Program: Religious Studies, B.A. - Whittier College - Modern Campus Catalog™

Apr 07, 2025

College Catalog 2013-2014

Requirements

A minimum of 36 credits, of which 18 must be at the 300 level or above

Introductory Course

Complete 1 of the following:

REL 101 - Religious Diversity in America 3 credits or
REL 200 - Exploring Religion 3 credits

Required Courses

Complete all 3:

REL 361 - Ways of Understanding Religion 3 credits
REL 495 - Independent Study 1 to 4 credits
REL 499 - Senior Intellectual Memoir and Portfolio 1 credits

Categories

Complete at least 6 credits in each of the three categories:

Global Religions

REL 201 - Monotheisms 3 credits
REL 202 - Religions of Asia 3 credits
REL 210 - Introduction to Biblical Literature 3 credits
REL 216 - Literature of the Bible 3 credits
REL 221 - History of Christianity 3 credits
REL 222 - Judaism 3 credits
REL 235 - Arabs and Muslims I 3 credits
REL 236 - Arabs and Muslims II 3 credits
REL 311 - Life and Teachings of Jesus 3 or 4 credits
REL 313 - Heroes, Gods and Gurus 3 credits
REL 330 - Buddha and Buddhism 3 credits
REL 331 - Islam 3 credits
REL 333 - Hindu Religion and Culture 3 credits

Religions: Comparisons and Contrasts

REL 241 - Sport, Play, and Ritual 4 credits
REL 251 - Monks, Nuns and Ascetics 3 credits
REL 253 - Women and Religion 3 credits
REL 321 - Religion in America 3 credits
REL 341 - New Religious Movements in Southern California 3 to 4 credits
REL 342 - Sound & Religious Experience 3 credits
REL 348 - Ritual Studies 3 credits
REL 349 - Religious Fundamentalisms 3 credits
REL 352 - Pilgrimage 3 credits

Religions: Cultural Critique

REL 240 - Cinema and Religion 3 credits
REL 340 - Global Ethics 3 credits
REL 345 - Jesus on Film 3 credits
REL 350 - Latin American Liberation Theologies 3 credits
REL 351 - Public & Popular Religion 3 credits
REL 353 - Person, Cosmos, Community 3 credits
REL 359 - Religion and Colonialism 3 credits

Note:

Students who major in Religious Studies must have one of the Religious Studies faculty as their advisor.