Major in Religion
Minor in Religion
The minor consists of 6 classes/18 credit hours (from the courses that apply to the major) -- 3 classes/9 hours must be advanced.
The major requires completion of 11 classes/33 credit hours:
3 Hours from Introduction to Religious Studies:
PHIL 2070 Great Religions
PHIL 2100 Introduction to Judaism
PHIL 2400 Religion in American Society
3 Hours from Theoretical Approaches:
ANTH 4751 The Supernatural: Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion
PHIL 3600 Philosophy of Religion
SOCI 3700 Sociology of Religion
3 Hours from Christianity:
PHIL 3320 Medieval Philosophy
PHIL 3500 Christianity and Philosophy
PHIL 3520 Early Christian Thought
3 Hours from Judaism:
PHIL 3510 Hebrew Bible
PHIL 3525 Rabbinic Judaism
PHIL 3530 Kabbalah: Jewish Mysticism, Myth, and Magic
PHIL 3535 Classical Jewish Thought: The 13 Principles of Faith
PHIL 3540 Judaism and Philosophy
3 Hours from Islam:
HIST 3450 Islam and its Empires
HIST 3460 Modern Middle East History
HIST 4240 Nationalism, Zionism, and Islamism in Modern Middle Eastern History
3 Hours from South Asian Religions:
PHIL 3620 South Asian Philosophy and Religion
PHIL 3625 Modern South Asian Philosophy and Religion
PHIL 3630 Jainism
3 Hours from Religion, Science, and the Environment:
PHIL 3650 Religion and Science
PHIL 3660 Western Religion and the Environment
PHIL 3665 Eastern Religion and the Environment
3 Hours from Religion and History:
HIST 4215 Jews under Greeks and Roman Rule
HIST 4217 Jew, Greek and Roman: Backgrounds of Early Christianity
HIST 4218 Early Medieval Europe, ca. 312-1095
HIST 4219 Late Medieval Europe, 1095 to 1400
HIST 4230 Age of the Reformation
HIST 4290 Intellectual, Cultural and Social History of Medieval and Early Modern Europe
HIST 4550 Imperial China
3 Hours from Capstone Seminar:
PHIL 4975 Religious Studies Capstone - FALL semester only, SENIOR year seminar
6 Hours of two (2) advanced electives either from the above list of required courses or any of the following approved electives.
AEAH 4804 Medieval Art
AEAH 4805 Topics in Medieval Art
AEAH 4825 Topics in Islamic and/or Middle Eastern Art
ANTH 3700 Peoples and Cultures of South Asia
ANTH 4900 Special Problems (when appropriate)
ENGL 3913 Topics in Literature (when appropriate)
ENGL 3923 American Jewish Writers
ENGL 4440 Milton
ENGL 4800 Special Seminar in Literature (when appropriate)
HIST 3762 Rome: The Biography of a City
HIST 3770 Ancient and Medieval Women, Gender, and Sexuality
HIST 4315 History of Anti-Semitism from Ancient Times to the Present
HIST 4380 The European Witch Hunts
HIST 4390 The Holocaust, 1933-1945
HIST 4435 American Jewish Experience
HIST 4475 Jewish Women in Modern America
HIST 4263 Topics in History (when appropriate)
MUMH 4800 Nazism, Judaism and the Politics of Classical Music in Germany
MUMH 4810 Jews, Judaism, Anti-Semitism, and Opera
PHIL 3515 David, Saul, and Solomon: The Early Israelite Monarchy
PHIL 3550 Jewish Business Ethics
PHIL 3635 Bollywood
PHIL 3680 East Asian Philosophy & Religion
PHIL 4960 Special Problems (when appropriate)
PSCI 4150 Religion and Politics in the United States
PSCI 4330 Topics in Political Theory
SOCI 3900 Race and Christianity
Consult the Undergraduate Advisor for approval of any relevant courses (e.g., Special Problems courses) not listed. (david.kaplan@unt.edu or carla.parker@unt.edu).
