A listing of courses at Penn State University Park tied to the scholarly study of religion. Please refer to the Find Classes tab on LionPATH for updated class times and seat availability. For more information on the Religious Studies minor, click here.
FALL 2021 – UNDERGRADUATE COURSES
AFAM 100N Black Freedom Struggles
ARTH 111Z Ancient to Medieval Art
ARTH 120Z Asian Art and Architecture -LINKED
ARTH 130 Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
ARTH 201 Ancient to Medieval Architecture
ARTH 429 Studies in Baroque Art
ASIA 103 Introduction to Hinduism
ASIA 431 Courtly Japan
CAMS 5Z Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations
CAMS 10U Mesopotamian Civilization
CAMS 20 Egyptian Civilization
CAMS 33 Roman Civilization
CAMS 44 Ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian Mythology
CAMS 45 Classical Mythology
CAMS 45H Classical Mythology
CAMS 101 The Roman Republic and Empire
CAMS 115 Literature of the Ancient Near East
CMLIT 108 Myths and Mythologies
CMLIT 120 The Literature of the Occult
GER 157N The Amish
HIST 107 Medieval Europe
HIST 440 Colonial America to 1753
HIST 569 Colonial Latin American History
JST 10 Jewish Civilization
JST 60N Society and Cultures in Modern Israel
LARCH 60 Cultural History of Designed Places
MUSIC 262 Survey of Music History II
PHIL 9 Race, Racism, and Diversity
PHIL 124 Philosophy of Religion
PHIL 435 The Interrelation of Science, Philosophy, and Religion
RLST 001: Introduction to World Religions
RLST 003: Introduction to the Religions of the East*
RLST 004: Jewish and Christian Foundations
RLST 101: Comparative Religion*
RLST 103: Introduction to Hinduism
RLST 104: Introduction to Buddhism*
RLST 107: Introduction to Islam
RLST 110: Introduction to the Bible: Old Testament
RLST 120: New Testament
RLST 121: Jesus the Jew
RLST 124: Early and Medieval Christianity
RLST 153: Dead Sea Scrolls
RLST 422: Religion and American Culture*
RLST 425W: Books of the Bible: Readings and Interpretation
RLST 471Y: Classical Islamic Civilization, 600-1258
SOC 533 Sociology of Religion Seminar
SPAN 130 Iberian Civilization
SPAN 353 Topics in the Cultures of Spain
WMNST 137 Gender, Sexuality, and Religion
* Please note that all courses marked with an asterisk are offered only at Penn State satellite campuses.