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DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

Note: For purposes of meeting programme requirements, all Foundations courses will count as 6 credits towards the major.

ALL STUDENTS will take AS/HUMA 2800 9.0 - AS/SOSC 2600 9.0.

IN ADDITION to this course, students may select one of four degree Programmes:


Specialized Honours BA Programme

Students will take at least 54 credits in Religious Studies, including AS/HUMA2800 9.0* (cross-listed to AS/SOSC2600 9.0) (*Note: 6 credits of this course will count towards the Religious Studies major) and at least 12 credits at the 4000-level.


Honours BA Programme

Students will take at least 42 credits in Religious Studies, including AS/HUMA2800 9.0* (cross-listed to AS/SOSC2600 9.0) (*Note: 6 credits of this course will count towards the Religious Studies major) and at least 12 credits at the 4000-level.


Honours (Double Major) BA Programme

The Honours BA programme described above may be pursued jointly with any other Honours Bachelor's degree programme in the Faculties of Arts, Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, or with a major in Earth and Atmospheric Science or Physics and Astronomy in the Faculty of Pure and Applied Science.


Honours (Double Major) Interdisciplinary BA Programmes

The Honours programme in Religious Studies may also be linked in an Honours (Double Major) programme with the following interdisciplinary programmes: African Studies, Canadian Studies, Communication Studies, German Studies, Health and Society, Labour Studies, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Law and Society, Science and Society, Social and Political Thought, or Urban Studies. Students must take 36 credits in Religious Studies and 36 credits in the programme. Courses taken to meet Religious Studies requirements cannot also be used to meet the requirements of these programmes. Students in these interdisciplinary programmes must take a total of at least 18 credits at the 4000-level including at least 6 credits in the programme and 12 credits in Religious Studies. For further details of requirements, see the listings for specific interdisciplinary programmes.


Honours (Major/Minor) BA Programme

The Honours BA programme described above may be pursued jointly with any Honours Minor Bachelor's degree programme in the Faculties of Arts, Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, or with a Minor in Biology, Chemistry, or Physics and Astronomy in the Faculty of Pure and Applied Science.


Honours (Minor) BA Programme

The Honours Minor must be pursued jointly with an Honours BA programme in the Faculty of Arts.

The Honours Minor in Religious Studies comprises at least 30 credits in Religious Studies, including AS/HUMA2800 9.0* (cross-listed to AS/SOSC2600 9.0) (*Note: 6 credits of this course will count towards the Religious Studies minor) and 6 credits at the 4000-level.


ACADEMIC ADVISING

Formal academic advising is compulsory for all Religious Studies Majors and Minors. Before registering through the Voice Response Enrolment System, Majors and Minors must receive advising from a Religious Studies faculty member. If you do not have a faculty member to turn to, please consult the Programme Coordinator or Administrative Secretary.

Beyond formal advising, Religious Studies is a "student-friendly" programme. All Majors and Minors are encouraged to consult often with faculty members about their current courses, their future courses, and their career opportunities.


GENERAL GUIDELINES

The Religious Studies Programme is housed mainly in the Division of Humanities, in the Faculty of Arts.

Religious Studies students may enrol in courses offered by teaching units other than the Division of Humanities. But note that students must always meet the enrolment requirements of the unit offering a course so selected. In some cases, students may also be required to obtain written permission from their advisor or the Coordinator of the Programme, in order for such courses to be counted as credits towards a degree in Religious Studies.

Religious Studies Majors and Minors who are Faculty of Arts students are also encouraged to take Religious Studies courses at Glendon College (416/487-6732) and Atkinson College (416/736-2100 ext. 66628), and in other Faculties (e.g. Fine Arts or Environmental Studies).


WARNINGS

There are limits to the number of non-Arts courses you may take.

Only one 1000-level Divisional course may be counted for Religious Studies Programme credit.

Be sure to seek appropriate guidance from: your advisor, and/or the Coordinator or Secretary of the Religious Studies Programme.

If you take a 9.0 -credit Religious Studies course (i.e. a Foundations Course), only 6 (six) credits will count towards your Religious Studies major or minor. The other 3 (three) credits will count as elective credits.


