Minor in Religious Studies
18 units
We are participants in a global community. From our next-door neighbors to our coworkers, our community partners to our global interactions, we are becoming involved with people from all over the world as never before. Religious studies minors leave APU with a greater ability to engage the world from a place of sincere Christian faith, awareness, and praxis.
Mission Statement
The religious studies minor offers courses in global religious studies, employing a dialogical perspective that invites conversation between Christians and people from non-Christian religious traditions. This program prepares undergraduate students for responsible understanding of, and engagement with, people of a variety of global religious traditions in order to be faithful, well-informed, and culturally sensitive participants in intercultural and interreligious dialogue.
Students must achieve a 2.5 cumulative GPA for all courses required for this minor.
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| RELG 200 | World Religions 1 | 3 |
| Select 15 units from the following: | 15 | |
| Judaism: A Story of Hope 1 | ||
| Islam: The Way of Submission 1 | ||
| Hinduism: Karma, Dharma, and Yoga 1 | ||
| East Asian Religions and Mindfulness 1 | ||
| Special Topics in Religious Studies 1 | ||
UBBL 3XX | Any 300-level UBBL course | |
UBBL 4XX | Any 400-level UBBL course | |
THEO 3XX | Any 300-level THEO course | |
THEO 4XX | Any 400-level THEO course | |
MIN/MINC/MINY 3XX | Any 300-level MIN, MINC, or MINY course | |
MIN/MINC/MINY 4XX | Any 400-level MIN, MINC, or MINY course | |
| Philosophy of Religion | ||
| Psychology of Religion | ||
| Sociology of Religion | ||
| Traditional prerequisites must be met for each course. Students may take a maximum of 6 units from each upper-division subject area (RELG, THEO, UBBL, MIN/MINC/MINY). | ||
| Total Units | 18 | |
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Meets the General Education Intercultural Competence requirement.