Graduate Courses (Listed on the General Catalog):

Religious Studies 201: Methods and Issues in Religious Studies (4 Units)

Seminar - 3 hours; Term Paper. Prerequisite: graduate standing. Focuses on controversies in the study of comparative religion. How is religion best defined? Are there methods unique to the study of religion? What does that study of religion contribute to the study of society in general? Topics vary each time the class is offered. Students can repeat taking the class twice for credit when topic differs.

Religious Studies 210: Religion and Postcoloniality, or Savages, Civilization, and Spirituality (4 Units)

Seminar - 3 hours; Term Paper. Prerequisite: graduate standing. This course examines relations between religion and colonialisms. Using specific historical situations it explores some of our thorniest theoretical problems. Students acquire a solid understanding of postcolonial theory and the historical tools to critically engage religion in the present.

Religious Studies 212: Religion and Violence (4 Units)

Seminar - 3 hours; Term Paper. Comparative and critical study of the ideological, cultural, and theological relationship between forms of violence and religious practice.

Religious Studies 299: Directed Research

Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Intended for graduate students who want to pursue independent research project under the supervision of one of the Religious Studies faculty member. Units vary each research project.

Previous Graduate Courses Offered:

SPRING 2009
Religious Studies 201: The Language of Heresy (Instructor: Prof. Flagg Miller)

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SPRING 2008
Religious Studies 210: Religion and Postcoloniality: Savages, Civilization, and Spirituality (Instructor: Prof. Mark Elmore)

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WINTER 2008
Critical Theory 200B: Performance and Politics (Instructor: Prof. Flagg Miller)

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