Religious Studies Minor

Classics and Religious Studies Department | College of Liberal Arts

Program Declaration

Completion of a Major, Minor, Concentration Declaration Form .

Minor Requirements

Complete 18 credits from six courses.

Pass/fail: No more than one course taken pass/fail may be applied toward the minor.
Residency: At least four courses for the minor must be taken at UMass Boston.
Course level: No more than two 100-level courses may be applied toward the minor. At least two courses must be at the 300-level or higher.

Course Requirements

Religious Studies Courses (18 Credits)

Take six courses from the list below.

All students must take at least one course that considers critical methods in the study of religion, to be determined in consultation with a religious studies faculty advisor.

With departmental approval, two of the six courses may be from an allied department.

Departmental Courses
- Any RELSTY courses
Allied Department Courses
ANTH 223G Afro-Caribbean Religions 3 Credit(s)
ANTH 366 The Anthropology of Religion 3 Credit(s)
CLSICS 271 Paganism and Christianity 3 Credit(s)
CLSICS 294 Magic and Science in Greece and Rome 3 Credit(s)
CLSICS 385 Greek & Roman Religion 3 Credit(s)
HIST 248 Early Islamic History 3 Credit(s)
HIST 413 Saints, Witches and Heretics 3 Credit(s)
HIST 456 Faith and Politics in Islam: Devotion, Reform, and Jihad in Historical Perspective 3 Credit(s)
MDNLNG 255L Pacting with the Devil: The Faust Tradition 3 Credit(s)
PSYCH 436 Religion, Spirituality, and Health 3 Credit(s)
SOCIOL 268 Religion in Contemp Society 3 Credit(s)
WGS 345 Gender, Religion and Politics in South Asia 3 Credit(s)