Religious Studies Minor

At least 20 hours distributed as follows:

No more than 4 hours chosen for the minor may come from a single department outside of Religious Studies. At least 12 hours must be at the 300-400 level.

One Introductory course chosen from:

• RELS 144 - Religion, Death, and Afterlife (4)
• RELS 145 - Sensing Religion: Body, Desire, and Emotion (ANTH 145) (4)
• RELS 146 - Religion and Horror (4)

One Category I course:

• AMS 215 - Judaism and Christianity in the Ancient World (RELS 215) (4)
• AMS 325, 326 - Topics in Daily Life and Culture (4, 4)

•      Topic must be Greek and Roman Religion

• AMS 365 - Introduction to the Hebrew Bible (4)
• HIST 385 - Islam in Historical Perspective (4)
• LIT 369 - World Literatures (4)

•      Topic must be The Hebrew Bible

• PHIL 255 - Medieval Philosophy (4)
• PHIL 315 - Islamic Philosophy (RELS 315) (4)
• RELS 215 - Judaism and Christianity in the Ancient World (AMS 215) (4)
• RELS 312 - Religion in America to 1865 (4)
• RELS 313 - Religion in America Since 1865 (4)
• RELS 315 - Islamic Philosophy (PHIL 315) (4)
• RELS 387 - Religion and Culture of Judaism (4)
• RELS 389 - Jewish Women and Religion (4)

One Category II course:

• AFST 317 - Africana Philosophy (PHIL 317) (4)
• ASIA 313 - Asian Philosophy (PHIL 313) (4)
• PHIL 313 - Asian Philosophy (ASIA 313) (4)
• PHIL 317 - Africana Philosophy (AFST 317) (4)
• RELS 280 - Asian Religious Traditions (4)
• RELS 342 - African Religions in the Americas and the Caribbean (4)
• RELS 386 - Buddhism (4)

One Category III course:

• AMS 250 - Mythology (4)
• ANTH 380 - Zen Anthropology (4)
• ARTH 314 - Art and Archaeology of Early Christianity (4)
• ARTH 320 - Medieval Art (4)
• ARTH 335 - Renaissance and Baroque Art (4)
• ARTH 385 - African Art (4)
• ARTH 387 - Islamic Art and Architecture (4)
• PHIL 217 - Buddhist Philosophy (4)
• PHIL 303 - Philosophy of Religion (RELS 303) (4)
• RELS 302 - Sociology of Religion (SOC 302) (4)
• RELS 303 - Philosophy of Religion (PHIL 303) (4)
• RELS 330 - Religion and Gender (4)
• SOC 302 - Sociology of Religion (RELS 302) (4)

At least one additional elective:

The additional electives may be chosen from other RELS courses or from the categories above or below.

Additional Approved Courses:

• ASIA 101 - Elementary Chinese I (4)
• CHER 110 - Cherokee I (4)
• GRK 101 - Greek I (4)
• HEB 101 - Hebrew I (3)
• LAT 101 - Latin I (4)

Additional Information

University-wide minimum requirements for a minor: 1) one-half of the hours required for a minor must be completed in residence at UNC Asheville, to include at least 6 hours at the 300-400 level; 2) students must have a cumulative grade-point-average of at least 2.0 on minor courses taken at UNC Asheville.