UCSD
 Program for the Study of Religion

 

Major and Minor

Courses

Study Abroad

Honors Program

 

 

Affiliated Programs

Anthropology

Ethnic Studies

History

Judaic Studies

Literature

Philosophy

Political Science

Sociology

Visual Arts

Course Lists

The Religion program offers all the required courses for the major and some electives; these courses use the RELI code. In addition, the program uses courses from a variety of affiliated departments. Direct questions about a specific course (schedule, syllabus, and so forth) to the department that offers it; direct questions about Religion major/minor requirements to the program coordinator.

The following lower- and upper-division courses are offered on a regular basis, although not every course is available every year. Students may petition other courses, including independent study and Education Abroad Program courses when appropriate.

LOWER DIVISION (Minors Only)

ANLD 1 Introduction to Culture
HUM 1 The Foundations of Western Civilization: Israel and Greece
HUM 2 Rome, Christianity, and the Middle Ages
MMW 2 The Great Classical Traditions
MMW 3 The Medieval Heritage
PHIL 14 Introduction to Philosophy: Metaphysics
PHIL 31 History of Philosophy: Ancient Philosophy
RELI 1 Introduction to Religion
SOC 1A-B The Study of Society 

UPPER DIVISION

Anthropology
ANSC 100 Special Topics in Socio-Cultural Anthropology (when topic covers Religion) 
ANSC 104 Anthropology of Fantasy 
ANSC 120 Anthropology of Religion 
ANSC 160 Nature, Culture, and Environmentalism 
ANSC 167 Rituals and Celebrations 
ANAR 143 Archaeology, Anthropology, and the Bible 
ANSC 130 Hinduism 
ANSC 133 Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East 
ANAR 154 Aztecs and their Ancestor 
ANSC 132 Modernity in Brazil 
ANAR 142 The Rise & Fall of Ancient Israel
ANSC 136 Traditional Chinese Society 
ANSC 137 Chinese Popular Religion 
ANSC 189 The Anthropology of the End of the World
 
Ethnic Studies
ETHN 110 Cultural World Views of Native Americans 
ETHN 161 Black Politics and Protest Since 1941 
ETHN 188 African Americans, Religion, and the City 
ETHN 189 Special Topics in Ethnic Studies (when topic covers religion) 
 
History
HIAF 110 History of Africa to 1880 
HIEA 119 Religion and Popular Culture in East Asia (SOCB 162R)
HIEA 120 Classical Chinese Philosophy and Culture 
HIEA 121 Medieval Chinese Culture and Society 
HIEA 126 The Silk Road in Chinese and Japanese History 
HIEA 127 Chinese History of Medicine 
HIEA 135  History of Thought and Religion in China: Buddhism
HIEA 137 Women and Family in Chinese History 
HIEA 168 Topics in Classical and Medieval Chinese History (when topic covers religion)
HIEU 101 Greece in the Classical Age 
HIEU 105 The Early Christian Church 
HIEU 110 The Rise of Europe 
HIEU 111 Europe in the Middle Ages 
HIEU 113 Rule, Conflict, and Dissent in the Middle Ages 
HIEU 125 Reformation Europe 
HIEU 132 Germany from Luther to Bismark
HIEU 140  Early Modern Catholicism and Society 
HIEU 147 Women in the Middle Ages
HIEU 158  Why Hitler? How Auschwitz?
HIEU 159  Three Centuries of Zionism, 1648–1948
HIEU 161 Topics in Roman History (when topic covers religion)
HIEU 163 Special Topics in Medieval History (when topic covers religion)
HIEU 171 Special Topics in Twentieth-Century Europe (when topic covers religion)
HINE 100 The Ancient Near East and Israel 
HINE 102 The Jews in Their Homeland in Antiquity 
HINE 103 The Jewish Diaspora in Antiquity 
HINE 104 The Bible and the Near East: The Primary History 
HINE 105 The Bible and the Near East: The Prophets 
HINE 106 The Bible and the Near East: The Writings 
HINE 107 Ancient Egypt: History and Culture 
HINE 108 The Middle East Before Islam 
HINE 114 The History of the Islamic Middle East 
HINE 115 Islamic Civilization 
HINE 118 The Middle East in the Twentieth Century 
HINE 122 Politicization of Religion in Middle East 
HINE 160 Special Topics in the Bible and Ancient Near East (when topic covers religion)
HINE 161 Seminar in the Hebrew Bible 
HINE 166 Nationalism in the Middle East 
HINE 170 Special Topics in Jewish History (when topic covers religion)
HINE 181 Problems in the Study of the Hebrew Manuscripts 
HINE 186 Special Topics in Middle Eastern History (when topic covers religion)
HISC 101B Medieval Science in the Latin West, ca. 500–1500
HISC 162 History of Science and Religion 
HITO 102 East Asian Religious Traditions 
HITO 104 Jews and Judaism in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds 
HITO 105 Jews and Judaism in the Modern World
HITO 106 How Jewish Women Lived in Modern Times
HIUS 155A Religion and Law in American Society: Foundations to the Civil War
HIUS 155B Religion and Law in American Society: Civil War to the Present
 
