Lower Division |
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| RS 100 | INTRODUCTION TO RELIGIOUS STUDIES | 3.0 | ||
| (GE C3/S2) | ||||
| A study of the elements of religion and selected contemporary religious issues. Examines such subjects as myth and ritual, the sacred and profane, dreams and theophanies, priests and prophets, science and religion, history and religion, and the possibility of religious faith today. | ||||
| 13424 | MW 0930-1045 | SH 384 | J. Brown | |
| 13425 | MW 1100-1215 | SH 390 | R. Talbott | |
| 13427 | MW 1400-1345 | SH 390 | J. Brown | |
| 13803 | TR 1230-1345 | JD 1610 | J. Findlay | |
| 19044 | TR 0800-0915 | JR 315 | J. Findlay | |
| RS 100OL | INTRODUCTION TO RELIGIOUS STUDIES | 3.0 | ||
| (GE: C3/S2) | ||||
| 13661 | F 1100-1345 | ONLINE | R. Cummings | |
| 18180 | ONLINE | ARRANGE | R. Cummings | |
| Email instructor one week before class begins. Email: R. Cummings. For further instructions see under "Related Links" in the navigation bar on the left. | ||||
| RS 101 | THE BIBLE | 3.0 | ||
| (GE: C3/S2) | ||||
| A survey of the basic content and major themes of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament), New Testament, and Apocryphal writings. | ||||
| 13428 | MW 0800-0915 | SH 384 | E. Goodfriend | |
| 13429 | MW 1230-1345 | SH 390 | E. Goodfriend | |
| 13430 | TR 0930-1045 | SH 390 | K. Lee | |
| RS 150 | WORLD RELIGIONS | 3.0 | ||
| (GE: F2/S5) | ||||
| A study of selected major world religions with emphasis on tribal religions as well as the historic international faiths of Asia and the Near East. Investigates rituals, ethics, institutional structures and the cultural ethos of religions as well as their myths, doctrines and sacred texts. | ||||
| 13431 | MW 0800-0915 | SH 390 | R. Goss | |
| 13432 | MW 0930-1045 | SH 390 | M. Ruzgar | |
| 13456 | MW 1100-1215 | SH 384 | M. Ruzgar | |
| 13457 | MW 1230-1345 | SH 384 | J. Brown | |
| 13458 | MW 1400-1515 | SH 384 | J. Herrero | |
| 13459 | TR 0930-1045 | SQ 104 | P. Herman | |
| 13591 | TR 1100-1215 | SH 390 | J. Findlay | |
| 18205 | TR 1230-1345 | SH 390 | M. Nkulu-N'Sengha | |
| 18219 | TR 1400-1515 | SH 384 | M. Nkulu-N'Sengha | |
| RS 150OL | WORLD RELIGIONS | 3.0 | ||
| (GE: F2/S5) | ||||
| 13675 | F 0800-1045 | ONLINE | R.Cummings | |
| 18181 | ARRANGE | ONLINE | R. Cummings | |
| Email instructor one week before class begins. Email: R. Cummings. For further instructions see under "Related Links" in the navigation bar on the left. | ||||
| RS 204 | RELIGION, LOGIC, AND THE MEDIA | 3.0 | ||
| (GE: A2/A2) | ||||
| This course introduces and guides students in the practical use of the basic concepts of deductive logic as a dimension of critical reasoning. Using these concepts, students will discuss, analyze and critique statements that appear in the media (in the United States and elsewhere) that have been expressed by religious people and by the media itself. (Meets GE Basic Skills, Critical Reasoning). | ||||
| 13874 | MW 1100-1215 | SH 192 | CANCELLED | |
| 13875 | TR 1100-1215 | SH 384 | M. J. O'Donnell | |
| 13876 | TR 1230-1345 | SH 192 | L. Lam-Easton | |
| 17950 | TR 1400-1515 | SH 192 | L. Lam-Easton | |
| 18586 | F 1100-1345 | SH 384 | V. Coppola | |
| RS 255 | AMERICAN POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS AND RELIGION | 3.0 | ||
| (GE: T3/T4) | ||||
| Examination of the development of U.S. and California political ideals, institutions, and processes. The course focuses on the religious elements within political ideals, religious freedom, the relation between religion and state, and the role of religion in the public forum, including both politics and public education. (Meets Title 5 U.S. Constitution and State and Local Governments.) | ||||
| 13877 | MW 0930-1045 | SH 192 | L. Gilmore | |
| RS 255OL | AMERICAN POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS AND RELIGION | 3.0 | ||
| (GE: T3/T4) | ||||
| 18890 | F 0800-1045 | ONLINE | M. O'Donnell | |
| Email instructor one week before class begins. Email: M. J. O'Donnell. For further instructions see under "Related Links" in the navigation bar on the left. | ||||
| Upper Division | ||||
| RS 304 | WOMEN AND RELIGION | 3.0 | ||
| (GE: C3/S2) | ||||
