- Concentrations and course offerings may vary by campus and/or by program modality. Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for the course availability each term at your campus or within your program modality.
- Certain options within the program may be required at certain campuses or for certain program modalities. Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for requirements at your campus or for your program modality.
Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.
Universitywide Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the Universitywide Requirements.
BA Language Requirements
All BA students are required to complete the BA degree language requirements, for a total of 12 semester hours of language study or demonstrated equivalent proficiency, as described in Additional Requirements for BA students. Successful demonstration of proficiency does not reduce total minimum semester hours of study required to earn the BA degree.
NUpath Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.
Religious Studies Major Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Foundational Course | ||
| PHIL 1110 | Introduction to Religious Studies | 4 |
| Lived Religion Elective | ||
| Complete one of the following courses that is not used to satisfy another requirement: | 4 | |
| Selling Spirituality | ||
| The Meaning of Death | ||
| Apocalypticism in Film | ||
| Sex in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam | ||
| Islam: Rituals, Traditions, and Debates | ||
| Science Fiction and Film: Moral Dilemmas and Ethical Analysis | ||
| Music and Religion | ||
| Cults and Sects | ||
| Race and Religion in Film | ||
or AFCS 2619 | Race and Religion in Film | |
| The Religious Worlds of Boston: Faith and Devotion in Urban Life | ||
| Comparative Religion Elective | ||
| Complete one of the following courses that is not used to satisfy another requirement: | 4 | |
| Introduction to World Religions | ||
| Comparative Ethics | ||
| The Meaning of Death | ||
| Sex in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam | ||
| Hinduism, Buddhism, and Beyond | ||
| Chinese Philosophy and Religion | ||
| Science Fiction and Film: Moral Dilemmas and Ethical Analysis | ||
| Japanese Buddhism | ||
| Race and Religion in Film | ||
or AFCS 2619 | Race and Religion in Film | |
| The Religious Worlds of Boston: Faith and Devotion in Urban Life | ||
| Electives | ||
| Complete five of the following courses, one of which must be 2000-level or above and another one of which must be 3000-level or above, that is not used to satisfy another requirement: | 20 | |
| Introduction to World Religions | ||
| Goddesses, Witches, Saints, and Sinners: Women and Religion | ||
| Understanding the Bible | ||
| Comparative Ethics | ||
| Selling Spirituality | ||
| Apocalypticism in Film | ||
| Sex in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam | ||
| Hinduism, Buddhism, and Beyond | ||
| Islam: Rituals, Traditions, and Debates | ||
| Jewish Religion and Culture | ||
| Chinese Philosophy and Religion | ||
| Cults and Sects | ||
| Race and Religion in Film | ||
or AFCS 2619 | Race and Religion in Film | |
| The Religious Worlds of Boston: Faith and Devotion in Urban Life | ||
| Seminar in Religion | ||
| Directed Study | ||
| Capstone | ||
| Complete the following course that is not used to satisfy another requirement: | ||
| PHIL 4903 | Seminar in Religion | 4 |
Africana Studies Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction to Africana Studies | ||
| AFCS 1101 | Introduction to African American and Africana Studies | 4 |
| Complete two of the following: | 8 | |
| Introduction to African-American History | ||
| Gender, Race, and Medicine | ||
| Introduction to Global Health | ||
| Race, Ethnicity, and Inequality | ||
| Black Feminist Studies | ||
| Issues in Race, Science, and Technology | ||
| Race, Crime, and Justice | ||
| Beyond the Binary: Race, Sex, and Science | ||
| Race, Inequality, and the Law | ||
| Special Topics in Race and the Law | ||
| Seminar in Black Leadership | ||
| Exploring Intellectual Traditions and Cultural Production | ||
| Complete two of the following: | 8 | |
| Black Popular Culture | ||
| Early African-American Literature | ||
| American Women Writers | ||
| Race and Religion in Film | ||
| Boston in Literature | ||
| African American Rhetorical Traditions | ||
| Black Poetry and the Spoken Word | ||
| Gender and Black World Literatures | ||
| Literature in Context | ||
| Understanding Society and Social Movements | ||
| Complete two of the following: | 8 | |
| Global Caribbean | ||
| New England Stories: Storytelling and the African American Experience | ||
| Black Feminist Studies | ||
| Afro-Latin American Studies | ||
| African American History Before 1900 | ||
| Race, Identity, Social Change, and Empowerment | ||
| Black Families and Incarceration | ||
| Africa and the World in Early Times | ||
| Possession, Sacrifice, and Divination in African Diasporic Religions | ||
| Swahili, Culture, and Politics in Kenya | ||
| Epidemiology of Pandemic Diseases and Health Disparities in the African Diaspora | ||
| Afro-Asian Relations in the Americas | ||
| Community Health, Culture, and Development in Kenya | ||
| Senior Capstone | ||
| AFCS 4700 | Capstone | 4 |
Integrative Requirement
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| PHIL 2410 | Possession, Sacrifice, and Divination in African Diasporic Religions | 4 |
| or AFCS 2410 | Possession, Sacrifice, and Divination in African Diasporic Religions | |
Experiential Liberal Arts
All students in this College of Social Sciences and Humanities program are required to complete the Experiential Liberal Arts Requirement.
Program Requirement
128 total semester hours required
Four Years, Two Co-ops in Spring/Summer 1
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| AFCS 1101 | 4 | Lived Religion Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| CLTR 1000 | 1 | AFCS 1270 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| PHIL 1110 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 16 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Comparative Religion Elective | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | Elective | 4 |
| PHIL 2000 Level Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| AFCS 2325 | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Elective | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | Elective | 4 |
| AFCS 1113 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| AFCS 2296 | 4 | ||||||
| AFCS 3424 | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| PHIL 3000 Level Elective | 4 | Humanities Course | 4 | ||||
| AFCS 4526 | 4 | AFCS 4700 | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | PHIL Advanced Level Elective | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | AFCS 2619 | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 129 | |||||||