Major Requirements (27 Hours)

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Required
RLST 101	Introducing Religious Studies	3
Select one of the following:		3
RLST 213	Experiencing God
RLST 214	Spirituality and Comedy
RLST 228	Christian Holiness in History and Culture
RLST 232	Introduction to the New Testament
RLST 236	Faith in Action
RLST 240	Catholic Social Thought
RLST 251	The Christian Tradition
RLST 261	Catholic Faith and Life
RLST 264	Queer Theology
RLST 265	Who is Saint Mary?
RLST 290	Special Topics
Select one course from each of the following areas:
Biblical Studies:		3
RLST 304	Historical Jesus: The Quest for Jesus of Nazareth
RLST 308	Paul and His Times
Historical Theology:		3
RLST 321	The Mystics
RLST 445	Historical Theology
Contemporary Theology:		3
RLST 318	Heaven and Hell
RLST 341	How to Become a Saint
RLST 343	Theologies of Mental Health
RLST 344	God and the Human Person: What Was I Made For?
RLST 351	Religion and Science
RLST 355	African-American Theologies
RLST 457	Systematic Theology Seminar
Interfaith & Interreligious Studies		3
RLST 339	Religion and Literature
RLST 351	Religion and Science
RLST 380	Interfaith Studies
RLST 381	Islam: Beliefs, Practices, and Current Events
Select three of the following elective courses; one of which must be at the 300 level or above:		9
ENVS 203	Sustainability at Saint Mary’s College and in the Holy Cross Charism
RLST 213	Experiencing God
RLST 214	Spirituality and Comedy
RLST 228	Christian Holiness in History and Culture
RLST 232	Introduction to the New Testament
RLST 236	Faith in Action
RLST 240	Catholic Social Thought
RLST 251	The Christian Tradition
RLST 261	Catholic Faith and Life
RLST 264	Queer Theology
RLST 265	Who is Saint Mary?
RLST 304	Historical Jesus: The Quest for Jesus of Nazareth
RLST 308	Paul and His Times
RLST 318	Heaven and Hell
RLST 321	The Mystics
RLST 339	Religion and Literature
RLST 341	How to Become a Saint
RLST 342	Does God Care When Women Suffer?
RLST 343	Theologies of Mental Health
RLST 351	Religion and Science
RLST 352	Religion and Politics
RLST 355	African-American Theologies
RLST 380	Interfaith Studies
RLST 381	Islam: Beliefs, Practices, and Current Events
RLST 390	Special Topics
RLST 445	Historical Theology
RLST 476	Theology for Ministry and Life I: Theory
Total Credits		27

Senior Comprehensive and Advanced Writing Proficiency

Students who major in Religious Studies and Theology for their Senior Comprehensive Project and Advanced Writing Proficiency will:

• Complete an independent research project on a topic of their choice. The project displays the student’s depth of knowledge in Religious Studies and Theology. The topic and details of the project must be developed with and approved by their advisor and the department. The completed project, typically a 15-20 page thesis paper
• Solicit a RLST professor of their choosing to be their faculty mentor
• Take RLST 497 (1 credit) in the fall semester of their senior year in which they will do work with their faculty mentor as part of their senior comprehensive and advanced writing proficiency
• Take RLST 497 (1 credit), RLST 998 (0 credits), and RLST 999 (0 credits) in the spring semester of their senior year in which they will do work with their faculty mentor as part of their senior comprehensive and advanced writing proficiency