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Undergraduate Calendar 2018-2019 
    
Undergraduate Calendar 2018-2019 [-ARCHIVED CALENDAR-]

Religious Studies (B.A.)


Admission


Completion of any Level I program with a Grade Point Average of at least 3.5 and a grade of at least C- in three units of Level 1 Religious Studies; student will be required to complete three more units of Level 1 Religious Studies prior to the completion of their degree.

Notes


  1. All students are encouraged to consult a departmental undergraduate advisor at least once each year.
  2. Part-time students who anticipate difficulty in fulfilling program requirements should consult a departmental undergraduate advisor as early as possible in their program.
  3. With the written approval of a departmental undergraduate advisor, courses from other departments may be substituted for Religious Studies.
  4. Not all Level IV seminars are offered each year; consult the Department to find out which Level IV seminars are planned for the next two years. Level IV seminars have the following prerequisite: RELIGST 3F03 .
  5. Students wishing to focus in Asian Religious Traditions should consider beginning language training in Sanskrit or Japanese or both early in their program (See course offerings listed under Sanskrit or Japanese in the Course Listings  section of this Calendar). Students wishing to focus in Biblical Studies should consider work in Greek or Hebrew or both (See course offerings under Greek or Hebrew in the Course Listings  section of this Calendar). Students wishing to focus in Judaism should consider coursework in Hebrew or German (see the Hebrew and German headings in the Course Listings  section of this Calendar). Students wishing to focus in Religion, Philosophy, and Politics might consider coursework in French or German (see the French and German headings in the Course Listings   section of this Calendar).

Requirements


90 units total (Levels I to III), of which 42 units may be Level I

30 units


from

  • the Level I program completed prior to admission to the program.
    (See Admission above.)

9 units


  • Level II Religious Studies

9 units


  • Level III Religious Studies

6 units


  • Levels II, III or IV Religious Studies.
    (See Note 4 above.)

30-33 units


  • Electives, of which at least 6 units must be taken outside of Religious Studies.