Religious Studies and the Gen Ed Curriculum

Eaton Humanities


Because of the broadly interdisciplinary nature of Religious Studies, many Religious Studies classes can be taken to satisfy the  for the College of Arts & Sciences.

Skills Requirement

Written Communication 

  • RLST 3020: Advanced Writing in Religious Studies

Distribution Requirement

Arts & Humanities

  • All RLST undergraduate classes count as Arts & Humanities classes.

Diversity Requirement

U.S. Perspective

  • RLST 2202: Islam
  • RLST 2500: Religions in the United States
  • RLST 2700/ETHN 2703: Native American and Indigenous Religious Traditions
  • RLST/WGST 2800: Women and Religion

Global Perspective

  • RLST/JWST/HIST 1818: Jewish History to 1492
  • RLST/JWST/HIST 1828: Jewish History Since 1492
  • RLST/JWST/HIST 1830: Global History of Holocaust and Genocide
  • RLST/JWST 1900: Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
  • RLST 2202: Islam
  • RLST/ARAB 2320: The Muslim World, 600-1250
  • RLST 2612: Yoga: Ancient and Modern
  • RLST 3040: The Quran
  • RLST/JWST/WGST 3202: Women, Gender & Sexuality in Jewish Texts & Traditions
  • RLST/HUMN 3801: Muslims, Christians, Jews and the Mediterranean Origins of the West
  • RLST/HUMN 3850: The Mediterranean: Religion Before Modernity