Religious Studies (RELIG ST), Exercises of Relativity Theory

Download Religious Studies (RELIG ST) and more Exercises Relativity Theory in PDF only on Docsity! Religious Studies (RELIG ST) 1 RELIGIOUS STUDIES (RELIG ST) RELIG ST 101 — RELIGION IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE 3 credits. Foundational and thematic approaches in the academic study of religion applied across global religious systems. Requisites: None Course Designation: Breadth - Humanities Level - Elementary L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2019 RELIG ST 102 — EXPLORING RELIGION IN SICKNESS AND HEALTH 3 credits. An introduction to the study of religion through the lens of health and health through the lens of religion employing approaches from the humanities and social sciences in conversation with health-related disciplines. It asks questions such as, How do religious peoples understand and live in sickness and health? How do people connect physical well-being to spiritual well-being? Medicine to meaning- making? How does looking at religion in sickness and health provide insight into its roles in a variety of cultures and contexts, globally and locally? How do health and religion connect particularly in situations of social marginalization and immigration? How does religion impact understandings of health and sickness beyond the borders of specific religious communities? Requisites: None Course Designation: Breadth - Either Humanities or Social Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2022 RELIG ST 103 — EXPLORING RELIGION AND SEXUALITY 3 credits. An introductory examination of "what religion is" via investigation of how religious traditions imagine, interrogate, and regulate sexuality using several approaches in the discipline of religious studies. Focuses, although not exclusively, on the religions of the Ancient Mediterranean (Greeks, Romans, Rabbinic Jews, and early Christians) and also considers the (re)construction of ideas and practices over time and contexts. Requisites: None Course Designation: Breadth - Humanities Level - Elementary L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2022 RELIG ST/FOLKLORE  104 — SACRED PLACES AND JOURNEYS 3 credits. An introduction to the study of religion through the lens of sacred places and journeys, including pilgrimage. Requisites: None Course Designation: Breadth - Humanities Level - Elementary L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2021 RELIG ST 105 — RELIGION AND POPULAR CULTURE-LOCAL AND GLOBAL 3 credits. Introduces religious studies through the lens of popular culture. In recent decades, many have predicted the demise of religion and the "death of God." Indeed, many seem to embrace science and rationality over faith and the supernatural, yet religion, religious language, religious themes permeate popular culture. This raises many questions: What is popular culture? What role is religion playing in it? How can we better understand popular culture using religious studies theory? Explores these questions through theme parks in the U.S. and Japan, Sports, Music, and tattoos. Requisites: None Course Designation: Breadth - Humanities Level - Elementary L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2023 RELIG ST/HISTORY/MEDIEVAL  112 — THE WORLD OF LATE ANTIQUITY (200-900 C.E.) 4 credits. History of the Mediterranean World from the late Roman Empire to the development of distinct European, Byzantine and Islamic civilizations (ca. 200-900 CE). Special attention will be paid to the rise and development of Christianity and Islam. Requisites: None Course Designation: Breadth - Either Humanities or Social Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2018 RELIG ST/HISTORY  131 — INTRODUCTION TO CHRISTIANITY: JESUS TO THE PRESENT 4 credits. Survey of Christianity from its beginnings to its diverse global manifestations today, including beliefs, institutions, ritual, lived experience, and interactions with broader culture and society. Requisites: None Course Designation: Breadth - Either Humanities or Social Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No 2 Religious Studies (RELIG ST) RELIG ST/CNSR SCI  173 — CONSUMING HAPPINESS 3 credits. As the saying goes, money can't buy happiness -- but in modern America, we certainly try. This course will provide an overview of the study of happiness and well-being, examine how consumers engage in consumption in pursuit of happiness, as well as explore the emergence of the experience economy, and the intersection of money and well- being. Students will read academic and popular pieces on positive psychology, prosocial spending and explore the psychology of persuasion in the promises associated with this industry. In addition to integrating visual media, students will have the opportunity to experience first-hand whether the advice works in their own lives. Requisites: None Course Designation: Level - Elementary L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2023 RELIG ST 200 — INTRODUCTORY TOPICS IN RELIGIOUS STUDIES (HUMANITIES) 3-4 