An examination of religious views of women in oral and literary cultures, focusing on the roles, symbols, and concepts of women within an international, historical framework. The course will also address women’s own perspectives on religion, as reflected in historical sources and in contemporary theology and religious life. |
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| 13433 | MW 1230-1345 | SH 314 | S.Soomekh | |
| 18714 | M 1600-1845 | SH 384 | S. Soomekh | |
| RS 304OL | WOMEN AND RELIGION | 3.0 | ||
| (GE: C3/S2) | ||||
| 18177 | F 0800-1045 | ONLINE | N. Tosh | |
| 18220 | ARRANGE | ONLINE | N. Tosh | |
| RS 306 | AMERICAN RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY | 3.0 | ||
| (GE: F3/S5) | ||||
| An introduction to the complexity of the American religious landscape. A survey of the religious groups which are marginal to or outside of the “Seven Sisters” of historically dominant mainstream Protestant and Civil Religion Ethos. The interplay between “mainstream” religion and the religion of minority groups, including the so-called “indigenous or Ancestral Religions will be examine. Fulfills the GE requirement for Information Competency (IC). |
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| 13534 | MW 1100-1215 | SH 314 | S. Soomekh | |
| 13666 | TR 0930-1045 | SH 192 | M. Nkulu-N'Sengha | |
| 18713 | W 1900-2145 | SH 314 | CANCELLED | |
| RS 307 | RELIGION IN AMERICA | 3.0 | ||
| (GE: C3/S2) | ||||
| An examination of the religious traditions, practices, and beliefs which have shaped the American character. By approaching America’s religious history as a complex, dynamic, and reflexive process of interaction involving all segments of American society, we will determine how America’s religious history has affected and, in turn, been affected by America’s political, social, economic, and cultural history. | ||||
| 13595 | MW 1400-1515 | SH 314 | A. Shevitz | |
| RS 310 | RELIGION AND LITERATURE | 3.0 | ||
| (GE: C3/S2) | ||||
| Study of literature to discover to what extent a religious tradition, or the lack of one, influences an author’s understanding of human existence. Writers who reflect Protestant, Roman Catholic, or Jewish traditions, as well as those who are informed by humanism or atheism, are read and interpreted. Regular written assignments are required. | ||||
| 17954 | TR 1100-1215 | JR 330 | A. Eggebroten | |
| RS 310OL | RELIGION AND LITERATURE | 3.0 | ||
| (GE: C3/S2) | ||||
| 18179 | ARRANGE | ONLINE | R. Cummings | |
| Email instructor one week before class begins. Email: R. Cummings. For further instructions see under "Related Links" in the navigation bar on the left. | ||||
| RS 311 | RELIGION AND FILM | 3.0 | ||
| The course, which is offered only every other semester, is built around watching great films and discussing them in all their facets: filmically, thematically, musically, and in light of what it has to say to the human spirit as it sojourns and struggles in the human condition. | ||||
| 13535 | M 1900-2145 | SH 108 | V. Coppola | |
| RS 345 | CHRISTIANITY | 3.0 | ||
| Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Protestant, and non-traditional forms of Christianity compared and contrasted with one another in their historical and social contexts. | ||||
| 18557 | M 1600-1845 | SH 192 | M. Nkulu-N'Sengha | |
| RS 355 | MYSTICISM | 3.0 | ||
| 17955 | TR 1100-1215 | SH 314 | Herman | |
| Study of mysticism as a distinct religious phenomenon, a major category of religious experience. To understand its character it may be studied either within the great Western religious traditions (Judaism, Islam, Christianity) or cross-culturally. | ||||
| RS 356 | CONTEMPORARY RELIGIOUS THOUGHT | 3.0 | ||
| (GE: C3/S2) | ||||
