Fall 2007 Course Descriptions

All courses below are approved to be taught in Fall 2007; however, some (or all) may not be offered this term.  The course numbers that are offered this term link to the Schedule of Classes.  Class with alternative delivery modes (Web based, cable TV, correspondence, etc) are noted in the Schedule at the section level.  The complete list below is a good indicator of what may be offered over the next few years (contact department about offerings).  For explanations of course elements see the Key to Course Descriptions.

Religious Studies (RELI)  Department Info

RELI 126 -- Greek Mythology I  (3 units)
Description:  The myths, legends, and folktales of the Greeks and their origins. All readings in English.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Identical to:  CLAS 126; CLAS is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

RELI 130 -- Asian Religions  (3 units)
Description:  Religions of India and the Far East.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Approved as:  General Education Diversity Emphasis.
Identical to:  EAS 130; EAS is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

RELI 142 -- Chinese Humanities  (3 units)
Description:  Major trends and traditions in the arts, literatures and languages, religions and philosophies of China. Correspondence only.
Identical to:  CHN 142; CHN is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

RELI 204 -- African Diaspora Religion and Culture  (3 units)
Description:  Global, comparative analysis of religion and culture in Africa, the Caribbean, U.S., and South America. Impact of African religions in the contemporary world.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  AFAS 204; AFAS is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

RELI 210 -- Religion in the American Experience  (3 units)
Description:  Examines American religious ideas, practices, and forms of community from the colonial period to the present. Themes include the interrelation of religion with politics, immigration, gender, and racial and ethnic diversity in the United States.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  TRAD 104.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Humanities.
Approved as:  General Education Diversity Emphasis.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

RELI 220 -- Religion in Japanese Society  (3 units)
Description:  Introduction to texts, images and activities, both historical and contemporary, that comprise Japanese religion.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  two courses from Tier One, Traditions and Cultures (TRAD 101,102,103,104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Humanities.
Approved as:  General Education Diversity Emphasis.
Identical to:  JPN 220; JPN is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

RELI 220A -- Literature of the Bible  (3 units)
Description:  Old Testament: legendary and historical narratives, prophetic literature, and poetry.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  two courses from Tier One, Traditions and Cultures (TRAD 101,102,103,104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Humanities.
Identical to:  ENGL 220A; ENGL is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RELI 220B -- Literature of the Bible  (3 units)
Description:  New Testament: The Gospels, the Epistles of Paul, and Revelation.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  two courses from Tier One, Traditions and Cultures (TRAD 101,102,103,104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Humanities.
Identical to:  ENGL 220B; ENGL is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 225 -- Introduction to Women and Religion  (3 units)
Description:  Ways in which women's religious practices have interacted with religious traditions' constructions of gender. The course asks students to consider how the study of religion can illuminate their own self-understandings and cultural locations.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  W S 225.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RELI 233 -- Philosophy of Religion  (3 units)
Description:  Nature of religion; existence and nature of God; religion and meaning, values and knowledge.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  two courses from Tier One, Individuals and Societies (INDV 101, 102, 103, 104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Identical to:  PHIL 233; PHIL is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RELI 245 -- Existential Problems  (3 units)
Description:  Exploration of central problems of the human condition, such as meaning of life; death; self-deception; authenticity, integrity and responsibility; guilt and shame; love and sexuality.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  PHIL 245; PHIL is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

RELI 250 -- Religion and Culture in the Southwest  (3 units)
Description:  An introduction to the relationship and various forms of religion and culture in the Southwest.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Humanities.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RELI 255 -- Early Roots of Christianity  (3 units)
Description:  Origins of Christian Culture in the Art, Literature, and Philosophy in the Ancient Near Eastern and Mediterranean Cultures.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

RELI 271 -- The History of Christianity  (3 units)
Description:  The history of Christianity is presented with its many shifts, shadows and differing stages, from the Apostle's Council in 48, through Vatican II (1962-65).
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  HIST 271; HIST is home department.
Usually offered:  Summer.

