Faculty: Krone (Program Coordinator) and Delgado

The Religion in American Life minor is a program in the Values and Societies Area of Study.

Religion in American Life Minor Learning Outcomes

Students who successfully complete a minor in Religion in American Life should be able to:

• Engage in the academic study of religion and be able to describe and use religious studies terms and ideas.
• Examine a variety of primary textual, media, and material sources and employ them to craft increasingly complex arguments about religion. 
• Recognize the diversity between and within religious traditions and identify the ways that power, privilege and difference shape religious worlds. 
• Explain the ways that religion functions in culture and history and how it shapes communities, cultures, and societies. 

The Religion in American Life Minor

The Religion in American Life minor consists of 20 credits. At graduation, Religion in American Life minors must have a GPA of at least 2.0 in the minor. The calculation is based on the grades of all courses presented for the minor. Only the most recent grade is considered for courses that have been repeated. All courses required for the minor must be taken on a letter-grade basis. A meximum of 8 transfer credits may be counted towards theminor; exceptions must be approved by the Program Coordinator.

A minor in Religion in American Life consists of at least 20 semester credit hours of courses in Religious Studies, including at least one course above the 100 level and another course above the 200 level. The minor program includes RELST 180  and at least one course in each of the following categories: Traditions, Ethics, and Culture.