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Religion Student Handbook

The Religion Student Handbook contains helpful information and links about the department including faculty bios and contact information and major/minor requirements. Religion majors and minors: please save a copy to your computer and then you can access it conveniently whether online or offline. Click here to download handbook in pdf format.

Major/Minor Requirements

• Religion Major Requirements
• Joint Major Requirements
• Religion Minor Requirements
• Catholic Studies Minor Information
• Ethics Minor Information

The major in Religion requires a minimum of forty hours (ten courses), one of which may be taken in a cognate discipline. It is important for the student to work closely with an adviser in choosing a course of study, which may include, for example, an emphasis in Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, African-American religions, religion and conflict, religion in America, religion and ethics, religion and gender, ritual and performance studies, classical texts and religious thought, or comparative sacred texts.

All courses of study in the major require:

(1) Religion 300: Interpreting Religion [note: offered in the Fall]
(2) Religion 490: Senior Symposium [note: offered in the Spring]
(3) One course each in two different religious traditions from Religion 301-320
(4) Three courses in the Religion Department numbered 301 or higher
(5) Religion 100 or 150 or 209 or 211 or 212
(6) Two courses at the 200 level or higher, one of which may be taken outside the Department in an academic discipline cognate with Religion, in consultation with the adviser

All courses taken towards the major must be taken for a letter grade.  It is recommended that majors complete the two courses from Religion 301-320 in the sophomore and junior years, if possible, so that they may serve as background for senior course work in the Department.

Worksheet for the Religion Major (PDF opens in new window)

Joint majors are offered in:

• Religion and Anthropology
• Religion and Classical Civilization
• Religion and History
• Religion and Philosophy
• Religion and Sociology

The student choosing a joint major must have two faculty advisers, one from Religion and one from the other department or program. Students may also wish to take advantage of the Asian Studies, African-American Studies, and Women's Studies programs in planning their course of study.
 

Joint Major in Religion and Anthropology

A minimum of fifty-six hours (fourteen courses) as follows:

• Twenty hours (five courses): One course selected from Religion 301-320; Religion 300 [offered in Fall]; Religion 490 [offered in Spring]; Anthropology 202; and Anthropology 201 or 210.
  
• Thirty-six hours (nine courses) from the two departments: Four courses in Religion, two at the 300 level or higher; five courses in Anthropology, not including 101.

Worksheet for Religion/Anthropology Joint Major (PDF opens in new window)

Joint Major in Religion and Classical Civilization

A minimum of fifty-six hours (fourteen courses) as follows:

• Sixteen hours (four courses): One course selected from Religion 301-320; Religion 300 [offered in Fall]; two semesters of Greek or Latin, or Classics 102 and 214.
• Forty hours (ten courses) from the two departments: At least four courses in Religion at the 200 level or higher, including Religion 490 [offered in Spring]; and at least four courses in Classics, with two or more at the 200 level or higher.

Worksheet for Religion/Classical Civilization Joint Major (PDF opens in new window)

Joint Major in Religion and History

A minimum of fifty-six hours (fourteen courses) as follows:

• Twenty-eight hours (seven courses) from Religion: One course selected from Religion 301-320; Religion 300 [offered in Fall]; Religion 490 [offered in Spring]; and four additional courses at the 200 level or higher.
• Twenty-eight hours (seven courses) from History: Six of the seven courses at the 300 level or above, addressing subject matter common to the two disciplines, and one of which must be a 400-level colloquium (HIST 487S, 488S or 489S).

The course list must be approved by an adviser in each department. Majors will write at least one term paper in their junior year and one in their senior year. One of these papers must be written in conjunction with a History course taken by the student, and one in conjunction with a Religion course. These papers will focus on the historical development of religion or religious ideas. Honors in the joint major may be earned by satisfying the honors requirements of either department.

Worksheet for Religion/History Joint Major (PDF opens in new window)

Joint Major in Religion and Philosophy

A minimum of fifty-six hours (fourteen courses) as follows:

• Sixteen hours (four courses): One course selected from Religion 301–320; Religion 300 [offered in Fall]; Philosophy 250; and either Philosophy 251 or 363.
• Thirty-six hours (nine courses) from the two departments with at least three courses from each department, including two courses in the religion department at the 300 level or above, and no more than two courses at the 100 level.
• Philosophy/Religion 470 (joint seminar in philosophy and religion), or (with the permission of the directors of undergraduate studies in both departments) Philosophy 490 or Religion 490 [offered in Spring] or Philosophy 492R.

The course work of individual students should be organized, in consultation with an adviser, towards the study of a cluster of related subjects, or a specific theme, by the beginning of the senior year. Four hours in directed reading on a chosen topic will be recommended. Honors in the joint major in the Philosophy Department and the Religion Department may be earned by satisfying the honors requirements of either department.

Worksheet for Religion/Philosophy Joint Major (PDF opens in new window)

Joint Major in Religion and Sociology

A minimum of fifty-six hours (fourteen courses) as follows:

• Sixteen hours (four courses): One course selected from Religion 301-320; Religion 300 [offered in Fall]; Sociology 201, 214, or 245; and Sociology 355 (or 355WR).
• Thirty-two hours (eight courses) from the two departments: Three courses in Religion, two at the 300 level or higher; Religion 490 [offered in Spring]; Four courses in Sociology, including Sociology 333 or Sociology 221; Sociology 457WR; and two Sociology courses at the 200 level or higher.
• Eight hours (two courses): Two courses from either or both of the departments, at least one at the 200 level or higher.

The course work of individual students should be organized in consultation with an adviser. Honors in the joint major may be earned by satisfying the honors requirements of either department.

Worksheet for Religion/Sociology Joint Major (PDF opens in new window)

Worksheet for Religion Minor (PDF opens in new window)

Professor Jack Zupko
Department of Philosophy
Emory University
211 Bowden Hall
Atlanta, GA 30322

Phone: 404-727-0104
E-mail: jzupko@emory.edu

Or contact

Edward Queen
Director, Ethics and Servant Leadership
Center for Ethics
1462 Clifton Road NE, Suite 302
Atlanta, GA 30322
Email: edward.queen@emory.edu
Phone (404) 727-1240
Fax (404) 727-7399