Overview
By petition students may combine any courses from upper-division Areas A and B to create a custom comparative or thematic course of study.
Examples of potential thematic tracks emphases include but are not limited to:
- Religion, Gender & Sexuality
- Religion, Ethics & Politics
- Religious Art, Media & Iconography
Pre-Approved Tracks
A list of pre-approved courses for these 3 tracks can be found below. However, students may also work with faculty to craft their own unique emphasis by petition.
| RELIGION, GENDER & SEXUALITY | RELIGION, ETHICS & POLITICS | RELIGIOUS ART, MEDIA & ICONOGRAPHY |
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Recommended Lower Division Coursework* RG ST 29: Patriarchy and Religion EACS/RGST 40: Gender & Sexuality in Modern Asia (to be cross-listed with RGST 40). RG ST 62: Dark Goddesses and Black Madonnas RGST 63: Witches & Brujxs / Black Magic & (Afro-)Latinx Feminism RG ST 81/HIST 46MI: Modern Iran Upper Division Coursework RGST 110L: LGBT Religious History: Queering the Spirit RG ST 111: Religion, Politics and Marriage in the Middle East RG ST 112: Trickster Tales, Religion, and the Body RG ST 112A: Legal Feminism and Religion RG ST 124G. The Virgin of Guadalupe: From Tilma to Tattoo RG ST 140E: Islam in America RG ST 158C: Consciousness & the Body in Hindu Traditions RG ST 164C: Buddhist Ethics RG ST 187A: Veiling in Modern Egypt RG ST 191A: Latino Religious Thought RGST 193B: Religion and Healing in Global Perspective Graduate Coursework* RG ST 206G: Seminar on South Asian Discourses of the Body RGST 217: Sex, Marriage, and Religion in the Middle East: 1400-1900 Potentially: Anshu Malhotra: Global 256: Global History of Women, Gender and Sexuality (soon to be cross-listed with RGST) |
Upper Division Coursework Middle East Studies (MES) MES 145: Model Arab League Religious Studies (RG ST) RG ST 102A: Muslim Diasporas and Law RG ST 111: Religion, Politics & Marriage in the Middle East RG ST 111B: Mongolian Buddhism RG ST 112A: Legal Feminism and Religion RG ST 116E: Evangelical Christianity in the U.S. RG ST 119A: Intro to Islamic Law RG ST 119B: The Qur’an and Interpretations RG ST 119C: Jihad and Just War Theory RG ST 125A: The Mind of Egypt RG ST 128/228:Religious Environmentalism and Science in the Anthropocene RG ST 131H: Politics and Religion in the City: Jerusalem RG ST 133C: Jewish Law RG ST 140B: Religion, Politics and Society: The Persian Gulf RG ST 141D: Church-State Relations RG ST 144: The Problem of Evil RG ST 149: Comparative Religion and Politics of the Middle East RG ST 156BE: Biomedical ethics, RG ST 156CC: Seminar in Social Ethics RG ST 156EE: Environmental Ethics RG ST 156CE: Ethics and the College Experience RG ST 157: Religion, Law & Society RG ST 162G: The Caste System RG ST 164C: Buddhist Ethics RG ST 177: Religion & Law RG ST 183B: Religious Practice and the State in China RG ST 190GA: Have Ethics Gone Awry? RG ST 190EI: Ethical Investing RG ST 190WE: Wall Street Ethics Graduate Coursework* RG ST 200PO: Religion and Politics RG ST 228/128: Religious Environmentalism and Science in the Anthropocene RG ST/EACS 268: Religion, Modernity, and the State in Asia |
Recommended Lower Division Coursework* RG ST 13: Religion & Popular Culture RG ST 61: African Religions of the Americas Upper Division Coursework 2-3 courses from this area REQUIRED to earn a secondary or primary emphasis in this area, respectively. RG ST 110: Religion and Literature RG ST 110F: Science Fiction RG ST 110G: Photography and Religion RG ST 112: Trickster Tales, Religion, and the Body RG ST 113: Religion and Film RG ST 116C: Archaeology and the Study of Religion RG ST 128A: Religion and Spirituality in the Roman Empire RG ST 133F: Image of Jews in Film RG ST 150B: Religion and Tourism in Modern Americ RG ST 157CP: Contemporary Persian Literature and Translation RG ST 157G: Persian Cinema RG ST 157I: Persian Media & Translation RG ST 157J: Persian Translation RG ST 162I: Desire, Sex, and Romance in Traditions of India RG ST 181B: Political Islam and the Response of Iranian Cinema |
For more information on examples of approved tracks and how to apply courses towards this Area, please reach out the the Undergraduate Program Coordinator/Advisor, Alexis Beeson.