Classics and Religious Studies

Departmental Honors

Departmental honors are awarded to students who, upon invitation by the faculty, complete a senior honors thesis. Departmental honors candidates must have a minimum overall average of 3.0 and a minimum departmental average of 3.5. The program, completed in the candidate’s senior year, consists of completion of CLSICS 495: Senior Seminar in the fall and CLSICS 490, GREEK 490, or LATIN 490 (3 credits) in the spring.

Programs

• Classical Languages Major (BA)
• Classical Studies Major (BA)

• Classical Languages Minor
• Classical Studies Minor
• Religious Studies Minor

Courses

• RELSTY 239L Hindu Myth and Narrative: the Epics and Puranas
• RELSTY 241 Myth, History, and Prophecy: Old Testament
• RELSTY 242 New Testament, Judaism, and Hellenistic Religion
• RELSTY 245 The History of Christianity
• RELSTY 264 Contemporary Religious Thought
• RELSTY 271L Religion and the Arts
• RELSTY 272 Religion and Music
• RELSTY 280 Special Topics
• RELSTY 310 Apocalypse and the End of the World
• RELSTY 356L Faiths & Feminisms: Women, Gender, Sexuality & Religion in the U.S.
• RELSTY 357L Women in South Asian Religions: Gender Ideology and Practice in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam
• RELSTY 358L Psychology, Politics, and Philosophy in East Asia
• RELSTY 478 Independent Study
• RELSTY 479 Independent Study
• RELSTY 480 Special Topics Seminar