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.

18 hours distributed as follows:

RELS 200 - Introduction to the Study of Religion (3)
RELS 280 - Asian Religious Traditions (3)

One course from Religions of the West:

CLAS 101 - Latin I (4)
CLAS 103 - Greek I (4)
CLAS 105 - Hebrew I (3)
CLAS 250 - Mythology (3)
CLAS 354 - Greek and Roman Religion (RELS 354) (3)
CLAS 365 - Introduction to the Hebrew Bible (LIT 365) (4)
HIST 388 - Introduction to Islam (RELS 388) (3)
LIT 365 - Introduction to the Hebrew Bible (CLAS 365) (4)
PHIL 255 - Medieval Philosophy (4)
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 - Religion and Culture of Judaism (3)
RELS 388 - Introduction to Islam (HIST 388) (3)
RELS 389 - Jewish Women and Religion (3)

One course from Interdisciplinary Approaches to Religion:

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)
RELS 420 - Religion and Southern Culture (3)
SOC 302 - Sociology of Religion (RELS 302) (4)

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

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.

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