Study of selected major writings in religious thought, with the aim of analyzing representative modern approaches to questions such as God and the world, faith and self-understanding, and belief and social consciousness. In particular, we will focus on ritual and ecology in order to explore how religious thought (and religious practice) is expressed through and informs these arenas. First, we will study “rites of passage” (that is, celebrations of birth, coming of age, marriage, funerals, etc.) in diverse cultural contexts and in traditionally religious, eclectic, and secular settings—in order to understand their importance in transforming individual identity and in shaping/reflecting culture. Our second focus will be on ecology and religion in order to explore how contemporary religious thought is reflected in the activism and spiritual practice of Roman Catholic “Green Sisters.” Finally, we will study contemporary Buddhist thought as seen in the popular writings of Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hahn in order explore how these spiritual and ethical teachings can help us mindfully engage with our contemporary world. |
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| 18590 | TR 1400-1515 | SH 314 | L. Gilmore | |
| Religious exploration and innovation in American religion, with a significant emphasis on Judaism. Special emphasis will be placed on rituals, doctrines, and social units outside of the mainstream of organized religion; including new forms of spirituality, religious healing, and mysticism. | ||||
| 13461 | TR 0930-1045 | SH 314 | J. Myers | |
| RS 361 | CONTEMPORARY ETHICAL ISSUES | 3.0 | ||
| (GE: C3/S2) | ||||
| Fulfills 3 units GE requirement for the Accouning Major. | ||||
| This course consist of a general introduction to ethical theory followed by in-depth analysis of a number of issues, including the relationship between ethics and economics, Post-modern theory as applied to radical feminism and gender equality, animal rights, homosexuality, and Just War theory. | ||||
| 13536 | MW 1230-1345 | SH 192 | J. Herrero | |
| 13698 | F 1100-1345 | SH 314 | J. Herrero | |
| 13855 | M 1600-1845 | SH 390 | J. Herrero | |
| 17957 | W 1600-1845 | SH 384 | J. Herrero | |
| This course will emphasize the development of skills in informed and critical reasoning through the analysis of contemporary ethical issues such as scandals in business, sexual behavior, abortion, euthanasia, genetic engineering, racism, gender bias, punishment, animal rights, the environment, economics and the common good, and the relationships between religions and morality that inform all these issues. Throughout, there will be a particular emphasis on ethics in the professions. |
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| 17956 | T 1900-2145 | SH 384 | V. Coppola | |
| 17969 | R 1600-1845 | SH 192 | V. Coppola | |
| RS 361OL | CONTEMPORARY ETHICAL ISSUES | 3.0 | ||
| G.E.: C3/S2 | ||||
This course will focus on the most serious ethical issues of our time and the diversity of ways they have been addressed both religiously and secularly. These issues include: cloning and reproductive technologies; abortion; euthanasia; punishment and the death penalty; war, terrorism and counterterrorism; race and ethnicity; gender issues; sexual orientation; hunger and poverty; and capitalism, corporations, and global economics, among others. |
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| 13788 | ARRANGE | ONLINE | M. O'Donnell | |
| Email instructor one week before class begins. Email: M. J. O'Donnell. For further instructions see under "Related Links" in the navigation bar on the left. | ||||
| RS 365 | ISLAM | 3.0 | ||
| (GE: F2/S5) | ||||
| A study of the varieties of Islamic civilization in their social contexts. |
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| 13597 | M 1600-1845 | SH 314 | M. Ruzgar | |
| 13598 | F 0800-1045 | SH 314 | M. Ruzgar | |
| RS 373 | KOREAN CHRISTIANITY | 3.0 | ||
This course is designed to help students better understand the Korean American Christian heritage through the study of the history of Christianity in Korea, its rapid growth and development within a multi-religious context, and the cultural, racial, gender, and generational factors that exist among first- and second-generation Korean Christians in America. |
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| 17958 | TR 1230-1345 | SH 314 | K. Lee | |
| RS 378 | AMERICAN JEWISH EXPERIENCE | 3.0 | ||
| (GE: F3/S5) | ||||
| This course describes the experience of the Jewish community in America, and the relationship of the community to the general American culture and to other subcultures or ethnic groups.
