Wimberly School of Religion
& Graduate Theological Center

World Religions Major

World Religions Major (B.A.)Major Requirements
Credit Hours: 33

Religion General Education Requirements (6)
REL 1003 - Introduction to Biblical Literature
REL 2513 - Introduction to World Religions

Major Requirements
REL 2023 - Methods of Biblical Analysis - 3
REL 2413 - Philosophy of Religion - 3

One course in Jewish Studies (selected from the following:
REL 2103 - Introduction to Judaism
REL 2203 - Modern Jewish Thought
REL 2813 - The Jewish Experience in America
REL 2823 - Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust - 3

One (3000-4000 level) course in Christian Theology - 3

REL 4163 Seminar in Philosophy and Theology:
Comparative Religious Ethics - 3

Three (3000-4000 level) courses related to World Religions:
Current offerings: Religion and Philosophy of South Asia;
Islamic Philosophy and Religion; Confucianism; African Religions; Native American Religion; and Religious Dialogue and Responses to Pluralism) - 9

One Religion elective - 3
REL 3953 - Junior Seminar - 3
REL 4873 - Senior Paper – 3