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RELIGIOUS STUDIES COURSE PLAN, 2024-2025
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Last Updated: 2/2/2024 (List will be updated to reflect schedule changes). PLEASE REFER TO GOLD/CURRICULUM SEARCH FOR FINALIZED QUARTER SCHEDULE
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LOWER DIVISION COURSESLOWER DIVISION COURSESLOWER DIVISION COURSES
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HEB 1: Elementary Hebrew R. MEDINAHEB 2-Elementary HebrewR. MEDINAHEB 3: Elementary HebrewR. MEDINA
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MES 45: Introduction to Middle East StudiesJ. CAMPORG ST 3/EACS 3: Introduction to Asian Religious TraditionsG. HILLISRG ST 6: Islam and ModernityA. AHMAD
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RG ST 4/EACS 5: Introduction to BuddhismV. WALLACERGST 7- Introduction to American ReligionD. WALKERRG ST 10C: Elementary Arabic III
W. HEGAZY
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RGST 10A: Elementary Arabic IW. HEGAZYRGST 10B- Elementary Arabic II
W. HEGAZY
RG ST 10F: Intermediate Arabic VI
W. HEGAZY
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RGST 10D: Intermediate Arabic IVW. HEGAZYRGST 10E-Intermediate Arabic V
W. HEGAZY
RG ST 11C: Elementary Hindi IIIS. PARIKH
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RGST 11A: Elementary HindiS. PARIKHRGST 11B-Elementary HindiS. PARIKHRG ST 19: The Gods and Goddesses of India
B. HOLDREGE
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RG ST 14: Introduction to Native American Religious StudiesG. JOHNSONRG ST 20: Indic Civilization
A. MUNDRA
RG ST 21/EACS 21: Zen BuddhismG. HILLIS
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RG ST 28: Gandhi: Nonviolence, Resistance, TruthW. ELISONRGST 24-Jesus in Comparative PerspectiveTHOMASRG ST 48/CHIN 48: Self, Society, and Nature in Chinese ThoughtD. STEAVU
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RG ST 29: Patriarchy and Religion: A Global PerspectiveJ. AFARYRGST 58B-Intensive Elementary Persian IiIA. FEIZRG ST 58C: Intensive Intermediate Persian IA. FEIZ
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RGST 30: JudaismR. MEDINARG ST 80C: Religion & Western Civilization III: Modern
T. CARLSON
RG ST 71/AS AM 71: Introduction to Asian American ReligionsR. BUSTO
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RGST 35: Introduction to Religion & PoliticsJ. BLANKHOLMRG ST 81/HIST 46MI: Modern Iran and Global PoliticsJ. AFARYRG ST 84: Introduction to Islamic Civilization
R. EL OMARI
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RGST 37/ENGL 37: Introduction to Legal HumanitiesJ. DELOMBARDRG ST 82: Modern Arab Culture
D. REYNOLDS
RGST 98: InternshipJ. AFARY
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RGST 58A-Intensive Elementary Persian IA. FEIZRGST 98: InternshipJ. AFARY
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RGST 58D-Intensive Intermediate Persian IIA. FEIZ
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RG ST 73/JAPAN 73: Introduction to Japanese ReligionF. RAMBELLI
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RGST 98: InternshipJ. AFARY
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UPPER DIVISION COURSESUPPER DIVISION COURSESUPPER DIVISION COURSES
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RG ST 104: Problems in the Study of ReligionW. ELISONRG ST 104: Problems in the Study of Religion
G. JOHNSON
RG ST 116C/216C: Archaeology and the Study of Religion
C. THOMAS
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RGST 111B/212: Mongolian BuddhismV. WALLACERG ST 110F: Religion and Science FictionR. BUSTORG ST 127B: Christian Thought and Cultures of the Middle Ages
W. WISEMAN
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RGST 112: Trickster TalesJ. AFARYRGST 115A: Literature & Religion of the Hebrew Bible/Old TestamentR. MEDINARG ST 133C: Studies in Jewish LawR. MEDINA
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RGST 115G: The Dead Sea Scrolls and Their CommunityR. MEDINARG ST 119A: Introduction to Islamic LawA. AHMADRG ST 138C: Catholicism and Modernity
W. WISEMAN
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RG ST 148A: Advanced ArabicD. REYNOLDS
RG ST 128/EACS 128: Religious Enviromentalism in the Anthropocene: Asia & US
M. YANGRG ST 147: Religion and the American ExperienceD. WALKER
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RGST 156CC-Seminar in Social EthicsN. HAMILTONRGST 131H-Politics and Religion in the City: The Case of JerusalemR. MEDINARG ST 148C: Advanced Arabic
