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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Religious Studies B.A.
Sub-plan: Track II: Texts and Traditions (Subplan focus: Islam)
Sample Plan: Texts and Traditions
Total Credits: 119.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
CLA 1001: First Year Experience 1.0 cr
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
ARAB 1101 - Beginning Arabic I : 5.0 cr
RELS 1002 - Contemporary Issues in Religion, Culture, and Society: An Introduction to Religion : 3.0 cr : AH
RELS 3970 - Supplemental Discussion in Religious Studies : 1.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
CLA 1002: First Year Experience 1.0 cr
ARAB 1102 - Beginning Arabic II : 5.0 cr
LE (Physical Sciences) :4.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
ARAB 3101 - Intermediate Arabic I : 5.0 cr
LE (Biological Sciences) :4.0 cr
LE (Diversity and Soc Justice US) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
ARAB 3102 - Intermediate Arabic II : 5.0 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
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
HIST 3511 - Muslims and Jews: Conflict and Co-existence in the Middle East and North Africa since 1700 : 3.0 cr : HIS, GP
RELS 3714 - Islam and the West : 3.0 cr
RELS 3706W - Art of Islam : 3.0 cr : AH, GP, WI
LE (Civic Life and Ethics) :3.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Upper Division) :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
RELS 3671 - Hinduism : 3.0 cr
LE (Social Sciences) :3.0 cr
LE (Technology and Society) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
RELS 3707W - Anthropology of the Middle East : 3.0 cr : SOCS, GP, WI
HIST 3613 - History of the Crusades : 3.0 cr : HIS, GP
LE (Mathematical Thinking) :3.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Upper Division) :3.0 cr
Elective :2.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
RELS 4952 - Capstone : 4.0 cr
LE (Historical Perspectives) :3.0 cr
LE (Environment) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr