Minor in Religious Studies

APU’s 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.

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.

SOT 260World Religions 13
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 Units18
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Meets the APU Core: Intercultural Competence general education requirement.