R. EL OMARI
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RGST 156EE-Environmental EthicsG. JARETTRG ST 137: Gnosticism and Manichaeism
C. THOMAS
RG ST 149H: Islamic Humanism
R. EL OMARI
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RGST 157G: Persian CinemaA. FEIZRG ST 138/238: Topics in Catholic Studies
D. ALBERTSON
RG ST 153: Metaphysical Spirituality
J. BLANKHOLM
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RG ST 175B/JAPAN 175B: Shinto Texts Through the AgesJ. AFARYRG ST 140C/240C: Islamic Mysticism and Religious ThoughtJ. CAMPORG ST 156CE: Ethics and the College ExperienceG. JARETT
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RGST 188A: Seminar in Civic Engagement & Deliberative DemocracyV. MARSANORG ST 148B: Advanced Arabic
D. REYNOLDS
RG ST 156CI: Social Ethics Research
N. HAMILTON
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RGST 190EI-Ethical InvestingM. KAUFFMANRG ST 156BE: Bio-Medical EthicsG. JARETTRG ST 157PP: Classic Persian Literature and TranslationA. FEIZ
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RG ST 190FS: Fatigue of the Sharia: Old and New DebatesA. AHMADRG ST 158E: Intensive Advanced Persian IA. FEIZRG ST 158C: Consciousness and the Body in Hindu Traditions
B. HOLDREGE
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RGST 190WE-Wall Street Ethics and Economic CalamitiesM. KAUFFMANRG ST 159G: Religious Literature in Sanskrit
B. HOLDREGE
RG ST 158F: Intensive Advanced Persian IIA. FEIZ
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RG ST 191A: Latino Religious ThoughtR. BUSTORG ST 162D: Introduction to Jainism
A. MUNDRA
RG ST 159M: Religious Literature in Sanskrit: Tantric Literature
V. WALLACE
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RGST 195:* Senior Honors ResearchN/ARG ST 176/EACS 176: Buddhist Political Thought and Institutions
F. RAMBELLI
RG ST 162R/C LIT 162R: Many RamayanasW. ELISON
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RGST 198: InternshipJ. AFARYRG ST 187A: Politics of Veiling in Modern EgyptJ. AFARYRG ST 188C: Seminar in Civic Engagement and Deliberative Democracy
V. MARSANO
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RGST 199:* Independent StudiesN/ARG ST 188B: Seminar in Civic Engagement and Deliberative Democracy
V. MARSANO
RG ST 190GA: Have Ethics Gone Awry? A Contrast of Two Eras
M. KAUFFMAN
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RGST 199RA:* Research AssistantN/ARG ST 190: Mission Santa Barbara: History and Society
R. THORTON
RG ST 190NV: Studies of Non-Violence
A. MUNDRA
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*For info on RGST 195/199/199RA, contact the RGST Undergraduate AdvisorRG ST 190WE: Wall Street Ethics and Economic Calamities
M. KAUFFMAN
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*For info on RGST 195/199/199RA, contact the RGST Undergraduate Advisor
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*For info on RGST 195/199/199RA, contact the RGST Undergraduate Advisor
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GRADUATE COURSESGRADUATE COURSESGRADUATE COURSES
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RG ST 201: Core Issues in the Study of ReligionE. PEREZRG ST 200BD: Religion and the Body
B. HOLDREGE
RG ST 200M: Religion and Materiality
C. THOMAS
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RG ST 204: Anthropology of Religion & ModernityM. YANG
RG ST 223: Religion and the Question of Subjectivity in Contemporary European Th
T. CARLSON
RG ST 206L: Seminar on Subaltern Traditions and Counter-Traditions in South Asia
William Elison
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RG ST 208: Religion & the Senses: Affect, Embodiment, MaterialityE. PEREZRG ST 238/138: Seminar in Catholic Studies
D. ALBERTSON
RG ST 216A: Seminar on South Asian Buddhist Traditions
Vesna Wallace
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RG ST 212/11B: Mongolian BuddhismV. WALLACERG ST 240C/140C: Islamic Mysticism and Religious ThoughtJ. CAMPORG ST 216C/116C: Archaelogy and the Study of Religion
Christine Thomas
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RG ST 260: Readings and TaoismJ.AFARYRG ST 251A: Religion in American History to 1865D. WALKERRG ST 280A: Methods in the Study of Religion
Joseph Blankholm
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RG ST 285: Fatawa Literature
Ahmad Ahmad
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