Planning Your Religion Program
Here is some information about course rotations that can help you plan your Religion major or minor! Please note that, for the most accurate information about when a course will be offered, double check with either the director of the Religion program, the professor offering the course in question, or the home department of the course in question. Still, this should help you anticipate roughly when courses will be offered in the future
Rotation of Introductory Survey Courses
- RELG 3003 Questions of Text and Truth: Introduction to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (twice per year, and sometimes in the summer)
- RELG 3005 Religions of India, China and Japan (once / year, most recently in Fall 2021, often offered by Prof. Meyer in History)
- CLAS 3237 / HIST 3310 Ancient Mediterranean Religions (every other year or every third year, usually offered by Prof. Sowers in Classics)
Rotation of Methodology Courses
- ANTH 3185 Anthropology of Religion (on a three semester rotation, most recently in Fall 2021, consult with Anthropology for more details)
- PHIL 3730 Philosophy of Religion (on a three semester rotation, most recently in Spring 2021, usually offered by Prof. Arlig in Philosophy)
- SOCY 2700 Sociology of Religion (once / year, most recently in Fall 2021, usually offered by Prof. St. Paul or Prof. Shortell in Sociology)
Rotation of Upper Divison Courses
- HIST 4001 Colloquium in the History of Religion (once / year)
- PHIL 4105 Seminar in the Problems of Philosophy (once / year)
- CLAS 4012 to be offered every third or fourth semester
- RELG 4001 to be offered once we have enough Religion majors to fill it (we will rely on HIST 4001 for the foreseeable future)
Projected Rotation of Elective Religion Courses
At Least Once a Year
- AFST 3101 / HIST 3560 Africa to 1800 (usually by Prof. Day/AFST)
- RELG 3030 / CLAS 3200 Heroes/Gods/Monsters (Pathways; usually multiple sections in the fall and spring semesters)
- RELG 3006 / HIST 3317 Shaping the Islamic World (hopefully next in Spring 2022)
- PHIL 3722 Asian Philosophy (usually by Prof. Trivedi/Philosophy)
At Least Once Every Two Years
- CLAS 3238 / WGST 3710 Gender and the Body in Ancient Religions (usually by Prof. Sowers/Classics)
- CLAS 3241 / RELG 3041 Magic in the Ancient World (usually by Prof. Sowers/Classics)
- CLAS 3244 / RELG 3035 / HIST 3025 Death and Afterlife in Ancient History (usually by Prof. Stern/History, likely next in Spring 2023)
- HIST 3030 Ancient Egypt
- HIST 3033 / RELG 3024 Medieval Christianity (usually by Prof. Mancia/History, likely next in fall 2023)
- HIST 3044 / RELG 3025 Religious Change in Early Modern Europe (usually by Prof. Mancia/History, likely next in spring 2024)
- HIST 3350 The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict (usually by Prof. Fishman/History)
- HIST 3550 History of the Middle East in the Twentieth Century (usually by Prof. Fishman/History)
- HIST 3554 Modern Turkey (usually by Prof. Fishman/History)
At Least Once Every Three Years
- HIST 3532 / RELG 3040 Mysticism, Magic in Ancient China (usually by Prof. Meyer/History, last in Fall 2021)
- HIST 3315 / RELG 3050 The History of Christianity (likely in 2023-4)
- HIST 3416 / AMST 3106 Religious Experience in America (likely in 2023-4)
Check With The Home Department for the Following Courses
- ANTH 2408 Near Eastern Archeology (on hiatus)
- AFST 3210 African Religion and Culture in the New World
- ARTH 1035 The Development of the Silk Road (Pathways)
- ARTH 3014 Early Christian and Byzantine Art (last taught Fall 2021)
- ARTH 3018 Early Medieval Art
- ARTH 3022 Romanesque Art
- ARTH 3024 The Medieval Object (last taught Spring 2021)
- ARTH 3026 Gothic Art
- ARTH 3124 Islamic Art
- ARTH 3030 Early Renaissance Art
- ARTH 3038 Later Renaissance Art in Italy
- ARTH 3046 Baroque Art
- ARTH 3151 Death and Dying in Mexico (on hiatus)
- CHIN 3710 Philosophical Texts from the I Ching to Mao
- CMPL 3621 Indian Literature
- ENGL 3183 Bible as Literature (last taught Spring 2021)
- FREN 3730 Moral and Religious Themes in French Literature
- HIST 3102 / JUST 3036 Mystics, Pietists, and Heretics: Early Modern Jewish History (check with Judaic Studies)
- HIST 3103 / JUST 4034 Kabbalah and Messianism (check with Judaic Studies)
- HIST 3104 / JUST 3037 The Hasidic Movement (check with Judaic Studies)
- HIST 3552 / JUST 3405 The Sephardic Heritage (check with Judaic Studies)
- HIST 3352 / RELG 3020 Islamic Perspectives on Reason, Science, Culture (check with History)
- JUST 2545 Classical Jewish Texts (Pathways)
- JUST 3012 Jewish Religion and Tradition
- JUST 3013 From Ghetto to Emancipation
- JUST 3014 Introduction to the Talmud
- JUST 3015 Intro to Midrash
- JUST 3017 The Jewish Woman
- JUST 3020 / WGST 3222 Gender in Classical Jewish Texts (check with Judaic Studies)
- JUST 3021 / RELG 3011 Syriac Christianity in its Babylonian and Rabbinic Contexts (often taught by Prof. Brodsky)
- JUST 3023 Introduction to the Bible and Apocrypha
- JUST 3031 Modern Jewish Thought
- JUST 3038 Messianic Ideas
- JUST 3465 Ashkenazic Heritage: Poland, Russia, and Beyond
- JUST 4017 Jewish Approaches to Ethical Issues
- JUST 4018 Studies in Jewish Customs
- JUST 4020 Contemporary Issues in Halakah
- JUST 4022 / RELG 3010 Job and the Problem of Evil (hiatus)
- JUST 4024 Dead Sea Scrolls
- JUST 4054 Religion and the Holocaust: During and After (often taught by Prof. Shapiro)
- JUST 4195 Anti-Semitism Judaic Studies
- JUST 4435 Italian Jewry
- PHIL 3113 Medieval Philosophy (often taught by Prof. Arlig)
- PHIL 3721 Jewish Philosophy (often taught by Prof. Steinberg)
- POLS 3156 / RELG 3055 Political Science: Brooklyn and Its Religions (often taught by Prof. Estey)
- POLS 3413 / RELG 3004 Islam and Modernity
- POLS 3414 Politics and Religion (often taught by Prof. Estey)
- PRLS 3115 African Religions and Spiritism in the Americas
- SPAN 3730 Moral and Religious Themes in Spanish Literature
- RUS 3730 Moral and Religious Themes in Russian Literature
