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
A list of pre-approved courses for these 3 tracks can 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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Lower Division Coursework* 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 XX: Patriarchy and Religion (Coming soon!) Upper Division Coursework RG ST 107: Black Gods of Cuba, Brazil, and Beyond: The Orishas RGST 110L: LGBT Religious History: Queering the Spirit RGST 110Q: Religion and Sex/Gender in Speculative Literature 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* RGST 200X: Feminism and Religion (Coming Soon!) 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 119C: Jihad and Just War Theory RG ST 125A: The Mind of Egypt 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 190GA: Have Ethics Gone Awry? RG ST 190EI: Ethical Investing RG ST 190WE: Wall Street Ethics |
Lower Division Coursework* RG ST 13: Religion & Popular Culture RG ST 61: African Religions of the Americas Upper Division Coursework 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 157CP: Contemporary Persian Literature and Translation RG ST 157G: Persian Cinema RG ST 157I: Persian Media & Translation RG ST 157J: Persian Translation RG ST 110: Religion and Literature RG ST 110F: Science Fiction RG ST 110G: Photography and Religion RG ST 162I. Desire, Sex, and Romance in Traditions of India RG ST 163B. Chinese Martial Arts through Film RG ST 181B. Political Islam and the Response of Iranian Cinema RG ST 133F. Image of Jews in Film RG ST 150B. Religion and Tourism in Modern America |
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 Kailee Lencioni (klencioni@HFA.ucsb.edu).