PROGRAMME STREAMS

The streams listed below are solely to help students in their course choice. There is no obligation to take any specific number of courses from any stream. Many courses are listed in more than one unit.


NOTE

NOT ALL INFORMATION ON ALL COURSES IS AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS WEBSITE BEING POSTED. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONCERNING COURSE DIRECTORS, AND LECTURE TIMES AND PLACES AND OTHER DETAILS, PLEASE SEE THE UNIVERSITY LECTURE SCHEDULE OR CONSULT THE PROGRAMME SECRETARY.


COURSES FOR 2000 - 2001

Organized Into Programme Streams

Course Descriptions


A) STUDIES IN TRADITIONS

Christianity

AS/HUMA 1110 9.0 GREEK AND BIBLICAL TRADITIONS
FW/AK/HUMA 1850 6.0A BIBLE AND MODERN CONTEXTS
AS/HUMA 2810 6.0 THE HEBREW BIBLE
AS/HUMA 2830 9.0 FOUNDERS OF CHRISTIANITY
AK/HUMA 3433 3.0 LANDS OF THE BIBLE, PART ONE
AK/HUMA 3434 3.0 EXPLORING THE LANDS OF THE BIBLE, PART TWO
AK/HUMA 3605 6.0J AUGUSTINE:SAINT AUGUSTINE AND THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
AK/HUMA 3605N GNOSTICISM
AK/HIST 3809 6.0 HISTORY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH: BEGINNINGS TO THE REFORMATION (CROSS-LISTED WITH HUMA 3780 6.0A)
AS/IT 4330 6.0 DANTE AND MEDIEVAL ITALIAN LITERATURE


Judaism

AS/HUMA 1110 9.0 GREEK AND BIBLICAL TRADITIONS
FW/AK/HUMA 1850 6.0A BIBLE AND MODERN CONTEXTS
AS/HUMA 2810 6.0 THE HEBREW BIBLE
AS/HUMA 2850 9.0 JEWISH EXPERIENCE
AS/HUMA 2851 3.0Z THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE (FALL) (Correspondence Course)
AS/HUMA 2852 3.0Z THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE (WINTER) (Correspondence Course)
AS/HEB 3220 3.0A HEBREW LITURGICAL TEXTS: ORIGINS, CONTEXTS AND ANALYSIS
AS/HEB 3220 3.0F EXODUS: TEXT AND CLASSICAL INTERPRETATION
AS/HEB 3360 3.0W PROPHETIC LITERATURE: TEXT AND CLASSICAL INTERPRETATION
AK/HUMA 3433 3.0 LANDS OF THE BIBLE, PART ONE
AK/HUMA 3434 3.0 EXPLORING THE LANDS OF THE BIBLE, PART TWO
AS/HIST 3555 6.0A CANADIAN JEWISH HISTORY
AS/HUMA 3850 6.0A THE FINAL SOLUTION: PERSPECTIVES ON THE HOLOCAUST
AS/HIST 3930C 6.0 MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN HISTORY OF THE JEWS
AS/HEB 3710 3.0W DIASPORA, HOME, NOSTALGIA: MODERN JEWISH WOMEN'S LITERATURE (in translation)
AS/HEB 3770 3.0F INVENTING ISRAEL: CULTURE, CRISIS AND CONTINUITY IN ISRAELI LITERATURE (in translation)
AS/HIST 3930C 6.0 MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN HISTORY OF THE JEWS
AS/SOSC 3990G 6.0 SOCIAL MECHANISMS OF ETHNIC SURVIVAL: THE JEWS OF MUSLIM LANDS


Islam

AS/HIST 1000M 6.0 THE INDIAN OCEAN IN EARLY MODERN TIMES
AS/HIST 2790 6.0A THE ISLAMIC WORLD
AS/ HUMA 2815 9.0A ISLAMIC TRADITIONS
AS/HIST 3791 6.0A THE ISLAMIC GUNPOWER EMPIRES
AS/HUMA 4890C 6.0 WOMEN IN ISLAMIC LITERATURES


Native American

AS/HUMA 1300 9.0A CULTURES OF RESISTANCE IN THE AMERICAS
AS/HUMA 3870 3.0A NATIVE NORTH AMERICAN RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS


