Program Description 

The Religious Studies Program at Wayne State University offers undergraduate students the option of a Religious Studies Minor. This is designed for undergraduates majoring in other areas or disciplines. It comprises a minimum of 21 credits to include the following:

1. One course in Comparative Religion
2. A course on one of the following topics:
   Philosophy of Religion
   Anthropology of Religion
   Sociology of Religion  or Cults, Myths, and Religions in Society
3. Broadly based courses on two of the following religions:
   Judaism (e.g. Survey of Jewish History and Civilization or The Bible and Ancient Mythology)
   Christianity (e.g. The English Bible as Literature)
   Islam (e.g. Introduction to Islamic Civilization of the Near East)
   
   
4. One course in another religious tradition (e.g. The African Religious Experience)
   
   
5. One additional course from a list of available electives in Religious Studies (e.g. Religious Experience of the Ancient Greeks and Romans)
   
   
6. A capstone seminar/directed study designed to allow each student to work on an independent project in Religious Studies with a participating faculty member, but also to meet with other students doing the Religious Studies Minor (3 cr.)