Religious Studies Bachelor of Arts Degree
Required Core Courses
Lower Division:
| RST 11 | Decoding Ancient Wisdom: Exploring the Hebrew Bible and Its Meaning Today | 3 |
| RST 21 | Who are Catholics and what do they believe? | 3 |
| RST 41 | Spiritual Ethics: Introduction to 21st Century Ethics in a Dystopian World | 3 |
| RST 61 | World Spiritualities: Introduction to World Religions | 3 |
Upper Division:
I. Scripture (3)
| RST 115 | Unraveling the New Testament: Insights for Today's World | 3 |
II. Christian Thought (6)
| RST 131 | Sacred Thought: Who is Jesus and why is he called the “Christ?” | 3 |
| Another upper division course from category II Christian Thought | 3 |
III. Christian Ethics (3)
| An upper division course from category III Christian Ethics | 3 |
IV. Religion and Religions Upper Division Elective (3)
| An upper division course from category IV Religion and Religions | 3 |
V. Senior Thesis/Project (3)
| RST 199 | Special Offerings: Senior Thesis/Project | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: 30
Plus
General Education requirements and electives totaling 124 semester units including the Language requirement.
*RST 199 fulfills the capstone requirement for Religious Studies.
Majors must maintain a C or better in each of the courses taken in fulfillment of these requirements for the Religious Studies major.