RELI 277A -- History of the Middle East  (3 units)
Description:  Middle East history from the rise of Islam to the Turkish conquest of Constantinople, 600-1453.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Humanities.
Identical to:  NES 277A; NES is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RELI 300 -- Christian Literature and Thought  (3 units)
Description:  Development of Christian thought from the New Testament through the Protestant Reformation.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the Mid-Career Writing Assessment (MCWA) or the former upper-division writing proficiency requirement (UDWPE); two courses from Tier One, Traditions and Cultures (TRAD 101,102,103,104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Humanities.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 301 -- Catholic Thought in the 20th Century  (3 units)
Description:  Development of Roman Catholic thought beginning with the neo-Thomistic revival under Pope Leo XIII and stressing the documents and theology of the Second Vatican Council.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the Mid-Career Writing Assessment (MCWA) or the former upper-division writing proficiency requirement (UDWPE).
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 304 -- The Question of God  (3 units)
Description:  Study of the question of God from a theological, philosophical, and literary perspective.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Humanities.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

RELI 305 -- Greek and Roman Religion  (3 units)
Description:  Religious beliefs and cult practices in ancient Greece and Rome. All readings in English.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  two courses from Tier One, Individuals and Societies (INDV 101, 102, 103, 104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Identical to:  CLAS 305; CLAS is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

RELI 306 -- The Transformation of Society: Christianity in the Greco-Roman World  (3 units)
Description:  Investigates the emergence of Christianity in the first four centuries of the Greco-Roman milieu.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  two courses from Tier One, Individuals and Societies (INDV 101, 102, 103, 104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Identical to:  CLAS 306; CLAS is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RELI 307 -- Spirituality in the Arts  (3 units)
Description:  Traditional and non-traditional concepts of spirituality are examined in Hopi, African-American, European, and American literature, philosophy, visual art and film.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  ENGL 103H or ENGL 104H or 6 units of 1st-year composition.
May be repeated:  for a total of 6 units of credit.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RELI 309 -- Epistles of Saint Paul  (3 units)
Description:  Examination of the religious and cultural background in the Greco-Roman world during the lifetime of St. Paul; analysis of Paul's thought in Acts and the Epistles.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  NES 309.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RELI 310 -- Apocalyptic Imagination  (3 units)
Description:  Survey of Jewish and Christian apocalyptic literature which explores the literary features and sociological significance of apocalyptic thought in Western culture from antiquity to the present.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  JUS 310; JUS is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 311 -- Voyage of Discovery  (3 units)
Description:  Small group travel (8-15) to cultural centers of Europe, Asia, and Africa to study the interaction of cultural difference as evidenced in art, architecture, and city structure.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  6 units from HUMS 250A, HUMS 250B, HUMS 250C, HUMS 250D or HUMS 355.
Usually offered:  Summer.

RELI 312 -- Christian Mysticism  (3 units)
Description:  Study of the history and contemporary understanding of Mysticism in the Christian tradition.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 320 -- Tudor-Stuart England  (3 units)
Description:  An intensive study of English history from the accession of Edward IV to the Hanoverian dynasty.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  HIST 320; HIST is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RELI 321 -- Women in Judaism  (3 units)
Description:  Images of Jewish women in Jewish and other texts. Texts include religious, historical and literary genres from biblical, medieval, and modern sources. The course will deal with Jewish women as mothers, leaders, stereotypes, and current feminist viewpoints.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  JUS 321; JUS is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 322 -- Sociology of Religion  (3 units)
Description:  Religion as a social institution with special reference to industrial societies.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  SOC 322; SOC is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

RELI 324 -- Women and Religion in the U.S.  (3 units)
Description:  Considers the place of women in multicultural U.S. society by placing them in historical perspective with regard to religious communities. Pursues historical encounters between women and their religions.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  W S 324.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

