UCLA Interdisciplinary Department for the

Study of Religion

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

 

Faculty Advisor:

S.  SCOTT BARTCHY,  Professor
UCLA Department of History
5343 Bunche Hall

(310) 825-4570

Student Affairs Officer: ANNA LAVEN
329 Dodd Hall

(310) 206-1356

Counseling Drop-in Hours: By appointment

 

PREPARATIONS FOR THE MAJOR (4 COURSES TOTAL)

 

 

History

2

 

 

Philosophy

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

PLUS ANY 2 COURSES

 

 

 

Anthropology

9

 

 

East Asian L&C

60

 

 

History

1A, 1B, 1C, 9A, 9C, 9D, 10A, 10B, 11A, 11B

 

 

 

GROUP I -- METHODS (4 COURSES TOTAL)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophy

175

Philosophy of Religion

 

Religion

100

Study of Religion Seminar

 

 

 

 

 

PLUS ANY 2 COURSES

 

 

 

Anthropology

130

Study of Culture

 

 

156

Comparative Religion

 

History

193A

History of Religions: Myth

 

 

193E

Special Topics in History of Religions

 

 

194C

Jesus of Nazareth in Historical Research

 

Philosophy

175

Topics in Philosophy of Religion

 

Study of Religion

110

Religion & Violence

 

 

120

Abrahamic Religions: Traditions in Tension

 

Theater

101A

Ritual & Religious Drama

 

World Arts & Culture

TBD

 

 

 

 

 

GROUP II -- NON-LITERATE AND ANCIENT RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS

 

 

 

 

 

Ancient Near East (NEL)

130

Ancient Egyptian Religion

 

Anthropology

114P

Ancient Civ. of Western Middle America (Nahuatl Sphere)

 

 

114Q

Ancient Civ. of Eastern Middle America (Maya Sphere)

 

 

171

Sub-Saharan Africa

 

 

174P

Ethnography of South American Indians

 

 

177

Cultures of the Pacific

 

Classics

166A

Greek Religion

 

 

166B

Roman Religion

 

 

168

Introduction to Comparative Mythology

 

Folklore and Mythology

M122

Celtic Mythology

 

 

M126

Baltic and Slavic Folklore and Mythology

 

 

M128

Hungarian Folklore and Mythology

 

 

M129

Folklore and Mythology of the Ugric Peoples

 

 

130

North American Indian Folklore and Mythology Studies

 

 

131

Folklore of India

 

 

M155

Oral Traditions in Africa

 

 

M183

Korean Folklore

 

History

193D

Religions of the Ancient Near East

 

Iranian (NEL)

170

Religion in Ancient Iran

 

Korean

183

Korean Folklore

 

Latin American Studies

250C

Interdisciplinary Topics in Latin American Studies

 

World Arts & Culture

181B

Dance in Southeast Asia

 

 

181D

Dance in South Asia

 

 

C187

Dance in Native American Cultures

 

 

 

 

GROUP III -- WESTERN & NEAR EASTERN RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS

 

 

 

 

 

CHRISTIANITY

 

 

 

Classics

M170

Power and Imagination in Byzantium (Same as History M122)

 

Greek (Classics)

130

Greek Testament

 

History

119

The Christian Church, 100-1517

 

 

120

The Christian Religion, 100-1350

 

 

125B

History of Modern Europe: Reformation

 

 

150C

History of Religion in the U.S.

 

 

194A

History of Early Christians

 

 

194B

Religious Environment of Early Christians

 

 

194C

Jesus of Nazareth in Historical Research

 

Philosophy 

100B

Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy

 

 

107

Topics in Medieval Philosophy

 

 

118

Kierkegaard

 

Russian (Slavic Languages)

201

Introduction to Old Church Slavic

 

 

 

 

 

ISLAM

 

 

 

Arabic (NEL)

120

Islamic Texts

 

Art History

C104C

Problems in Islamic Art

 

History

107A-107B

Islamic Civilization

 

 

109A

History of North Africa from the Moslem Conquest to 1578

 

 

110A

Iranian History: Islamic Iran to 1800

 

Islamics (NEL)

110

Introduction to Islam

 

 

 

 

 

JUDAISM

 

 

 

Ancient Near East (NEL)

162

Archeology and Religion of the Holy Land

 

 

170

Introduction to Biblical Studies

 

Comparative Literature

M101

Hebrew Literature in English-Literary Traditions in Ancient Israel: Bible & Apocrypha

 

Hebrew (NEL)

120

Biblical Texts

 

 

125

Hebrew Bible with Medieval Commentaries

 

 

130

Rabbinic Texts

 

History

111C

History of Jews in the Ottoman Empire and Turkish Republic

 

 

M191A-M191B

Survey of Jewish History (Same as Jewish Studies (NEL)

 

 

191G

European Jewry from 1881 to the Present

 

 

M192A-M192B

Jewish Intellectual History (Same as Jewish Studies (NEL)

 

Jewish Studies (NEL)

130

Modern Jewish Religious Movements and Their Ideologies

 

 

M150-150B

Hebrew Literature in English

 

Sociology

159

Comparative Studies of Jewish Communities in the U.S. and Abroad

 

 

 

 

GROUP IV -- SOUTH ASIAN & EAST ASIAN TRADITIONS

 

 

 

 

 

Art History

114A

114A. Early Art of India

 

 

114C

Japanese Art

 

 

114D

later Art of India

 

 

114E

Arts of Korea

 

 

114F

Arts of Southeast Asia

 

Chinese (EAL)

160

Chinese Buddhism

 

 

165

Introduction to Chinese Buddhist Texts

 

 

175

Introduction to Chinese Thought

 

 

265A-265B

Seminars: Chinese Buddhist Texts

 

EAL and Cultures

161

Buddhist Literature in Translation

 

 

162

Buddhist Meditation Traditions

 

History

186

186. Shinto, Buddhism, and Japanese Folk Religion

 

 

188A

Early History of India

 

 

193B, 193C

Religions of South and Southeast Asia

 

Indic (EAL)

175

Introduction to Indic Philosophy

 

Japanese (EAL)

C160

Japanese Buddhism

 

 

161

Religious Life in Modern Japan

 

 

175

Introduction to Japanese Thought

 

 

265A

Seminar: Japanese Buddhist Texts

 

Korean (EAL)

160

Korean Buddhism

 

 

165

Introduction to Korean Buddhist Texts

 

 

175

Introduction to Traditional Korean Thought