Requirements for a Major in Religion

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Thirty semester hours including the following:
Required Courses
REL 3305	Interpreting the Old Testament	3
or REL 3319	Interpreting the New Testament
REL 3330	Introduction to Church History	3
REL 3351	Introduction to Christian Theology	3
or REL 3390	Christian Ethics
REL 3345	World Religions	3
REL 4399	Senior Seminar	3
Six additional semester hours of REL courses, three of which must be at the 4000-level		6
Areas of Emphasis
Select nine semester hours from one of the following areas:		9
Bible
Biblical and Related Languages
History
Practical Studies
Theology and Ethics
World Religions
A grade of C- or better in REL courses used for the major and a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher for all REL courses.
Total Hours		30

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REL 1310 The Christian Scriptures and REL 1350 The Christian Heritage will not apply here.

Areas of Emphasis

Bible

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Select nine hours, three of which must be at the 4000-level.		9
REL 3301	Psalms and Wisdom Literature
REL 3303	Archaeology and the Bible
REL 3304	Prophets
REL 3307	Former Prophets
REL 3308	The Literature of the Pentateuch: Narrative, Poetry, Genealogy, and Law
REL 3311	Jesus and the Gospels
REL 3312	The Johannine Literature
REL 3314	Paul and His Writings
REL 3315	The General Epistles
REL 3325	Women and Gender in the Old Testament
REL 4302	Archaeology and the Ancient Near East
REL 4305	Topics in Old Testament Studies
REL 4315	Topics in New Testament Studies
REL 4317	Early Christianity and Identity in the Roman World
Total Hours		9

Biblical and Related Languages

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Select one of he following pairs of classes:		6
REL 3309 & REL 3310	Advanced Biblical Hebrew I and Advanced Biblical Hebrew II
REL 3320 & REL 3321	Advanced Classical and Biblical Greek I and Advanced Classical and Biblical Greek II
Select three semester hours from the following:		3
REL 4303	Aramaic
REL 4304	Syriac
REL 4315	Topics in New Testament Studies
Total Hours		9

History

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Select nine hours, three of which must be at the 4000-level.		9
REL 3331	Topics in Historical Studies
REL 3333	History of Roman Catholicism
REL 3338	Women in Christian History
REL 3344	New Religious Movements in the United States
REL 4333	History of Protestantism
REL 4335	Baptist Life and Thought
REL 4336	Introduction to Religion in America
REL 4337	The European Reformation
REL 4338	Women in Religion in America
REL 4340	Christian Missions
REL 4341	World Christianity
Total Hours		9

Practical Studies

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
REL 4340	Christian Missions	3
or REL 4374	Leadership in Ministry
Select at least six semester hours from the following:		6-7
REL 2480	Introduction to Ministry
REL 3381	Communication in Ministry
REL 3382	Cross-Cultural Ministry
Total Hours		9-10

Theology & Ethics

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
REL 3351	Introduction to Christian Theology	3
or REL 3390	Christian Ethics
Select six hours, three of which must be at the 4000-level.		6
REL 3354	Christianity and the Arts
REL 3370	Religion and Literature
REL 3391	Global Ethics
REL 3394	War and Peace in the Christian Tradition
REL 3397	Gender, Feminism and Theology
REL 4350	Augustine's Theological Development
REL 4355	Salvation
REL 4388	Christian Literary Classics
REL 4389	Disability Ethics
REL 4390	Contemporary Christian Ethics Theory
REL 4393	Environmental Ethics
REL 4395	Bioethics
REL 4397	Race, Racism, and Religion in America
Total Hours		9

World Religions

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Select nine semester hours from the following:		9
REL 4342	Christianity and the World Religions
REL 4343	Topics in Islam
REL 4346	Topics in Asian Religions
REL 4347	Topics in African Religions
REL 4348	Modern Judaism
REL 4349	The World's Religions and Violence
Total Hours		9