RELI 327 -- Women and Christianity  (3 units)
Description:  Explores the relationship of women and Christianity in history and literature. Examines multiple images and ideals of womanhood in Christian history; women's influence in shaping cultures and thought; feminism and fundamentalism in Christianity.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
May be repeated:  for credit 1 time (maximum 2 enrollments).
Identical to:  W S 327.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

RELI 329 -- Jewish--Christian Relations  (3 units)
Description:  Explores the parallel and intersecting paths that both Jewish and Christian communities have taken toward theologies of self-identity.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Identical to:  JUS 329; JUS is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 332 -- Jewish Response to the Holocaust  (3 units)
Description:  This course examines the impact of the Holocaust on contemporary Jewish thought. The methodology of the course is interpretive and historical. In the course, students will explore theological and philosophical texts, Holocaust narrative and film, in order to understand the role of the Holocaust in Jewish history. However, the course will not focus on the historical events of the Holocaust. Instead, the course will be arranged thematically into three sections: The introductory section examines the anti-Semitism of the Holocaust in the context of the antagonistic relationship between Judaism and Christianity throughout history.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Identical to:  JUS 332; JUS is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RELI 333 -- Buddhist Meditation Traditions  (3 units)
Description:  Major forms of Buddhist meditation from both the South Asian and East Asian traditions, with emphasis on the nature of meditation as a variety of religious experience.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Approved as:  General Education Diversity Emphasis.
Identical to:  EAS 333; EAS is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RELI 334 -- Islamic Thought  (3 units)
Description:  A consideration of Islam, one of the world's major religions, and the view of the universe and the modes of behavior and values it advocates. Most of the course will be dedicated to an examination of the majority (Sunni) opinion, but some attention will be directed also to the more significant minority (Shi'i, et al.) positions as well. The course has no prerequisite but does build on the information presented in TRAD 101 Middle Eastern Humanities.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Approved as:  General Education Diversity Emphasis.
Identical to:  NES 334; NES is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 335 -- Rap, Culture and God  (3 units)
Description:  Study of popular culture and religion in African-American and Latino/a communities, with a focus on the place of rap music in the cultural identity of these traditions.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Identical to:  AFAS 335, LA S 335.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 340 -- Jesus in Contemporary Thought  (3 units)
Description:  Survey of present thinking about the meaning of Jesus, including humanistic, Jewish, and various Christian interpretations.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RELI 344 -- African American Religion  (3 units)
Description:  Critical, thematic exegesis of indigenous African and Christian contributions to African American religions. Analyzes role of religion in resisting oppression and racial injustice.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special exam:  course may be taken by special exam for credit and grade.
Identical to:  AFAS 344; AFAS is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

RELI 348 -- Myth and Archetype  (3 units)
Description:  An investigation of modern psychological theories and their relevance to ancient Greek and Roman myths. All readings in English.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Prerequisite(s):  CLAS 126.
Identical to:  CLAS 348; CLAS is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

RELI 350 -- Hindu Mythology  (3 units)
Description:  Overview of the traditional Hindu myths. Topics from Vedic, Epic, Puranic and other religious sources; their influence upon culture, philosophy, literature, and folklore.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Approved as:  General Education Diversity Emphasis.
Identical to:  EAS 350; EAS is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring, Summer.

RELI 361 -- Celtic Spirituality  (3 units)
Description:  Concentrating mostly on early Celtic Christianity and its later struggles with Roman Christianity, this class examines art, literature and theology from the myths of the ancient Celts to the revivals of the present day.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Prerequisite(s):  ENGL 101, ENGL 102.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

RELI 370A -- History of the Jews: Modern Jewish History  (3 units)
Description:  Survey of major political, socioeconomic, and cultural developments in the history of Diaspora Jewry: Modern Jewish history.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Approved as:  General Education Diversity Emphasis.
Identical to:  JUS 370A; JUS is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

