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 |
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SOT 260 | World Religions 1 | 3 |
Select 15 units from the following: | 15 | |
Judaism: A Story of Hope | ||
Islam: The Way of Submission | ||
Hinduism: Karma, Dharma, and Yoga | ||
East Asian Religions and Mindfulness | ||
Special Topics | ||
SOT 3XX | Any 300-level Biblical Studies course | |
SOT 4XX | Any 400-level Biblical Studies course | |
SOT 3XX | Any 300-level Theology course | |
SOT 4XX | Any 400-level Theology course | |
SOT 3XX | Any 300-level Ministry course | |
SOT 4XX | Any 400-level Ministry 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 (Religion, Theology, Biblical Studies, and Ministry). | ||
Total Units | 18 |
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Meets the APU Core: Intercultural Competence general education requirement.