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Course Info for RELG - 101 - 01, Fall 2025
Class number: 3166 Title: Intro to Religious Studies Department: Religious Studies
Career: Undergraduate Component: Lecture Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: No Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 25 Current enrollment: 20 Available seats: 5
Start date: Tuesday, September 2, 2025 End date: Wednesday, December 17, 2025 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: MW: 1:30PM-2:45PM, SH - N217 Instructor(s): Angowski, Elizabeth
Prerequisite(s): None
Distribution Requirement: Meets Humanities Requirement
Note: Seat Reservations: 8 for first years 8 for sophomores
Course Description:
This course introduces students to the academic study of religion by focusing on those major themes that connect religious experiences from around the world. We will explore the complex ways in which issues in religion relate to topics such as spiritual beings, birth, death, ritual, the afterlife, ethics, and the good-life. Through a range of classical, modern, and ethnographic sources, students will gain an understanding of the ways in which scholars have sought to understand the social, political, economic, and cultural contexts in which various religious traditions are embedded.