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BACHELOR OF Arts IN Philosophy and Religion

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Requirements for a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Philosophy and Religion

Requirements for BA: Philosophy and Religion	Sem. Hrs.
Freshman Seminar	1
General Education Requirements	44
Major Requirements	30
» Required Courses	(9)
» Philosophy and Religion Electives	(21)
University-wide Electives	45
Total	120

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Required Courses for Philosophy and Religion

Required Courses

Course#	Course Title	Comments
PHI 1000	Introduction to Philosophy
REL 1300	Introduction to Religion
PHI 1010	Logic

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Philosophy and Religion Electives

At least 15 of these 21 hours must be at the 3000 or 4000 level, and at least four of the following six areas must be represented.

1. General
2. Philosophy and Culture
3. Biblical
4. History of Philosophy
5. World Religions
6. Religious Thought

*Students taking 18 or more hours with a REL prefix must take REL 4410 (Theories and Methods in Religion).

Course#	Course Title	Comments
1) General
PHI/REL 1020	Perspectives on Humanity
REL 1050	Introduction to the Old Testament
REL 1060	Introduction to the New Testament
REL 1080	Introduction to Religious Thought
REL 1220	Understanding Religious Practices
REL 1430	Society and Religion
2) Philosophy and Culture
PHI 2040	Introduction to Ethics
PHI 2050	Social and Political Philosophy
PHI 3010	Moral Theory	Prerequisite: PHI 1000 or 2040
PHI 3160	Sports Ethics
PHI 3200	Ethics, Politics, and Law	Prerequisite: PHI 2040
PHI 3210	Philosophy of Science	Prerequisite: PHI 1000 or instructor consent
PHI/REL 3220	Religion and Science
PHI 3300	Environmental Ethics
PHI 3760	Medical Ethics
PHI 4030	War and Morality	Prerequisite: PHI 1000
PHI 4230	Philosophy of Art and Beauty
PHI 4430	Business Ethics
3) Biblical
REL 2030	The Pentateuch	Prerequisite: REL 1300 or instructor consent
REL 3160	Biblical Wisdom Literature
REL 3180	Apocalyptic Literature
REL 3210	The History of Biblical Worship
REL 3290	Life and Letters of Paul
REL 3360	Life of Jesus	Prerequisite: REL 1060 or REL 1300 or consent of instructor.
REL 3370	Prophetic Literature of the Bible	Prerequisite: REL 1300 or 1050 or consent of instructor
REL 4010	Biblical Narrative	Prerequisite: REL 1300 or consent of instructor.
4) History of Philosophy
PHI 2110	American Philosophy	Prerequisite: PHI 1000 or consent of instructor
PHI 3080	The Great Philosophers: Ancient and Medieval	Prerequisite: PHI 1000 or consent of instructor
PHI 3090	Modern Philosophy	Prerequisite: PHI 1000 or consent of instructor
PHI 4000	Contemporary Philosophy
5) World Religions
REL 2130	American Indian Religious Traditions	Also AIS 2130
REL 2160	Religions of the Far East
REL 2180	Religions of the Near East
REL 3030	Islam
REL 3150	Judaism
REL 3420	Hindu Traditions
REL 3430	Buddhist Traditions
REL 4350	Greek and Roman Religion
PHI/REL 4500	Advanced Studies in Eastern Philosophies and Religions
6) Religious Thought
REL 2050	Religion, Art, and Culture
REL 2090	Religion in America
REL 2140	Introduction to Religious Ethics
REL 2340	Classical Mythology
REL 3190	Modern Religious Thought
REL 3270	History of Western Religious Thought
REL 3280	Violence and Harmony in Religion
PHI/REL 3550	Philosophy of Religion
REL 4070	Origins of Judaism and Christianity	Prerequisite: REL 1050 and 1060 or REL 1300 and 2180 or consent of instructor.

 

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Updated: Tuesday, June 22, 2010

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