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Religion Minor

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Minor Requirements

* At least six credits must be 300-level or above.

REL 210 - Exploring Religion and Spirituality 3 Credits
REL 229 - Religions of the West 3 Credits
REL 230 - Asian Religions and Philosophies 3 Credits
REL 258 - Religion and Nature 3 Credits

Global Religious Literacy

One course from each category below

Asian and Indigenous Traditions

One of the following:

REL 231 - Buddhism 3 Credits
REL 234 - Japanese Religious History 3 Credits
REL 235 - Daoism Seminar 4 Credits
REL 331 - Zen Buddhism 3 Credits
NAS 160 - Lake Superior Ojibwe 3 Credits
NAS 211 - Native American History and Experience 3 Credits
NAS 212 - Wisconsin Indian Cultures, History, and Contemporary Issues 3 Credits

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

One of the following:

REL 215 - Hebrew Bible and Jewish Origins 3 Credits
REL 216 - Jesus, Paul, and Christian Origins 3 Credits
REL 240 - Jesus in Popular Cultures 3 Credits
REL 315 - History of Christian Cultures 3 Credits
REL 330 - History of Islamic Cultures 3 Credits

Religious Studies Electives

Two courses from below:

Any Global Literacy course not already taken
IDS 154 - Fake News, Forgeries, and Frauds 3 Credits
REL 165 - Demons, Angels, & Ghosts 3 Credits
REL 219 - The Nature of Religious Experience 3 Credits
REL 220 - Myth and Ritual 3 Credits
REL 225 - Magic, Medicine, and Miracle 3 Credits
REL 257 - Death and Dying 3 Credits
REL 340 - Sex and Religion 3 Credits
Other REL course with approval of Program Coordinator

Total Religion minor: 24 Credits