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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Religious Studies B.A.
Sub-plan: Track II: Texts and Traditions
Sample Plan: Texts and Traditions
Total Credits: 119.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 13.0 cr
Language (Track II: any approved by major adviser) 5.0 cr
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
RELS 1002 - Contemporary Issues in Religion, Culture, and Society: An Introduction to Religion : 3.0 cr : AH
CLA 1001: First Year Experience 1.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
Language (Track II: any approved by major adviser) 5.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :3.0 cr
LE (Physical Sciences) :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
CLA 1002: First Year Experience 1.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
Language (Track II: any approved by major adviser) 5.0 cr
AMES 3001 - Concepts in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies : 3.0 cr
LE (Biological Sciences) :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
Fourth semester language : 3.0 cr
RELS 3373 - Religion and Society in Imperial China : 3.0 cr : HIS
RELS 3001W - Theory and Method in Religion: Critical Approaches to the Study of Religion : 3.0 cr : WI
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 12.0 cr
RELS 3415W - Art of India : 3.0 cr : AH, GP, WI
LE (Civic Life and Ethics) :3.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Upper Division) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
RELS 3070 - Topics in Religious Studies : 3.0 cr
RELS 3671 - Hinduism : 3.0 cr
LE (Social Sciences) :3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
RELS 3708 - The Cultures of the Silk Road : 3.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Upper Division) :3.0 cr
LE (Mathematical Thinking) :3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
RELS 4952 - Capstone : 4.0 cr
LE (Historical Perspectives) :3.0 cr
LE (Civic Life and Ethics, Environment) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr