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How To Apply/Declare
Current Undergraduate Students: Declare or change your minor by completing an Undergraduate Program Add/Change form.
Prospective Undergraduate Students: Apply for admission to UMass Boston by completing an application. Start by reviewing the first-year and transfer application pages for important information about requirements, deadlines, and application status checks. Use the links below to apply:
Curriculum
Critical Methods Course (3 Credits)
- RELSTY 309 - Approaches to the Study of Religion: Theory and Method in Religious Studies 3 Credit(s)
Electives (15 Credits)
Complete five courses from the list below. With departmental approval, two of the five courses may be from an allied department.
Departmental Courses
- Any RELSTY courses
Allied Department Courses
- ANTH 223G - Afro-Caribbean Religions 3 Credit(s)
- ANTH 366 - The Anthropology of Religion 3 Credit(s)
- CLSICS 271 - Paganism and Christianity 3 Credit(s)
- CLSICS 294 - Magic and Science in Greece and Rome 3 Credit(s)
- CLSICS 385 - Greek & Roman Religion 3 Credit(s)
- HIST 413 - Saints, Witches and Heretics 3 Credit(s)
- HIST 456 - Faith and Politics in Islam 3 Credit(s)
- MLLC 255L - Pacting with the Devil: The Faust Tradition 3 Credit(s)
- PSYCH 436 - Religion, Spirituality, and Health 3 Credit(s)
- SOCIOL 268 - Religion in Contemporary Society 3< Credit(s)
- WGS 345 - Gender, Religion and Politics in South Asia 3 Credit(s)
Completion Requirements
Complete 18 credits from six courses, including one critical methods course and five electives.
Pass/fail: No more than one course taken pass/fail may be applied toward the minor.
Residency: At least four courses for the minor must be taken at UMass Boston.
Course level: No more than two 100-level courses may be applied toward the minor. At least two courses must be 300-level or higher.
Contact
Jason von Ehrenkrook, PhD, Classics and Religious Studies Department Chair
McCormack Hall, 4th Floor, Room 605
617.287.6123
jason.vonehrenkrook [@] umb.edu
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