Religious Studies Certificate

Location(s): Manhattan Campus

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Requirements for a Religious Studies certificate will consist of 15 credits; Intro to the World’s Religions (ANTH 314); and a minimum of 12 additional elective credit hours in at least two disciplines, of which at least 6 credits must be at the 500 level or higher. To earn the certificate, religious studies courses must result in a final cumulative GPA of 2.5 or better.

Core (3 credit hours)

ANTH 314 - Introduction to the World’s Religions Credits: 3

Electives (12 credit hours)

ANTH 305 - Cultures of South Asia Credits: 3
ANTH 509 - Cultures of Africa Credits: 3
ANTH 515 - Creativity and Culture: The Anthropology of Art Credits: 3
ANTH 508 - Asian Religions Credits: 3
ANTH 616 - Anthropology of the Future: Apocalypse, Prophecy, and Hope Credits: 3
ANTH 618 - Religion in Culture Credits: 3
* ANTH 710 - Writing Cultures: Ethnographic Methods Credits: 3
* ANTH 715 - Research Methods in Digital Ethnography Credits: 3
* ANTH 720 - Field Methods in Linguistics Credits: 3
ART 195 - Survey of Western Art History I Credits: 3
ART 196 - Survey of Western Art History II Credits: 3
ART 612 - History of Italian Renaissance Art Credits: 3
ART 613 - History of Northern Renaissance Art Credits: 3
CLSCS 310 - Introduction to Classical Mythology in Translation Credits: 3
ENGL 233 - Reformation to Enlightenment Credits: 3
ENGL 470 - The Bible Credits: 3
ENGL 575 - Holocaust Literature Credits: 3
HIST 520 - Death and Dying in History Credits: 3
HIST 521 - History of Christianity Credits: 3
HIST 522 - Religion in American History Credits: 3
HIST 523 - A History of the Occult and Witchcraft Credits: 3
HIST 569 - The Reformation Credits: 3
HIST 585 - Medieval Christianity Credits: 3
PHILO 115 - Introduction to Philosophy of Religion Credits: 3
PHILO 337 - Religious Freedom and Democracy Credits: 3
PHILO 615 - Philosophy of Religion Credits: 3
POLSC 524 - Political Islam Credits: 3
POLSC 661 - Ancient and Medieval Political Thought Credits: 3
POLSC 675 - Religion and Politics Credits: 3
SOCIO 505 - South Asian Civilizations Credits: 3
SOCIO 618 - Religion in Culture Credits: 3
SOCIO 643 - Sociology of Religion Credits: 3
SOCIO 742 - Society and Change in South Asia Credits: 3
*Courses with asterisks are methods courses that permitted to count for the Religious Studies certificate only if the semester–long student research project is focused upon a religious studies topic.

**NOTE: Students can petition to transfer in up to half of their credits with relevant religious studies classes from outside K-State, if each specific transferred course directly substitutes for a specific course on the approved list above. Since this is not a Theology certificate, theology classes (and classes from religious institutions that are teaching religion from an internal, liturgical, non-academic point of view) are not eligible to transfer in as part of the certificate.

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Religious Studies Certificate

Location(s): Manhattan Campus

Core (3 credit hours)

Electives (12 credit hours)

Total hours required: 15