s) not covered in available courses. May be repeated for additional credit.
Prerequisite(s): REL 1100 and REL 2100 and permission of concentration coordinator.
Summer 2 2025 - 6/30/2025 - 8/20/2025
Introduction to Islam
REL 1150/CRN 30418
Online - Async
Taught by Aly Lela
Pre-Islamic Arabia, Muhammad and early Islamic history; the Qur'an and basic beliefs, practices and law; the Islamic Caliphate; Islam in the modern world and Muslims in America; women in Islam and other contemporary issues.
(Satisfies the university general education requirement in the global perspective knowledge exploration area. Satisfies the university general education requirement for a writing intensive course in general education. Satisfies the university general education requirement for a writing intensive course in general education.)
Prerequisite for writing intensive: completion of the university writing foundation requirement. Prerequisite(s): WRT 1060 or equivalent with a grade of (C) or higher.
Religion in the Modern World
REL 3140/CRN 30114
Online - Async
Taught by Randall Engle
Focuses on key issues of religious life in the modern world. Examples of topics include the role of women in religious leadership, the relation of science and religion, religious fundamentalism, and religiously motivated acts of terrorism.
(Satisfies the university general education requirement in the knowledge applications integration area. Prerequisite for knowledge applications: completion of the general education requirement in the social science or the global perspective knowledge exploration area, not both.)
ST: Cross and Crown
REL 3735/ CRN 32153
Study Abroad: permission of coordinator ([email protected])
Taught by Randall Engle
This course will survey the events that brought the Tudors to the throne, and England out of the medieval period and into the early modern world. Particular focus will be given to the Tudor establishment of the Church of England, but other topics will be addressed such as the English Reformation, the development of the nation state, the monarchy, and the blossoming of English literature and music.
(Satisfies the university general education requirement in the western civilization knowledge exploration area or in the global perspective knowledge exploration area, not both.)
Religious Studies / Center for Religious Understanding
Religious Studies / Center for Religious Understanding