Minor in Religious Studies

Choose 3 credits from the following:

REL150 Buddhist Journey of Transformation: An Introduction (3)

REL210 Religion & Mystical Experience (3)

REL247 Embodying Sacred Wisdom: Modern Saints (3)

Choose 9 credits from the following:

REL150 Buddhist Journey of Transformation: An Introduction (3)

REL158W The Breeze of Simplicity: Buddhist Meditation Weekend (1)

REL160 Meditation Practicum I: Freeing the Mind (3)

REL170 Meditation Practicum IIL Igniting Compassion (3)

REL210 Religion & Mystical Experience (3)

REL212 Queer Theory, Feminism, and Religion (3)

REL229 Foundations of Judaism: Torah, Prayer, and Acts of Kindness (3)

REL240 Foundations of Buddhism (3)

REL247 Embodying Sacred Wisdom: Modern Saints (3)

REL250 Spirituality and Creative Expression (3)

REL255W Opening the Heart: Buddhist Meditation Weekend (1)

REL271 Centering Prayer as Christian Contemplation (3)

REL312 Spiritual Models of Social Action (3)

REL314 Contemplative Islam (3)

REL321 Introduction to Jewish Mysticism (3)

REL323 Religious Experience in Africa: Sacred Cosmos, Ritual, and Community (3)

REL325 Contemplative Christianity (3)

REL328W BA Religious Studies Retreat (0.5)

REL330 Contemplative Hinduism (3)

REL334 Hindu Yoga-Tantra (3)

REL345 Zen Buddhism (3)

REL346 Wisdom and Compassion: The Buddhist Path (3)

REL348 Buddhism in America: Dharma Comes West (3)

REL349 Tibetan Buddhism: Inside the Mystique (3)

REL351 Religious Studies Seminar: Theory & Method (3)

REL355 Sanskrit in the Sacred Traditions of India (3)

REL376 Inner Oral Tradition of the Torah (3)

REL390W–495W Shambhala Training Levels I–XII (1–3)

TOTAL CREDITS 12

Note: For students interested in taking courses on Buddhism, it is recommended that they be taken in the following order: 1) REL150 and/or REL240, 2) REL346, 3) REL348 and/or REL349. The additional meditation courses, including REL345: Zen Buddhism, can be taken at any time.