RELI 370B -- History of the Jews: The Jew in the Medieval World (to the 17th Century)  (3 units)
Description:  Survey of major political, socioeconomic, and cultural developments in the history of Diaspora Jewry: the Jew in the medieval world (to the 17th century).
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Approved as:  General Education Diversity Emphasis.
Identical to:  JUS 370B; JUS is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

RELI 372A -- History and Religion of Israel in Ancient Times -- The Biblical Period  (3 units)
Description:  Survey of the history and religion of ancient Israel. Biblical period through the Babylonian Exile; introduction to the Hebrew Bible.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  two courses from Tier One, Traditions and Cultures (TRAD 101,102,103,104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Humanities.
Approved as:  General Education Diversity Emphasis.
Identical to:  JUS 372A; JUS is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RELI 372B -- History & Religion of Israel in Ancient Times: Ezra-Nehemiah to the Roman Empire  (3 units)
Description:  Survey of the history and religion of ancient Israel. Ezra-Nehemiah to the Roman Empire, with emphasis on the formation of rabbinic Judaism.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  two courses from Tier One, Traditions and Cultures (TRAD 101,102,103,104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Humanities.
Approved as:  General Education Diversity Emphasis.
Identical to:  JUS 372B; JUS is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 374 -- The Holocaust  (3 units)
Description:  Socio-economic and intellectual roots of modern anti-Semitism, evolution of Nazi policy, the world of death camps, responses of Axis and Allied governments, and responses of the Jews.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  HIST 374; HIST is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 379 -- Religion in German Culture  (3 units)
Description:  Introduction to major cultural figures of German speaking countries who have seen, imagined, or experienced what role religion may or can play in human life. Taught in English.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  two courses from Tier One, Traditions and Cultures (TRAD 101,102,103,104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Humanities.
Identical to:  GER 379; GER is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

RELI 381 -- African/Indigenous Religions  (3 units)
Description:  This course examines religious beliefs in Africa in order to illuminate connections between religion and culture on that continent, and to examine the relationship between religio-culture and the socio-economic and political forces that shape contemporary African societies.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Humanities.
Approved as:  General Education Diversity Emphasis.
Identical to:  AFAS 381; AFAS is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 382 -- Archaeology and the Bible  (3 units)
Description:  Focuses on the relationship between archaeological investigations and the study of the Bible. In combination with a discussion of how archaeology can assist in reconstructing many aspects of the cultural and social milieu of the Bible, this course will survey major discoveries which illuminate the Bible.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  JUS 382; JUS is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 387 -- The History of Anti-Semitism  (3 units)
Description:  This course examines various definitions of anti-Semitism and traces the history of anti-Semitism (or “anti-Judaism”) from the earliest arguments between Christianizing Jews and Judaizing Christians to the birth of Islam, through the period of Muslim expansion and the Crusades, to the Middle Ages, the Enlightenment, and the Holocaust. It looks at the differences among various types of Christian anti-Semitism, Muslim anti-Semitism, and Jewish anti-Semitism, and concludes with a look at contemporary forms of anti-Semitism.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  JUS 387; JUS is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

RELI 395A -- Special Topics in Religion and Pop Culture  (1-3 units)
Description:  This course is a study of popular culture and religion in African-American and Latino/a communities, with a focus on the place of rap music in the cultural identity of these traditions. The discussions will begin with a study of some major themes in cultural studies concerning identity, class, race and gender in addition to a study of the role of religion in Black and Latino/a communities. The approaches and self-understandings of identity and culture in rap music with special attention to the voices of protest, resistance, and spirituality among rap artists will be considered critically.
Grading:  Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Students may not receive credit for both RELI 335 and RELI 395A.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

RELI 395B -- Introduction to Hinduism  (3 units)
Temporary course:  offered during Fall 2007 only.
Description:  This colloquium will introduce the student to the religious, social and philosophical practices of Hinduism. We will examine the systems of belief of the ancient Hindu world through the major texts of the tradition (The Mahabharata and The Bhagavad Gita), the major deities of Hinduism and look at the interconnection of the religious ideas and practices and their social and cultural context. The first part of the course will look at primary scriptural texts (The Vedas and Upanishads). We will proceed from there to a study of the medieval epic literature (The Ramayana and Mahabharata and the Gita) as well as the study of the gods and goddesses and conclude with a study of Hindu philosophy.
Grading:  Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.

