Religious Studies Minor

Classics and Religious Studies Department | College of Liberal Arts

Program Declaration

Completion of an Undergraduate Program Add/Change form .

Minor Requirements

Complete 18 credits from six courses including one critical methods course and five electives.

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

Critical Methods Course (3 Credits)

RELSTY 309 - Approaches to the Study of Religion: Theory and Method in Religious Studies 3 Credit(s)

Electives (15 Credits)

Complete five from below.

With departmental approval, two of the five 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 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)
MLLC 255L - Pacting with the Devil: The Faust Tradition 3 Credit(s)
PSYCH 436 - Religion, Spirituality, and Health 3 Credit(s)
SOCIOL 268 - Religion in Contemporary Society 3 Credit(s)
WGS 345 - Gender, Religion and Politics in South Asia 3 Credit(s)