Judaic Studies
JUDA 100 Introduction to the Hebrew Bible 
JUDA 110 Introduction to Judaism 
JUDA 111 Topics in Judaism
 
Literature
LTEN 118 Milton 
LTEN 125B First-Generation Romantic Poets: Wordsworth, Rousseau, and Burke 
LTEN 147 Metamorphoses of the Symbol: Mountains From Moses to Muir 
LTEN 149 Themes: New Testament and English and American Literature 
LTEU 100 The Classical Tradition: Myths of Ancient Greeks & Romans 
LTEU 105 Medieval Studies: Dante 
LTGK 120 New Testament Greek
LTNE 100 The Bible and Western Literature 
LTNE 101 The Bible: The Narrative Books 
LTNE 102 The Bible: The Prophetic Books 
LTNE 103 The Bible: The Poetic Books 
LTWL 100 Mythology 
LTWL 101 What Socrates Knew 
LTWL 129 Wisdom: A Literature of Authority (when topic covers religion)
LTWL 131A Topics in Early Christian Literature: The New Testament 
LTWL 131B Topics in Early Christian Literature: Paul and the Invention of Christianity 
LTWL 131C Topics in Early Christian Literature: Reinventing Jesus 
LTWL 131D Topics in Early Christian Literature: The Fourth Gospel 
LTWL 131E Topics in Early Christian Literature: The History of Heresy 
LTWL 131F Topics in Early Christian Literature: Christianity and the Roman Empire 
LTWL 131G Topics in Early Christian Literature: Against the Christians 
LTWL 135 The Buddhist Imaginary 
LTWL 138 Critical Religion Studies 
LTWL 139 Gnosticism: Religious Underground from Late Antiquity - New Age 
LTWL 141 Islam and Modernity 
LTWL 142 Islam: The Origin and Spread of a World Religion 
LTWL 145 South Asian Religious Literature: Selected Topics
LTWL 172 Special Topics in Literature (when topic covers religion)
 
Philosophy
PHIL 104 The Rationalists 
PHIL 130 Metaphysics 
PHIL 131 Topics in Metaphysics 
PHIL 185 Philosophy of Religion 
 
Political Science
POLI 110A Citizens and Saints: Political Thought from Plato to Augustine 
POLI 110B Sovereign Subjects in the Modern State: Machiavelli to Rousseau 
POLI 110C Revolution and Reaction: Political Thought from Kant to Nietzsche 
POLI 121 Government and Politics of the Middle East 
POLI 121B Politics of Israel
 
Religion
RELI 110A The Modern Study of Religion: Religion in Modernity
RELI 110B The Modern Study of Religion: Social and Cultural Theories of Religion
RELI 112 Texts and Contexts: The Holy Book in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
RELI 113 Texts and Contexts: Textual Communities in South Asia
RELI 130 Religion, Science and Magic
RELI 131 Religion, Gender and Sexuality
RELI 132 Topics in Orthodoxies and Heterodoxies
RELI 134 Topics in American Religion
RELI 140 Death and Religion
RELI 141 Public Sphere and Religion
RELI 142 Secularization and Religion
RELI 188 Special Topics in Religion
RELI 189 Seminar in Religion
RELI 196H Honors Thesis Research
RELI 197 Directed Advanced Readings
RELI 199 Independent Research Study for Undergraduates
 
Sociology
SOCA 100 Classical Sociological Theory 
SOCB 160 Sociology of Culture 
SOCB 162R