Religious Studies Courses

Religious Studies (REL) courses

• REL 100 Religion and Human Culture

  General Education Component: GEC 115 - Public Affairs: Cultural Competence.

  To discover what religion is and does; place of religion in human thought and action.

  Credit hours	Lecture contact hours	Lab contact hours	Typically offered
  3	3	0	Fall, Spring

• REL 101 Introduction to the Old Testament

  General Education Component: GEC 111 - Human Cultures: Humanities.

  Literature of the Old Testament including the historical backgrounds and major concepts of these books.

  Credit hours	Lecture contact hours	Lab contact hours	Typically offered
  3	3	0	Fall, Spring

• REL 102 Introduction to the New Testament

  General Education Component: GEC 111 - Human Cultures: Humanities.

  Literature of the New Testament including the historical backgrounds and major concepts of these books.

  Credit hours	Lecture contact hours	Lab contact hours	Typically offered
  3	3	0	Fall, Spring

• REL 103 History of the English Bible

  The ancient manuscript of the Bible; early versions; evaluation of recent translations.

  Credit hours	Lecture contact hours	Lab contact hours	Typically offered
  1	1	0	Upon demand

• REL 131 Religion in America

  General Education Component: GEC 110 - Human Cultures: Social & Behavioral Sciences.

  Recounts the development of American religious life and the influences of religion on American institutions and its people.

  Credit hours	Lecture contact hours	Lab contact hours	Typically offered
  3	3	0	Fall, Spring

• REL 197 Topics in Religious Studies

  Topics of general interest in the area of Religious Studies. Examples: Fundamentalism, Muslim Spain, Heresy and Holiness, Hell and the Devil, the Shroud of Turin. May be repeated, as topics change, to a maximum of 6 hours. Variable content course.

  Credit hours	Lecture contact hours	Lab contact hours	Typically offered
  1-3			Upon demand