East Asia

FA/VISA 1340 6.0 THE ART OF ASIA
AS/ANTH 2150 6.0A EARLY CIVILIZATIONS: CITIES, URBANISM AND EARLY STATES
AS/SOSC 2430 6.0 PEOPLES AND CULTURES OF SOUTHEAST ASIA
AS/HUMA 2440 9.0 INDIA: LIFE, CULTURE AND THE ARTS
AS/ANTH 3320 6.0 A RELIGIOUS RITUAL AND SYMBOLISM
AS/ANTH 3350 6.0 B CULTURE AS PERFORMANCE
FA/VISA 3341 INDIA
FA/VISA 4340A 6.0 ZEN PAINTING AND POETRY


African

AS/ANTH 2150 6.0A EARLY CIVILIZATIONS: CITIES, URBANISM AND EARLY STATES
AS/SOSC 2480 9.0 INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN STUDIES



B) THEMATIC UNITS

Religion, Literature and the Arts

AS/HUMA 1100 9.0A WORLDS OF ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME
AS/HUMA 1110 9.0 GREEK AND BIBLICAL TRADITIONS
FA/VISA 1340 6.0 THE ART OF ASIA
FW/AK/HUMA 1850 6.0A BIBLE & MODERN CONTEXTS
AS/ANTH 2140 6.0A INTRODUCTION TO ARCHAEOLOGY AND PALEAOANTHROPOLOGY
AS/ANTH 2150 6.0A EARLY CIVILIZATIONS: CITIES, URBANISM AND EARLY STATES
AK/HUMA 2330 6.0 MYTHS AND THEIR MEANINGS
AS/HUMA 2440 9.0 INDIA: lIFE, CULTURE AND THE ARTS
AS/HUMA 2810 6.0 THE HEBREW BIBLE
AS/HUMA 2815 9.0A ISLAMIC TRADITIONS
AS/HUMA 2830 6.0 FOUNDERS OF CHRISTIANITY
AS/HUMA 2850 9.0 JEWISH EXPERIENCE
AS/HUMA 2851 3.0Z THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE (Fall) (Correspondence Course)
AS/HUMA 2852 3.0Z THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE (Winter)(Correspondence Course)
AS/ANTH 3000A 3.0F SELECTED TOPICS IN SOCIAL ANTHROPLOGY: PSYCHIC SKEPTICS AND PSEUDO SCIENCE: A CULTURAL CRITIQUE OF NEW AGE
AS/ANTH 3320 6.0A RELIGIOUS RITUAL AND SYMBOLISM
AS/ANTH 3350 6.0B CULTURE AS PERFORMANCE: THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE ARTS
AK/HUMA 3460 6.0 RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION: BRAND NEW OR NEW AGAIN
AS/HEB 3710 3.0W DIASPORA, HOME, NOSTALGIA: MODERN JEWISH WOMEN'S LITERATURE (in translation)
AS/HEB 3770 3.0F INVENTING ISRAEL: CULTURE, CRISIS AND CONTINUITY IN ISRAELI LITERATURE (in translation)
AS/HUMA 3820 3.0F FEMALE SPIRITUALITY: NON-WESTERN TRADITIONS
AS/HUMA 3821 3.0W FEMALE SPIRITUALITY: WESTERN TRADITION
AS/GEOG 4250 3.0W GEOGRAPHY AND LANDSCAPE IN SECULAR AND RELIGIOUS LITERATURE
AS/IT 4330 6.0 DANTE AND MEDIEVAL ITALIAN LITERATURE
FA/VISA 4340 6.0 ZEN PAINTING AND POETRY
AS/HUMA 4820B 6.0 JEWISH-CHRISTIAN POLEMICS DIALOGUE


