When you enroll at Susquehanna, 您将与顾问和应用工具配对,以指导您的课程计划和安排. The following is an excerpt from the complete course catalog. 入学的学生遵循学年课程目录的要求,他们在其中宣布每个专业和/或辅修, consult with their advisor(s) and the Academic Planning Tool.
The study of religion is fundamentally an interdisciplinary endeavor, 在分析世界各地宗教现象和文化的不同表现时,涉及到各种智力方法. Reflecting the methodological and substantive breadth of the field of religious studies, 浩博体育app的宗教研究专业旨在实现以下学生学习目标:
Learning Goals
- To develop the ability to critically analyze primary religious texts.
- To use various interpretative perspectives (literary, historical, theological, ideological, etc.) in deriving meaning from religious texts.
- 在历史和地理背景下与至少一种非西方宗教传统接触.
- To think critically and cross-culturally about ethical questions in relationship to themselves, society and/or the world.
- 批判性地参与与宗教思想和/或实践相关的当代社会问题.
- To conduct substantive research (finding, 咨询和利用主要和次要资源,并从相同的初步联系和结论),并以书面形式提出这项研究.
- To reflect upon and assess work in critical and constructive ways by applying concepts, theories and methods within academic and professional contexts.
Double-counting restriction
主修宗教研究的学生最多可以将12个学时重复计算到另一个专业.
Major in Religious Studies
宗教研究专业至少完成36个学时,成绩达到C-或以上. To ensure both breadth and depth of study, there is one compulsory course, 剩下的32个学时必须包括以下四个学科领域中的至少一门课程. At least 20 of the 32 semester hours must be taken at the 200 level or higher. 主题课程和独立学习课程可以由教师与部门协商后指定一个主题领域. The compulsory course does not count toward the subject area distribution requirement.
4 Compulsory Course for the Religious Studies Major:
RELI-101 Introduction to Religious Studies
16 Subject Area Courses
必须包括以下四个学科领域中的至少一个课程:主要宗教文本, Ethics, Non-Western Religions and Contemporary issues in Religion.
16 Elective Courses
选修课程可以是四个学科领域内的额外课程或以下确定的其他课程. 在32个学时中,至少有20个学时必须达到200分或以上.
Primary Religious Texts
RELI-103 The New Testament
RELI-104 Ethics in Biblical Stories
RELI-201 The Hebrew Bible
RELI-203 The Historical Jesus
RELI-207 Women in the Biblical Tradition
RELI-300 The Book of Revelation and Zombie Apocalypses
Ethics
RELI-102 Applied Biblical Ethics
RELI-104 Ethics in Biblical Stories
RELI-107 Faiths and Values
RELI-115 Jewish Philosophy and Ethics
RELI-117 Introduction to Asian Religions
RELI-203 The Historical Jesus
RELI-208 Buddhism
RELI-235 Environmental Ethics
RELI-315 Being Awesome at Life
RELI-316 Daoism, Zen and Authenticity
RELI-318 Confucian Ethics
Non-Western Religions
RELI-105 World Religions
RELI-117 Introduction to Asian Religions
RELI-120 Introduction to Islam
RELI-208 Buddhism
RELI-225 Women in Religion
RELI-316 Daoism, Zen and Authenticity
RELI-318 Confucian Ethics
Contemporary Issues in Religion
RELI-102 Applied Biblical Ethics
RELI-107 Faiths and Values
RELI-113 Introduction to Judaism
RELI-208 Buddhism
RELI-220 Magic, Witchcraft and Religion
RELI-225 Women in Religion
RELI-235 Environmental Ethics
RELI-305 when offered as ‘Fiction of C. S. Lewis
RELI-350 Science and Religion
RELI-360 Religious Fundamentalisms in the Modern World
Electives
RELI-195 Intro to Awesomeness
RELI-209 The Bible and Archaeology
RELI-210 Philosophy of Religion
RELI-215 Music in Christian Rituals
RELI-309 Luther: Life and Thought
RELI-312 Church History: Early and Medieval
RELI-313 Church History: 1500 to the Present
RELI-353 The Practice of Church Music
RELI-500 Capstone
Double-counting restriction
主修宗教研究的学生最多可以将12个学时重复计算到另一个专业.
Honors
The honors program in religious studies encourages and commends outstanding academic work. To graduate with departmental honors in religious studies, students must do the following:
- Complete requirements for the major,
- Have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.00 overall and at least 3.50 in religious studies, and
- Perform outstanding academic work in religious studies capstone.
Capstone Requirement
主修宗教研究的学生应在适当的科目上完成高年级的必修课程. 拥有双学位的学生可以在本系以外的专业中达到大学的顶点要求. 任何选择以这种方式完成顶点要求的学生必须通过成功完成额外的四个学期的课程来完成宗教研究专业, or the equivalent, in the relevant subject. 任何希望获得宗教研究部门荣誉资格的学生必须满足宗教研究部门提供的适当的顶点,以及第二专业规定的任何顶点要求.
该系顶点课程的课程描述称,它是“为(学生)提供所有学习的高潮”, allowing them to address a particular topic, issue or thinker in religious studies through the lens of their total undergraduate education.宗教研究专业的学生被鼓励开发顶点项目,这些项目也可以利用他们从未成年人那里获得的知识和优势. 这些项目的主要监督将由适当的宗教研究学院主管负责, 虽然学生也将被要求与他们的辅修领域(s)研究的适当的顾问一起工作.