credits. Topics in religious studies in the humanities at an introductory level. Requisites: None Course Designation: Breadth - Humanities Level - Elementary L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Fall 2022 RELIG ST/JEWISH/LEGAL ST  203 — JEWISH LAW, BUSINESS, AND ETHICS 3 credits. Explores the development of Jewish law from antiquity to modernity, with a focus on legal questions related to business practices and ethics. Consider issues ranging from ethical practices in agriculture to how to run a modern multi billion-dollar kosher industry; from the ethics of Jews celebrating Thanksgiving to regulations governing the preparation, consumption, and sale of coffee. Requisites: None Course Designation: Breadth - Humanities Level - Elementary L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2021 RELIG ST/HISTORY  205 — THE MAKING OF THE ISLAMIC WORLD: THE MIDDLE EAST, 500-1500 3-4 credits. Development of society and culture in the Middle East and North Africa from the emergence of Islam (7th century) to early modern times. Requisites: None Course Designation: Breadth - Humanities Level - Elementary L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2023 RELIG ST/ASIAN  206 — THE QUR'AN: RELIGIOUS SCRIPTURE & LITERATURE 3 credits. An introduction to the Qur'an, the sacred scripture of the Islamic religious tradition, focused on Muslim approaches to reading the text, its themes and history, and its use as a source of law, theology, aesthetics, politics, and practices of piety. Requisites: None Course Designation: Breadth - Literature. Counts toward the Humanities req Level - Elementary L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2018 RELIG ST/HISTORY  208 — WESTERN INTELLECTUAL AND RELIGIOUS HISTORY TO 1500 3-4 credits. Survey of key themes in Western intellectual history and religious thought from ancient Greece through the Renaissance, focusing on relationships among classical, Jewish, and Christian traditions. Requisites: Sophomore standing or 3 credits in HISTORY or RELIG ST Course Designation: Breadth - Either Humanities or Social Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2022 RELIG ST/HISTORY  209 — WESTERN INTELLECTUAL AND RELIGIOUS HISTORY SINCE 1500 3-4 credits. A survey of major trends in Western intellectual history and religious thought in the modern era, a period that saw a new range of competing ideas about the divine, the human condition, justice and the social order, and the quest for meaning. Explores shifts in Christian and Jewish thought as well as secular alternatives to religious outlooks. Topics include the impact of the Reformation, Scientific Revolution, and Enlightenment; radical critiques of religion; existentialism; theological responses to World Wars and the Holocaust; and civil rights and social justice. Sources include films, novels, autobiographies, essays, theological works, and political manifestos. Requisites: Sophomore standing or 3 credits in HISTORY or RELIG ST Course Designation: Breadth - Either Humanities or Social Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2022 RELIG ST/JEWISH  211 — INTRODUCTION TO JUDAISM 4 credits. General introduction to Judaism covering the biblical, classical rabbinic, medieval, and modern periods. Requisites: None Course Designation: Breadth - Humanities Level - Elementary L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2018 Religious Studies (RELIG ST) 5 RELIG ST/ASIAN  307 — A SURVEY OF TIBETAN BUDDHISM 3 credits. By studying the distinctively Tibetan forms of Buddhism, we also examine more general issues, such as the relationship between theory and practice, ancient meditation and mind training, the politics of "world making", and the connection between identity and experience. Not open to students with credit for LCA 421 prior to Fall 2019. Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Breadth - Humanities Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2022 RELIG ST/ASIAN/HISTORY  308 — INTRODUCTION TO BUDDHISM 3-4 credits. The basic thought, practices and history of Buddhism, including selflessness and relativity, practices of meditation, merit- making and compassion from both local and translocal perspectives. Includes a discussion of Buddhism as a contemporary, North American religion. Not open to students with credit for E ASIAN or LCA 308 prior to Fall 2019. Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Breadth - Either Humanities or Social Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2023 RELIG ST/HISTORY/MEDIEVAL  309 — THE CRUSADES: CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM 3-4 credits. An examination of the Crusades from both Christian and Islamic perspectives; the historical, social, and religious context and significance of the Crusades for both Christians and Muslims. Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Breadth - Humanities Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2022 RELIG ST 311 — SECTS AND CULTS 3 credits. An introduction to new religious movements in the U.S. frequently referred to as "sects," "cults," and "fringe religions. Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Breadth - Humanities Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2019 RELIG ST/JEWISH  322 — THE SABBATH 3 credits. Takes up the question: What is the "Sabbath"? What does it mean "to rest"? Offers a broad, comparative introduction to the history of the Sabbath, from the Bible to the present day. Readings encompass a range of textual sources from the Jewish and Christian traditions. Topics include the major theological, ritual, and cultural practices that have developed around the Sabbath. Discuss contemporary political iterations of the Sabbath in modern, secular contexts. Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Breadth - Humanities Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2023 RELIG ST 327 — CHRISTIANITY AND THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR 3 credits. Examines the relationships of Christian beliefs, ethics, spaces and practices to money, marketplace, wealth and poverty, consumption and business culture. Examines how Christians in a variety of situations and in a variety of ways shape and are shaped by capitalism and other economic forms. Focuses primarily on modern (19th-century) American contexts up to today. Global contexts and interactions with American religious cultures and well as earlier historical factors, however, figure prominently as well. Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No RELIG ST/JEWISH/LITTRANS  328 — CLASSICAL RABBINIC LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION 3-4 credits. Introduction to the literature of the Classical Rabbinic or Talmudic period of Judaism (2nd to 7th centuries CE). Historical and intellectual background; the interrelation of liturgy, legal and non-legal literature. Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Breadth - Literature. Counts toward the Humanities req Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2019 6 Religious Studies (RELIG ST) RELIG ST/HIST SCI/MED HIST  331 — SCIENCE, MEDICINE AND RELIGION 3 credits. Introduction to the study of religion, science, and medicine. Focus on how religion, science, and medicine have shaped practices of knowledge production and meaning making with respect to human life, by considering theories of human history and racial progress; how logics of contagion structure human relationships and communal boundaries; the variety of ways of understanding and caring for bodies; and the place of humans within broader ecologies. Requisites: Junior standing Course Designation: Breadth - Humanities Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2020 RELIG ST/CLASSICS/HEBR-BIB/JEWISH/LITTRANS  332 — PROPHETS OF THE BIBLE 4 credits. An introduction to the thought, literature, and history of the prophets of ancient Israel (in English). Requisites: RELIG ST/CLASSICS/JEWISH/LITTRANS  227 or Sophomore standing Course Designation: Breadth - Literature. Counts toward the Humanities req Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2019 RELIG ST 333 — EARLY CHRISTIAN LITERATURE: MATTHEW- REVELATION 3 credits. An exploration of Christianity's charter documents in the light of what modern scholarship has discovered about the New Testament's sociohistorical context, composition, theologies, and presentations of Jesus. Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Breadth - Literature. Counts toward the Humanities req Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2021 RELIG ST/CLASSICS/JEWISH  335 — KING DAVID IN HISTORY AND TRADITION 3 credits. An exploration of the literary and historical aspects of the text of 1-2 Samuel + 1 Kings 1-2; the history and archaeology of Jerusalem during the tenth century B.C.E.; and the varieties of ways in which the figure of King David has been received in subsequent religious and secular literature, visual art, music, television, and cinema. Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Breadth - Literature. Counts toward the Humanities req Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2023 RELIG ST/JEWISH  340 — THE AMERICAN JEWISH LIFE OF DNA 3 credits. Explores the range of relationships between DNA and American Jewish life. It begins with the "prehistory" of the relationship between Jewishness and genetic science, from Biblical genealogies to early twentieth century racial science. It then turns to America in the second half of the twentieth century, when the discovery of the double helix and the atrocities of Auschwitz reinvigorated and reshaped American Jewish relationships to DNA. Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Breadth - Either Humanities or Social Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2023 RELIG ST/FOLKLORE/MEDIEVAL/SCAND ST  342 — NORDIC MYTHOLOGY 3 credits. Mythology, literature, ritual, traditions, medieval folklore, and religion from Nordic areas and Scandinavia. Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Breadth - Literature. Counts toward the Humanities req Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2022 RELIG ST/ANTHRO  343 — ANTHROPOLOGY OF RELIGION 3-4 credits. Anthropological approaches. Illustrated by critical considerations of outstanding contributions. Selected religious systems; areal and topical comparative studies; religion as an ethnographic problem. Requisites: ANTHRO 104 or graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Breadth - Social Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2021 Religious Studies (RELIG ST) 7 RELIG ST/CLASSICS/JEWISH  346 — JEWISH LITERATURE OF THE GRECO-ROMAN PERIOD 3 credits. Jewish literature from 350 BCE to 150 CE. The Greek and Hebrew sources include stories, religious poetry, wisdom books and apocalyptic texts. Readings (in translation) from the Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, and the Dead Sea Scrolls in their historical, cultural and literary setting. Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Breadth - Literature. Counts toward the Humanities req Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2016 RELIG ST/ASIAN  350 — INTRODUCTION TO TAOISM 3-4 credits. A study of the writings attributed to Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu and their concepts, and the history and various aspects of religious Taoism. Consideration is given to Taoist influences on literature. Undergraduate majors register for 4 cr; non- majors and graduate majors register for 3 cr Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Breadth - Humanities Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2017 RELIG ST/FOLKLORE  352 — SHAMANISM 3 credits. Survey of shamanism as a religious tradition and sociocultural force in Siberian, Asian, and Native American societies. Exploration of shamanic rituals, roles, cosmology. Cultural and political uses of shamanism in traditional and modern contexts. Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Ethnic St - Counts toward Ethnic Studies requirement Breadth - Either Humanities or Social Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2022 RELIG ST/ENVIR ST/HIST SCI  356 — ISLAM, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT 3-4 credits. Survey of Muslim religious understandings of science, technology, nature and environment. Gain a global perspective through case studies, covering sources such as the Qur'an, theology and law, and traditions of esoteric piety (mysticism), and historical and contemporary issues like medical ethics, virtual realities, and environmental change, challenge and crisis. Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Breadth - Humanities Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Sustain - Sustainability Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2015 RELIG ST/FOLKLORE  359 — MYTH 3 credits. The relationship between myth and tale, history, culture. Myth research; methodological approaches; world mythologies; myth and modern times. Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Breadth - Humanities Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2017 RELIG ST/ENGL/HISTORY  360 — THE ANGLO-SAXONS 3 credits. Life and literature during the Old English period (c450-c1100). Primary emphasis on the vernacular and Latin writings of the Anglo-Saxons themselves. Extensive historical and archaeological background; attention to the development and character of monasticism, to the production of manuscripts, etc. All reading in translation. Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Breadth - Literature. Counts toward the Humanities req Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2022 RELIG ST 361 — EARLY CHRISTIAN LITERATURE: PAULINE CHRISTIANITY 3 credits. By conventional reckoning, Paul was a major contributor to the development of Christianity. Analyzes both Paul's and other contemporary writings to assess the extent to which he contributed to the development of the early church. Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Breadth - Literature. Counts toward the Humanities req Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2022 10 Religious Studies (RELIG ST) RELIG ST/POLI SCI  433 — RELIGION AND POLITICS 3-4 credits. Explores the relationships and interactions between religion and politics from a comparative perspective. Discuss the appropriate relationship between religion and state. Investigate the implications of the various ways in which the religion-state relationship have been involved in political conflict. Building on this, turn to several of the current issues in religion and politics asking: Why is religion apparently more important than ever despite an increasingly secular world? What is religious nationalism? What is fundamentalism? How can we explain the similarities and differences between religious fundamentalist movements across the globe? How should democratic states cope with the emergence of fundamentalist movements? In order to begin answering these questions, integrate the theoretical frameworks we develop with explorations of the historical and local context of relevant case-studies from around the world. Requisites: Sophomore standing and (POLI SCI 140, 120, RELIG ST 101, 102, 103, or INTL ST 101) or (POLI SCI 103 or 106 prior to fall 2017) Course Designation: Breadth - Social Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No RELIG ST/ENGL  434 — MILTON 3 credits. Study of John Milton's poems and selected prose. Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Breadth - Literature. Counts toward the Humanities req Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2020 RELIG ST/JEWISH/PHILOS  435 — JEWISH PHILOSOPHY FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 3 credits. A survey of major philosophers and philosophical currents within Judaism from antiquity through the seventeenth century. Requisites: Junior standing or 3 Credits in PHILOS Course Designation: Breadth - Humanities Level - Advanced L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2018 RELIG ST/ASIAN/HISTORY  438 — BUDDHISM AND SOCIETY IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN HISTORY 3-4 credits. Therevada Buddhism in Southeast Asia; ideas and basic tenets; history and its impact on social and political institutions; the monastic order and relations with the states; roles in the early history up to the present; focus on Thailand, Burma and Cambodia. Not open to students with credit for LCA 438 prior to Fall 2019. Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Breadth - Either Humanities or Social Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2014 RELIG ST/ITALIAN/MEDIEVAL  440 — POVERTY, ECOLOGY AND THE ARTS: ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI 3 credits. Focuses on literature about Francis of Assisi, from medieval accounts to contemporary literature, and related artistic portrayals of St. Francis as a religious symbol and model for economic, political and environmental justice. Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Breadth - Literature. Counts toward the Humanities req Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2023 RELIG ST/ASIAN  444 — INTRODUCTION TO SUFISM (ISLAMIC MYSTICISM) 3 credits. The rise and development of mysticism in Islam; basic Sufi doctrines, values and practices; life and works of important speculative and popular Sufi saints; Sufi brotherhoods in the Middle East, South Asia and North Africa. Not open to students with credit for LCA 444 prior to Fall 2019. Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Breadth - Humanities Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2016 RELIG ST/ASIAN  460 — THE HISTORY OF YOGA 3 credits. Explores the history of Yoga techniques from the ancient to the modern period. Not open to students with credit for RELIG ST 623 prior to Spring 2019. Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Breadth - Humanities Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2023 Religious Studies (RELIG ST) 11 RELIG ST/ASIAN  466 — BUDDHIST THOUGHT 3 credits. Survey of the fundamental trends in Buddhist thought through the works of major philosophers. Themes include the concept of "selflessness" and concomitant theories of essencelessness, perception, language and rationality. Not open to students with credit for E ASIAN or LCA 466 prior to Fall 2019. Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Breadth - Humanities Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2020 RELIG ST/ASIAN  473 — MEDITATION IN INDIAN BUDDHISM AND HINDUISM 3 credits. Examines contemplative practices in the two major Indian religions, Buddhism and Hinduism. Covers practices described in ancient texts but also provides an overview of selected modern practices. Requisites: Sophomore standing (not open to students with credit for LCA 624 prior to Fall 2019) Course Designation: Breadth - Humanities Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2022 RELIG ST 475 — RELIGION, GLOBAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH 3 credits. Explores health issues and practices in religious communities and their interaction with public health concerns and programs in U.S. and international contexts. Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Breadth - Humanities Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2023 RELIG ST/ART HIST  478 — ART AND RELIGIOUS PRACTICE IN MEDIEVAL JAPAN 3 credits. A study of spaces, objects, and images within the context of religious belief and practice in Japan between 1300 and 1600, when great Zen monasteries grew up alongside older Buddhist/Shinto religious "megaplexes," and new salvationist sects spread throughout Japan. Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Breadth - Humanities Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2018 RELIG ST 500 — ADVANCED TOPICS IN RELIGIOUS STUDIES 2-4 credits. Topics may include religion in specific contexts, religion and other disciplines or specific themes in Religious Studies. Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Breadth - Humanities Level - Advanced L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Spring 2020 RELIG ST/PHILOS  501 — PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION 3-4 credits. Analysis of religious experience and activity, and examination of principal religious ideas in light of modern psychology, philosophy, science, and anthropology. Requisites: Junior standing or 3 Credits in PHILOS Course Designation: Breadth - Either Humanities or Social Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2019 RELIG ST/PHILOS  502 — SPECIAL TOPICS IN PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION 3 credits. One or more topics selected from among the following: religious discourse, God, evil, survival, great philosophers of religion, etc. Variable content. Requisites: Junior standing or 3 Credits in PHILOS Course Designation: Breadth - Either Humanities or Social Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Fall 2013 RELIG ST/ASIAN  505 — THE PERFECTIBLE BODY IN RELIGIONS, MEDICINES, AND POLITICS 3 credits. Looking at the cultural institutions of politics, medicine, and religion in multiple cultures and historical times, students will explore ideas about what constitutes a perfect body, how and why different parts of the body are privileged over others, and how and why the notion of bodily perfectibility differs for men and women, children and adults, and humans and gods. Readings encourage such questions as: Is the perfect body attainable and, if so, how? And, who benefits from bodily perfection (or the rhetoric of the bodily perfection)? We will ask these questions with comparative intent: we want both to learn about cultures other than our own and, in the process of understanding the other, we will ask how this new knowledge might empower us to be more observant and critical of the role(s) and treatment of the body in our own society historically and today. Requisites: Junior standing Course Designation: Breadth - Humanities Level - Advanced L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No 12 Religious Studies (RELIG ST) RELIG ST/CURRIC/ED POL  516 — RELIGION AND PUBLIC EDUCATION 3 credits. Examines theories and practices related to the role of religion in public schooling and its accompanying tensions: political and philosophical, practical and personal. Requisites: Junior standing Course Designation: Breadth - Social Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2021 RELIG ST/CLASSICS/HISTORY  517 — RELIGIONS OF THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN 3 credits. Ancient religions in their political, social and cultural contexts; topics include ritual, literary and artistic representations, religious persecutions, and/or modern approaches to the study of ancient religions. Chronological and geographical focus will vary between Greece, Rome, Judaea and Egypt. Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Breadth - Humanities Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2017 RELIG ST 600 — RELIGION IN CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE 3 credits. Theory and analysis of religion as a human phenomenon. Requisites: Consent of instructor Course Designation: Level - Advanced L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2022 RELIG ST 601 — SENIOR CAPSTONE RESEARCH AND COLLOQUIUM 4 credits. Integrated capstone course combining discussion of research methods, conduct of senior thesis research, and presentation and discussion of research results. Requisites: Consent of instructor Course Designation: Level - Advanced L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2023 RELIG ST/ASIAN  650 — PROSEMINAR IN BUDDHIST THOUGHT 2-3 credits. Advanced topics in theories focused on the mechanisms of contemplative practices such as mindfulness, focused attention and compassion practices, with special emphasis on the interaction of traditional theories from contemplative traditions such as Buddhism and more recent theoretical accounts in psychology and cognitive science. Requisites: Junior standing Course Designation: Breadth - Humanities Level - Advanced L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Spring 2022 RELIG ST 681 — SENIOR HONORS THESIS 3 credits. Independent research undertaken by students in the honors program. Requisites: Consent of instructor Course Designation: Level - Advanced L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Honors - Honors Only Courses (H) Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2022 RELIG ST 682 — SENIOR HONORS THESIS 3 credits. Independent research undertaken by students in the honors program. Requisites: Consent of instructor Course Designation: Level - Advanced L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Honors - Honors Only Courses (H) Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2022 RELIG ST 699 — DIRECTED STUDY 1-4 credits. Advanced directed study projects as arranged with a faculty member. Requisites: Consent of instructor Course Designation: Level - Advanced L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Spring 2023 RELIG ST 799 — INDEPENDENT RESEARCH 1-6 credits. Independent research for graduate students. Requisites: Consent of instructor Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Summer 2010