RELI 399 -- Independent Study  (1-4 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

RELI 399H -- Honors Independent Study  (1-3 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

RELI 405A -- Medieval Europe  (3 units)
Description:  Major institutions and trends in Europe from the breakup of the Roman World to the 14th century.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Equivalent to:  HSTV405A
Mutually Exclusive: Credit allowed for only one of these courses: RELI 405A or HSTV 405A
Prerequisite(s):  3 units of lower-division European history. HIST 405A is not prerequisite to HIST 405B.
Identical to:  HIST 405A; HIST is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RELI 405B -- Medieval Europe  (3 units)
Description:  Major institutions and trends in Europe from the breakup of the Roman World to the 14th century.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  3 units of lower-division European history. HIST 405A is not prerequisite to HIST 405B.
Identical to:  HIST 405B; HIST is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 407A -- Intellectual History of Medieval Europe: High Medieval Europe  (3 units)
Description:  Major medieval cultural and intellectual trends: High Medieval Europe.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  3 units of lower-division European history. HIST 407A is not prerequisite to HIST 407B.
Identical to:  HIST 407A; HIST is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RELI 408 -- The Renaissance  (3 units)
Description:  Europe between the 14th and 16th centuries with special emphasis on Italy as the seat of the Renaissance. Topics include the city states, humanism, the Church in an age of Schism and secularization, Renaissance art, the New Monarchies and European exploration and imperialism.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  3 units of European history.
Identical to:  HIST 408; HIST is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RELI 409 -- The Reformation  (3 units)
Description:  The Reformation in thought and action both from the perspective of its religious origins and of the political and social conditions. Analysis of its impact on sixteenth century Europe including the spread of Protestant reformation and its companion movement, counter-reformation.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Equivalent to:  HSTV409
Mutually Exclusive: Credit allowed for only one of these courses: RELI 409 or HSTV 409
Identical to:  HIST 409; HIST is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 410 -- History of Hell in Early Europe  (3 units)
Description:  The concept of punishment after death in Western Europe from the Bible to Dante. Includes the Hebrew, Greco-Roman, Germanic, and Christian traditions.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  3 units of European history.
Identical to:  HIST 410; HIST is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 411 -- Anthropology of Religion  (3 units)
Description:  Comparative approaches to the study of religion, systems of ritual and symbolization in the primitive world, shamanism and possession, religious movements, and religion in the modern world.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Equivalent to:  ANTV411
Mutually Exclusive: Credit allowed for only one of these courses: RELI 411 or ANTV 411
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the Mid-Career Writing Assessment (MCWA) or the former upper-division writing proficiency requirement (UDWPE).
Identical to:  ANTH 411; ANTH is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RELI 420 -- Studies in the Bible as Literature  (3 units)
Description:  Both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible as literature, legendary and historical narratives, and poetry.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  completion of Freshman Composition Sequence.
Identical to:  ENGL 420; ENGL is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 425 -- Theoretical Issues in the Study of Women and Religion  (3 units)
Description:  The study of women and religion, including religious symbols and rituals; women's constraint and empowerment through religion; reading and writing cultures; women, religion and cross-cultural contact; women, religion and social change.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  W S 425.
May be convened with:  RELI 525.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 435 -- Jewish Mysticism  (3 units)
Description:  Surveys the ideology, symbolism, and major themes of Jewish mysticism as evidenced in several prominent mystical texts. The core of this course will be reading the texts in English translation and the development of skills in reading and understanding a Jewish mystical text.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  JUS 435; JUS is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 436 -- Scientific and Ethical Aspects of Modifying Human Behavior  (3 units)
Description:  Scientific and Ethical Aspects of Modifying Human Behavior. Modern chemistry, biology and medicine in conjunction with the neuroscience revolution are providing tools which can modify basic human behaviors (learning, addictive, aggressive, feeding, etc.). An examination of the scientific, cultural, religious and ethical issues related to this emerging science will be examined. Basic knowledge of chemistry and biology (two years of each) and of social sciences (psychology, philosophy, religious studies, etc.) are useful prerequisites or consent of instructor.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  CHEM 436; CHEM is home department.
May be convened with:  RELI 536.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 438 -- The Book of Psalms  (3 units)
Description:  The characteristic features of Hebrew poetry. The literary development of these writings and their function in the Israelite cult. Examples of biblical poetry outside the book of Psalms also considered.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  JUS 438; JUS is home department.
May be convened with:  RELI 538.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RELI 444 -- Islamic Mysticism  (3 units)
Description:  Origin and development of Sufism and its impact on Muslim and non-Muslim worlds.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  NES 444; NES is home department.
May be convened with:  RELI 544.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 454 -- The Spanish Inquisition  (3 units)
Description:  The Inquisition in Spanish, European, & ethnic history: it's bureaucracy and procedures; it's festivities, it's victims, New and Old Christians; and witches. Social, economic, and demographic context.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Typical structure:  2 hours lecture, 1 hour discussion.
Identical to:  HIST 454; HIST is home department.
May be convened with:  RELI 554.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

