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.

Course List

Code	Title	Units
RELG 200	World Religions 1	3
Select 15 units from the following:		15
RELG 350	Judaism: A Story of Hope 1
RELG 351	Islam: The Way of Submission 1
RELG 352	Hinduism: Karma, Dharma, and Yoga 1
RELG 353	East Asian Religions and Mindfulness 1
RELG 395	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
PHIL 410	Philosophy of Religion
PSYC 440	Psychology of Religion
SOC 360	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.