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Students majoring in Religious Studies must complete at least 30 hours distributed in the three following categories. The freshman seminar (115) may be counted toward the major in the category corresponding to its topic. Students planning to pursue graduate studies are especially encouraged to take language courses.
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The 30-hour Major in Religious Studies is designed with two goals in mind. We want our students to become literate in at least two prominent world religious traditions--their own may be one of the two. We also ask students to take courses that will familiarize them with the range of ways in which religion is studied and understood. A Major in Religious Studies lays a solid foundation on which to build either a career in professions that demand contact with diverse populations, such as international business, medicine, social work, law, and education or graduate and seminary studies.
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(280, 3-credit hours) gathering majors during the fall semester of their last year
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The honors program in Religious Studies is designed to afford superior students the opportunity to pursue more intensive work within their major field. The program requires: a) a 3.0 cumulative grade point average; b) 6 hours of independent research, 299a-299b (Honors Research) normally taken during the senior year; c) an honors thesis to be completed by the spring of the senior year; d) successful completion of an honors oral examination on the topic of the thesis.
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Students complete a minimum of 12 hours in Category 1 (see above--6 hours in each of two religious traditions). Students complete a minimum of 6 hours in Category 2 (see above--3 hours from each group). The freshman seminar (115) may be counted toward the minor in either Category 1 or Category 2, according to its topic. Students may elect to participate in the Senior Seminar (280) to be counted in Category 2.
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