Program: Religious Studies Minor (E) - Radford University

Apr 04, 2025

2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog

The Religious Studies Minor offers students a flexible introduction to religion by offering courses across three menus: Foundational Literacies, Topics and Issues, and Electives.

REAL Curriculum

This minor fulfills the E area of the REAL Curriculum. Focused on the topic of humanistic inquiry as written into the E learning outcome, religious studies considers how humans have created religious explanations for life’s most pressing problems. Topics of study include a survey of world religions, religion in India, China, and Japan; Islam; Bible and Christianity; religion and death; religion and women; religion and healthcare; and cults. Students need majors and/or minors to fulfill the R, A, and L areas to complete the REAL Curriculum requirements.

General Education Requirements

General Education courses will be denoted below with a (GE). Students are required to take at least 30 credit hours of general education designated courses within their degree requirements. The Religious Studies minor includes 6-15 general education credits.

Minor Requirements (15 credits)

Required Courses

RELN 112 - Survey of World Religions (GE)

Foundational Literacies

Choose at least one of the following courses:

Topics and Issues

Choose at least one of the following courses:

Electives

Any two additional RELN courses at the 200-level or above.

Religious Studies Minor (E)