Religious Studies Minor

18 hours distributed as follows:

RELS 200 - Introduction to the Study of Religion (3)
RELS 381 - Religions of South Asia (3)

Either:

RELS 302 - Sociology of Religion (SOC 302) (3) or
RELS 303 - Philosophy of Religion (PHIL 303) (3)

3 hours from Religions of the West:

CLAS 101 - Latin I (3)
CLAS 103 - Greek I (3)
CLAS 105 - Hebrew I (3)
CLAS 250 - Mythology (3)
CLAS 365 - Introduction to the Hebrew Bible (LIT 365) (3)
HIST 343 - History of Christianity (3)
LIT 360 - Modern Jewish Writers (3)
LIT 365 - Introduction to the Hebrew Bible (CLAS 365) (3)
PHIL 255 - Medieval Philosophy (3)
POLS 329 - Religion and Politics in the United States (4)
RELS 215 - Judaism and Christianity in the Ancient World (3)
RELS 354 - Greek and Roman Religion (CLAS 354) (3)
RELS 387 - Judaism (3)
RELS 388 - Introduction to Islam (HIST 388) (3)
RELS 420 - Religion and Southern Culture (3)

6 hours of electives chosen from among other RELS courses or the list of approved courses

Additional Information:

No more than 6 hours of approved electives may come from a single department, and at least 9 hours must be at the 300-400 level. The department chair may approve additional courses when the subject matter is appropriate to Religious Studies. Students must earn a minimum 2.00 grade-point-average on all minor courses taken at UNC Asheville. One-half of the hours required for a minor must be completed at UNC Asheville, to include at least 6 semester hours of 300-400 level courses.