As of Fall 2014, Religion majors may take 2-3 classes (6-9 credits) in other departments to meet program requirements. The courses listed below are acceptable for the program requirement specified; other courses may be approved by the department on a case-by-case basis. Courses taken outside the Religion Department can count for upper level (i.e., 2xxx, 3xxx) electives only. Courses outside the Department do not substitute for Rels. 2010 or Rels. 4010.
The following courses have been approved for inclusion in the Religion major (additional courses may be approved by the Religion Department chair on a case-by-case-basis):
- SOCI 3816: West African Derived Religions in the Americas in Dialogue with Catholicism
- SOCI 2412: The Sociology of Religion
- ANTH 2412: Anthropology of Religion
- PSYCH 1223: Psychology of Religion [only as elective]
- PSYC 3330: Neuropsychology of Religious Experience
- DIPL 3851: Religion, Law and War
- DIPL 3850: Church, State and Politics in Latin America
- POLS 3412: Church-State-Law-Pol in US
- POLS 3611: Political Ferment-Mid East
- POLS 3101: Catholics in the Political Process
- POLS 3696: Philanthropy and Christianit
These new changes to the major do not apply to students from the Honors Program majoring in Religion.
For more information on the Religion major, please see https://blogs.shu.edu/religion/majorsminors/