Religious Studies Courses

Religious Studies (REL) courses

• REL 100 Religion and Human Culture

  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

  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

  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

  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