RELI 460 -- Protestant Theology in the Nineteenth Century: From Schleiermacher to WWI  (3 units)
Description:  This class will include the critique of religion proffered by figures such as Friedrich Nietzsche and Ludwig Feuerbach, and will explore the major traditions of both Anglo-American Protestant theology as well as German Protestant theology. Covering such developments as the Oxford Movement and systematic theology, this class will concentrate on reading and discussion of selected primary texts that are placed into a historical and social context of the development of theological and philosophical ideas.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

RELI 465 -- Rational Theology: Responses to the Problem of Faith and Reason  (3 units)
Description:  An examination of the debates and arguments within religious philosophy, theology and music theory surrounding the rational project between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Prerequisite(s):  ENGL 101 or ENGL 102.
May be convened with:  RELI 565.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

RELI 483 -- Confucianism: The Classical Period  (3 units)
Description:  contact department.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the Mid-Career Writing Assessment (MCWA) or the former upper-division writing proficiency requirement (UDWPE).
Approved as:  General Education Diversity Emphasis.
Identical to:  CHN 483; CHN is home department.
May be convened with:  RELI 583.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RELI 484A -- History of East Asian Buddhism  (3 units)
Description:  Buddhism in China, Korea and Japan with emphasis on the relationship between East Asian Buddhist thought and practice and the various historical contexts in which they emerged.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Approved as:  General Education Diversity Emphasis.
Identical to:  EAS 484A; EAS is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RELI 484B -- History of East Asian Buddhism  (3 units)
Description:  Buddhism in China, Korea and Japan with emphasis on the relationship between East Asian Buddhist thought and practice and the various historical contexts in which they emerged.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Approved as:  General Education Diversity Emphasis.
Identical to:  EAS 484B; EAS is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 485 -- History of Japanese Religions: Ancient  (3 units)
Description:  A selective survey of Japanese religious history from earliest times through the 11th century. Topics covered may include prehistoric religions; the development of Shinto; Nara-period state Buddhism; tantric Buddhism in the Heian period; and spirit possession and exorcism.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Approved as:  General Education Diversity Emphasis.
Identical to:  JPN 485; JPN is home department.
May be convened with:  RELI 585.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RELI 486 -- History of Japanese Religions: Medieval  (3 units)
Description:  Selective survey of the history of religions in Japan from the 11th century through the 16th. Topics covered may include the medieval worldview; apocalyptic thought and related practices; Pure Land Buddhism; Zen; and proselytization and religious competition in medieval Japan.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Approved as:  General Education Diversity Emphasis.
Identical to:  JPN 486; JPN is home department.
May be convened with:  RELI 586.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

