Minor in Religious Studies
The minor in Religious Studies is an interdisciplinary program that draws from faculty and courses from several departments. It is designed to provide a framework for systematic academic study of religion. Students who meet the program requirements gain an understanding of some of the main ideas found in the world's religions and learn how a variety of academic disciplines approach the objective study of religion from diverse perspectives. The program is useful to students who are personally interested in learning more about religion as a part of their general education as well as to those students who plan careers which are religiously oriented.
Requirements
21 credit hours required, distributed as follows:
- 6 credit hours from Group A.
- 9 credit hours from exactly three of the Groups B, C, D, and E. Courses listed as "Related Courses" may not be used to satisfy this requirement.
- 6 additional credit hours from any of the groups used to satisfy the above requirements. At most 3 of these hours may be from courses listed as "Related Courses" for those groups.
Note: No more than 9 hours from a student's major field of study may be used to satisfy the requirements of the minor.
Course Groups
Additional Courses for Various Groups
Specific offerings of the following courses may sometimes be placed into one of the above Groups by the Religious Studies Advisor, depending on topic.
- ENG 352: Selected Figures in World Literature
- IDS 121: Texts and Contexts
- IDS 203: Nations and Narrations
- HIS 307: Selected Topics in Non-Western History
* Topics in ART 275 and IDS 254 may vary. See the Religious Studies Advisor to verify that a specific offering of these courses will count in the course Group listed above.
Contact Information
Dr. Daniel Breyer
Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Program Director
(309) 438-5954
dbreyer@IllinoisState.edu