Fulfills the GE requirement for Information Competency (IC). |
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| 13463 | MW 0930-1045 | SH 314 | A. Shevitz | |
| RS 380 | ASIAN RELIGIONS | 3.0 | ||
| GE: F2/ S5 | ||||
| Explores Asian religions by comparing human and divine religious figures cross-culturally. Comparison of the figures from the various cultures provides a method to understand the nature of humanity and divinity in Asia. | ||||
| 17959 | T 1600-1845 | SH 314 | L. Lam-Easton | |
| RS 383 | ASIAN RELIGIOUS TEXTS | 3.0 | ||
| Explores Asian Religions by comparing the primary sacred texts of Asian cultures. Sacred texts upon which Asian religious expressions are based are examined first in the specific cultural contexts of Japan, China and India by a reading of primary texts. Comparison of the texts from the various cultures allow the generation of a model of Asian religious order and answer problems concerning the nature of sacrality in Asia. | ||||
| 18207 | R 1600-1845 | SH 314 | L. Lam-Easton | |
| RS 385 | HINDUISM | 3.0 | ||
| (GE: F2/S5) | ||||
| This class will cover in depth the period from the earliest civilization on the Indian subcontinent through the Classical Age and survey the developments in Hinduism in the Medieval and Modern tradition. A special emphasis will be placed on the reading and understanding of primary texts. The course lectures and discussions will trace certain basic concepts and ideas in Hinduism and note the historic influences contributing to religious practice in India today. | ||||
| 13812 | R 1600-1845 | SH 384 | P. Herman | |
| RS 390OL | BUDDHISM | 3.0 | ||
| (GE: F2/S5) | ||||
| This course will examine the emergence of the Buddhisms in India, Southeast Asia, and in Tibet. It will examine monastic and lay Buddhisms, the development of Mahayana and Vajrayana vehicles of Buddhism, and the emergence of engaged Buddhism and contemporary meditation movements. Attention will be paid to Buddhist saints, meditative practices and ritual, art and architecture, and philosophy. | ||||
| 13668 | F 1100-1345 | ONLINE | R. Goss | |
| Email instructor one week before class begins. Email: R. Goss.For further instructions see under "Related Links" in the navigation bar on the left. | ||||
| This course will introduce students to the study of Buddhist philosophy and religious traditions, beginning with the life of Siddhārtha Gautama, through the development of Buddhism in ancient India – Theravāda and Mahāyāna – the spread of Buddhism to China, Tibet and Japan. The course concludes with an examination of the coming of Buddhism to the West. | ||||
| 13856 | ARRANGE | ONLINE | K. Lee | |
| 18210 | ARRANGE | ONLINE | K. Lee | |
| Email instructor one week before class begins. Email: K. Lee. For further instructions see under "Related Links" in the navigation bar on the left. | ||||
| RS 395 | THEORY AND METHOD IN RELIGIOUS STUDIES | 3.0 | ||
| Examines modern attempts to study religion objectively from the Western Enlightenment to the present, exploring and criticizing theories and methods from anthropology, sociology, feminist hermeneutics, evolutionary psychology and the history of religions. | ||||
| 17961 | W 1600-1845 | SH 314 | R. Talbott | |
| **note: required course for RS Majors in Junior Standing. | ||||
| RS 499A-C | Independent Study | 1.0 - 3.0 units | ||
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| RS 699 A, C | Independent Study | 1.0 or 3.0 units | ||
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