Department of Religious Studies
Minor in Religious Studies
Students on Summer 2024, Fall 2024, or Spring 2025 requirements RELMIN
Requirements
The minor requires at least 15 credit hours, including the requirements listed below.
- Core courses. One (1) course chosen from three (3) different areas (three (3) courses total):
- Area A (Africa, Europe, and West Asia).
- Any REL-A 100–499
- Area B (South and East Asia).
- Any REL-B 100–499
- Area C (The Americas).
- Any REL-C 100–499
- Area D (Theory, Ethics, Comparison).
- Any REL-D 100–499
- Area A (Africa, Europe, and West Asia).
- Electives.
- Additional Religious Studies courses
- COLL-C 103 Critical Approaches to the Arts and Humanities (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- COLL-C 104 Critical Approaches to the Social and Historical Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Specific topics will vary by section and over time, but all versions of COLL-C 103 will meet the objectives of the College of Arts and Sciences Critical Approaches curriculum. The curriculum is intended for freshmen and sophomores, who will learn how scholars from the arts and humanities Breadth of Inquiry area frame questions, propose answers, and assess the validity of competing approaches. Writing and related skills are stressed.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of COLL-C 103 or COLL-S 103.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Summer 2025CASE CAPPcourseSpring 2025CASE CAPPcourseFall 2024CASE CAPPcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Specific topics will vary by section and over time, but all versions of COLL-C 104 will meet the objectives of the College of Arts and Sciences Critical Approaches curriculum. The curriculum is intended for freshmen and sophomores, who will learn how scholars from the social and historical studies Breadth of Inquiry area frame questions, propose answers, and assess the validity of competing approaches. Writing and related skills are stressed.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of COLL-C 104 or COLL-S 104.
- Summer 2025CASE CAPPcourseSpring 2025CASE CAPPcourseFall 2024CASE CAPPcourse
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Minor GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
- Minor GPA. A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the minor—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
- Minor Minimum Grade. Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the minor.
- Minor Upper Division Credit Hours. At least 9 credit hours in the minor must be completed at the 300–499 level.
- Minor Residency. At least 9 credit hours in the minor must be completed in courses taken through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.
COLL-C 103 Critical Approaches to the Arts and Humanities
COLL-C 104 Critical Approaches to the Social and Historical Studies
Minor Area Courses
- Unless otherwise noted in the requirements above, courses that may apply toward the Credit Hours and GPA requirements in this academic program include all courses with the
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This program of study cannot be combined with the following:
- Bachelor of Arts in African American and African Diaspora Studies and Religious Studies (AAADRELBA)
- Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Religious Studies (PHILRELBA)
- Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies (RELBA)
- Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies and African American and African Diaspora Studies (RELAAADBA)
- Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies and Philosophy (RELPHILBA)
Exceptions to and substitutions for minor requirements may be made with the approval of the unit's Director of Undergraduate Studies, subject to final approval by the College of Arts and Sciences.