Religious Thought and Values

AS/HUMA 1100 9.0A WORLDS OF ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME
AS/HUMA 1110 9.0 GREEK AND BIBLICAL TRADITIONS
AS/HUMA 1300 9.0 CULTURES OF RESISTANCE IN THE AMERICAS
AS/PHIL 2120 3.0W EXISTENTIALISM
AK/HUMA 2330 6.0 MYTHS AND THEIR MEANINGS
AS/SOSC 2430 6.0 PEOPLES AND CULTURES OF SOUTHEAST ASIA
GL/SOCI 2525E 3.0W RELIGION AND SOCIETY
AS/HUMA 2815 9.0A ISLAMIC TRADITIONS
AS/PHIL 3125 3.0W CONTEMPORARY EXISTENTIALISM
AS/HUMA 3500H 6.0 SCIENCE AND RELIGION IN MODERN WESTERN CULTURE
GL/SOCI 3600E 3.0F WOMEN AND RELIGION
AK/HUMA 3605 0.6J AUGUSTINE: SAINT AUGUSTINE AND THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
AK/HUMA 3605 0.3N GNOSTICISM (fall)
AS/HUMA 3820 3.0F FEMALE SPIRITUALITY: NON-WESTERN TRADITIONS
AS/HUMA 3821 3.0W FEMALE SPIRITUALITY: WESTERN TRADITIONS
AS/HUMA 4890C 6.0 WOMEN IN ISLAMIC LITERATURES


Religion, Society and the Individual

AS/HIST 1000M 6.0 THE INDIAN OCEAN IN EARLY MODERN TIMES
AS/HUMA 1100 9.0A WORLDS OF ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME
AS/HUMA 1300 9.0A CULTURES OF RESISTANCE IN THE AMERICAS
AS/PHIL 2090 3.0M PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
AS/ANTH 2140 6.0A INTRODUCTION TO ARCHAEOLOGY & PALAEOANTHROPOLOGY
AS/ANTH 2150 6.0A EARLY CIVILIZATIONS: CITIES, URBANISM AND EARLY STATES
AS/SOSC 2430 6.0 PEOPLES AND CULTURES OF SOUTHEAST ASIA
AS/SOSC 2480 9.0 INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN STUDIES
GL/SOCI 2525E 3.0(W) RELIGION AND SOCIETY
AS/ANTH 3000A 3.0F SELECTED TOPICS IN SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY: PSYCHIC SKEPTICS AND PSEUDO SCIENCE: A CULTURAL CRITIQUE OF NEW AGE
AS/ANTH 3320 6.0 RELIGIOUS RITUAL AND SYMBOLISM
AS/ANTH 3350 6.0B CULTURE AS PERFORMANCE: THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE ARTS
AK/HUMA 3433 3.0 LANDS OF THE BIBLE, PART ONE (winter)
AK/HUMA 3434 3.0 EXPLORING THE LANDS OF THE BIBLE, PART TWO
SU/AK/HUMA 3455 6.0A CULTURES IN CONFLICT
AS/HIST 3555 6.0A CANADIAN JEWISH HISTORY
GL/SOCI 3600E 3.0(W) WOMEN AND RELIGION
AK/HUMA 3605N 3.0 GNOSTICISM
AS/HEB 3710 3.0W DIASPORA, HOME, NOSTRALGIA: MODERN JEWISH WOMEN'S LITERATURE (in translation)
AS/HEB 3770 3.0F INVENTING ISRAEL: CULTURE, CRISIS AND CONTINUITY IN ISRAELI LITERATURE (in translation)
AS/HIST 3809 6.0 HISTORY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH: BEGINNINGS TO THE REFORMATION (CROSS -LISTED WITH HUMA 3780 6.0A)
AS/HUMA 3850 6.0A THE FINAL SOLUTION: PERSPECTIVES ON THE HOLOCAUST
AS/HIST 3939C 6.0 MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN HISTORY OF THE JEWS
AS/SOCI/ILST 4110 6.0 RELIGION IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
AS/HUMA 4890C 6.0 WOMEN IN ISLAMIC LITERATURES


ANCILLARY COURSES

Individual students may find that certain courses not listed in this calendar are crucial to their study of Religious Studies. For example, a student whose primary interest in New Testament may wish to study Greek; a student specializing in Judaism may wish to study Hebrew.

Courses of this nature, though not listed, may count towards a Religious Studies Major or Minor IF approved by the student's advisor.


Course Descriptions


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