Liberal Studies Minor

Minor - Liberal Studies (Minor)

College Humanities & Sciences

Catalog Year: 2014-2015

Degree Specific Credits: 23

Required Cumulative GPA: 2.5

Lower Division Core

Rule: Must complete all of the following courses:

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Show Description LSH 151L - IntrHumanities:Greek,Bible,Rom
Offered autumn. Prereq., eligibility for WRIT 101 (ENEX 101) based on writing placement examination. General survey of the field of Humanities in Western civilization contrasting the Greco–Roman with the Jewish and Christian traditions.
 0 To 4 Credits
Show Description LSH 152L - Humanities Medieval to Modern
Offered spring. Prereq., eligibility for WRIT 101 (ENEX 101) based on writing placement examination. General survey of the field of Humanities in Western civilization, from the Middle Ages through modernity.
 0 To 4 Credits
Show Description LSH 161H - Asian Humanities
Offered autumn. Coreq., LS 151L or consent of instr. Selective survey of classical South and East Asian perspectives on the humanities. Hinduism, Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism are the primary traditions considered.
 3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 11 Total Credits Required

Upper Division Electives I

Rule: Must complete 6 credits from the following courses:

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Show Description LS 428 - Renaissance Debate-Women
Offered yearly. A reading of texts from the fourteenth to the seventeenth centuries in several different genres (prose pamphlets, lectures, lyrics, drama, extracts from epics), to examine the arguments presented by women and men that crucially shaped the debate on women and gender and influenced modern attitudes toward women in the western hemisphere.
 3 Credits
Show Description LSH 326 - Stories East and West
Offered intermittently. A course tracing the influence of Arabic fiction on its western counterpart.
 3 Credits
Show Description LSH 327L - Gender & Sexuality in Eng Fict
Offered alternate years. Same as WGS 379L & LIT 379L. Major 20th century novels and short stories written in English in different parts of the world and how these texts explore changing concepts of gender and sexuality.
 3 Credits
Show Description LSH 368 - Shakespeare: Comedy & Tragedy
Offered yearly.  An investigation of the differences, but also affinities, between the two fundamental Shakespearean genres.
 3 Credits
Show Description LSH 484 - Novel Ancient and Modern
Offered yearly. Two antithetical models for the construction of a novel.
 3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 6 Total Credits Required

Upper Division Electives II

Rule: Must complete 6 credits from the following courses

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Show Description RLST 300 - Theory & Method Study of Relig
A survey of modern theories and methods in the study of religion. Overview of sociological, anthropological, psychological, phenomenological, comparative, cognitive, and other approaches to the question, What is religion?
 3 Credits
Show Description RLST 310 - Topics in Biblical Studies
(R-6) Selected topics in modern Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) and New Testament studies. Focus on history, literature, and religions of ancient West Asia, the Mediterranean and North Africa. Topics vary from year to year and include: Israelite religion; prophets and prophecy; biblical history and historiography; ancient Gospels; the letters and communities of Paul; early biblical interpretation; archaeology and iconography of ancient religions; religion and politics in the Bible.
 3 Credits
Show Description RLST 320 - Anct Judaism & Early Christnty
(R6) Survey of the history and literature of ancient Judaism and early Christianity. Topics include: the emergence of Judaism and Christianity in the Persian, Greek, and Roman empires; religions of ancient West Asia and the Mediterranean; stories of Jewish and Christian origins; the historical Jesus; the early rabbinic movement; the Dead Sea Scrolls; Paul between Judaism and Christianity.  
 3 Credits
Show Description RLST 335 - Western Religious Thought I
Selected studies in the intellectual history of western religions, alternating between studies of periods and seminal thinkers. Emphasis will be on the ancient and medieval periods.
 3 Credits
Show Description RLST 336 - Western Religious Thought II
Selected studies in the intellectual history of western religions, alternating between studies of periods and seminal thinkers. Emphasis will be on the late medieval and early modern periods.
 3 Credits
Show Description RLST 353 - Topics in South Asia Religions
(R-6) This course will examine select topics of central importance with respect to the history of interaction between the major religions (Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism) of South Asia.
 3 Credits
Show Description RLST 354 - Topics in East Asia Religions
(R-6) This course will examine select topics of central importance with respect to the history of interaction between the major religions (Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, and folk animism and shamanism) of East Asia.
 3 Credits
Show Description RLST 360 - Classcs of Buddhist Literature
(R-6) Close reading of a selection of core Buddhist texts drawn from various Asian cultures and spanning the three main phases of the tradition.
 3 Credits
Show Description RLST 366 - Tibetan Civilization
An exploration of the history and culture of a unique civilization that has influenced greatly the cultures of Himalayan, East, and South Asia. Special attention will be given to Tibetan religions, but these will be explored within the context of the society's political, social, economic, and other cultural developments.
 3 Credits
Show Description RLST 367 - Approaches to Study Zen Bddhsm
An exploration of both key developments in the history of Zen Buddhist thought and practice and the variety of ways that Zen has been studied by Western popular and academic cultures.
 3 Credits
Show Description RLST 368 - Contem Buddhism in S & SE Asia
As with other major religions, modernity and globalization have presented profound challenges to Buddhist traditions.  In this course we will explore various contemporary issues that have affected Theravada Buddhist societies--colonial and post-colonial revivalism, religious nationalism, women's rights and social reform--as case studies in some of the major ways in which religions have confronted modernity.
 3 Credits
Show Description RLST 369 - Contemporary Tradtions of Asia
An exploration of the rich and diverse approaches to mental transformation and cultivation of gnosis as developed by several of Asia's major religious traditions, such as Buddhism, Jainism, Hinduism, Taoism, and Confucianism.
 3 Credits
Show Description RLST 370 - Mysticism
(R-6) An inquiry into the literature and interpretation of mysticism in the major religious traditions. Each offering will focus on a specific tradition or period.
 3 Credits
Show Description RLST 376 - Contemporary Religious Thought
(R-6) Study of selected major critical and constructive proposals in modern religious thought in various traditions.
 3 Credits
Show Description RLST 391 - Special Topics
(R-12) Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.
 1 To 12 Credits
Show Description RLST 392 - Independent Study
(R-6) Course material appropriate to the needs and objectives of the individual student.
 1 To 6 Credits
Show Description RLST 491 - Special Topics
(R-12) Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.
 1 To 12 Credits
Show Description RLST 492 - Independent Study
(R-9) Prereq., consent of instr. Work on selected problems by individual students under direct faculty supervision.
 1 To 9 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 6 Total Credits Required