RELI 488 -- History of Byzantium  (3 units)
Description:  Political,social and cultural history of Byzantium from A.D. 325 to1453, including the Byzantine legacy in Europe and the Middle East.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  HIST 488; HIST is home department.
May be convened with:  RELI 588.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 489 -- History of Japanese Religions: Modern  (3 units)
Description:  A selective survey of the history of Japanese religion from the 16th century through the present. Topics may include Shinto and Buddhism; Christianity and its suppression; Edo-period official and popular religion; State Shinto; and Japan's "new religions" and "new new religions."
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Approved as:  General Education Diversity Emphasis.
Typical structure:  1 hour discussion, 2 hours lecture.
Identical to:  JPN 489; JPN is home department.
May be convened with:  RELI 589.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

RELI 490 -- Indian Religions and Spirituality  (3 units)
Description:  Examines the positive (curing, harmony with the natural world, etc.) aspects of Indian religions. Indian medicine men may participate in the course at various junctures.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Identical to:  AIS 490; AIS is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

RELI 496G -- Islamic Law and Society  (3 units)
Description:  This course focuses on Islamic Law and Society, topics such as the life and teachings of Muhammad, political and theological controversies, and the classical tradition of Islam.
Grading:  Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.
Identical to:  NES 496G; NES is home department.
May be convened with:  RELI 596G.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 496W -- Feminist Approaches in the Bible  (3 units)
Description:  The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers.
Grading:  Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.
Identical to:  JUS 496W; JUS is home department.
May be convened with:  RELI 596W.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 498 -- Senior Capstone  (1-3 units)
Description:  A culminating experience for majors involving a substantive project that demonstrates a synthesis of learning accumulated in the major, including broadly comprehensive knowledge of the discipline and its methodologies. Senior standing required.
Grading:  Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

RELI 498H -- Honors Thesis  (3 units)
Description:  An honors thesis is required of all the students graduating with honors. Students ordinarily sign up for this course as a two-semester sequence. The first semester the student performs research under the supervision of a faculty member; the second semester the student writes an honors thesis.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be repeated:  for a total of 9 units of credit.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

RELI 499 -- Independent Study  (1-5 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

RELI 499H -- Honors Independent Study  (3 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

RELI 525 -- Theoretical Issues in the Study of Women and Religion  (3 units)
Description:  The study of women and religion, including religious symbols and rituals; women's constraint and empowerment through religion; reading and writing cultures; women, religion and cross-cultural contact; women, religion and social change. Graduate-level requirements include a longer writing project, and an additional class presentation.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  W S 525.
May be convened with:  RELI 425.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 536 -- Scientific and Ethical Aspects of Modifying Human Behavior  (3 units)
Description:  Scientific and Ethical Aspects of Modifying Human Behavior. Modern chemistry, biology and medicine in conjunction with the neuroscience revolution are providing tools which can modify basic human behaviors (learning, addictive, aggressive, feeding, etc.). An examination of the scientific, cultural, religious and ethical issues related to this emerging science will be examined. Basic knowledge of chemistry and biology (two years of each) and of social sciences (psychology, philosophy, religious studies, etc.) are useful prerequisites or consent of instructor. Graduate-level requirements include a more extensive term paper.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  CHEM 536; CHEM is home department.
May be convened with:  RELI 436.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 538 -- The Book of Psalms  (3 units)
Description:  The characteristic features of Hebrew poetry. The literary development of these writings and their function in the Israelite cult. Examples of biblical poetry outside the book of Psalms also considered. Graduate-level requirements include additional readings and a substantial research paper.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  JUS 538; JUS is home department.
May be convened with:  RELI 438.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RELI 544 -- Islamic Mysticism  (3 units)
Description:  Origin and development of Sufism and its impact on Muslim and non-Muslim worlds.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  NES 544; NES is home department.
May be convened with:  RELI 444.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 554 -- The Spanish Inquisition  (3 units)
Description:  The Inquisition in Spanish, European, & ethnic history: it's bureaucracy and procedures; it's festivities, it's victims, New and Old Christians; and witches. Social, economic, and demographic context. Graduate-level requirements include graduate students studying more deeply the economic, social and demographic context of the Inquisition, through more scholarly reading, discussion and writing.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Typical structure:  2 hours lecture, 1 hour discussion.
Identical to:  HIST 554; HIST is home department.
May be convened with:  RELI 454.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

RELI 565 -- Rational Theology: Responses to the Problem of Faith and Reason  (3 units)
Description:  An examination of the debates and arguments within religious philosophy, theology and music theory surrounding the rational project between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries. Graduate-level requirements include for students to write an independent research project. Separate meetings will be arranged with graduates on a supplementary bibliography of recent work will be used.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be convened with:  RELI 465.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

RELI 583 -- Confucianism: The Classical Period  (3 units)
Description:  contact department.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  CHN 583; CHN is home department.
May be convened with:  RELI 483.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RELI 585 -- History of Japanese Religions: Ancient  (3 units)
Description:  A selective survey of Japanese religious history from earliest times through the 11th century. Topics covered may include prehistoric religions; the development of Shinto; Nara-period state Buddhism; tantric Buddhism in the Heian period; and spirit possession and exorcism. Graduate-level requirements include oral presentations and longer, more in-depth papers.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  JPN 585; JPN is home department.
May be convened with:  RELI 485.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RELI 586 -- History of Japanese Religions: Medieval  (3 units)
Description:  Selective survey of the history of religions in Japan from the 11th century through the 16th. Topics covered may include the medieval worldview; apocalyptic thought and related practices; Pure Land Buddhism; Zen; and proselytization and religious competition in medieval Japan. Graduate-level requirements include oral presentations and longer, more in-depth papers.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  JPN 586; JPN is home department.
May be convened with:  RELI 486.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

RELI 588 -- History of Byzantium  (3 units)
Description:  Political,social and cultural history of Byzantium from A.D. 325 to1453, including the Byzantine legacy in Europe and the Middle East. Graduate-level requirements include an additional term paper.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  HIST 588; HIST is home department.
May be convened with:  RELI 488.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 589 -- History of Japanese Religions: Modern  (3 units)
Description:  A selective survey of the history of Japanese religion from the 16th century through the present. Topics may include Shinto and Buddhism; Christianity and its suppression; Edo-period official and popular religion; State Shinto; and Japan's "new religions" and "new new religions." Graduate-level requirements include oral presentations and longer, more in-depth papers.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Typical structure:  1 hour discussion, 2 hours lecture.
Identical to:  JPN 589; JPN is home department.
May be convened with:  RELI 489.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

RELI 596G -- Islamic Law and Society  (3 units)
Description:  This course focuses on Islamic Law and Society, topics such as the life and teachings of Muhammad, political and theological controversies, and the classical tradition of Islam. Graduate-level requirements include at least one in-class presentation of the assigned readings for the week, including distribution of an outline and active leading of subsequent discussion.
Grading:  Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.
Identical to:  NES 596G; NES is home department.
May be convened with:  RELI 496G.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 596W -- Feminist Approaches in the Bible  (3 units)
Description:  The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers.
Grading:  Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.
Identical to:  JUS 596W; JUS is home department.
May be convened with:  RELI 496W.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 599 -- Independent Study  (1-3 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

RELI 697M -- Freedom of Religion  (1 unit)
Description:  Issues may include issues of school prayer, vouchers for attendance at religious institutions, governmental display of religious symbols, such as Nativity Scenes and Tables of the Ten Commandments, government support of religious instruction, government limitation on religious clothing, use of otherwise illegal substances as part of religious observances.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  LAW 697M; LAW is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.