Intensive first-year seminar focused on specific themes and/or disciplinary perspectives. Emphasis on developing critical reading and writing skills, substantive revision, information literacy, and analytical thinking. First-year seminars are frequently organized to meet one of the disciplinary Catamount Core requirements. Topics vary by offering; periodic offering at intervals that may exceed four years.

An introduction to Jewish history, religious thought and practice, ethics, and law. Cross-listed with: JS 1500.

Introduces Christianity focusing on the plurality of Christian traditions, variations in practices and beliefs over time and space, and developments in the religion from its founding to the present. Covers topics including Christianity's relationship to pagan traditions and radical spiritualities; persistent theological dilemmas and conflicts; its historical relationship to sciences, arts, and politics; and the ways it shaped our ideas about race, colonialism, and secular modernity.

Explores the history of African American religious experiences over the past four centuries, introducing some of the core beliefs, practices, individuals, institutions, communities, relationships, and experiences that have defined Black religious life in the United States. Introduces students to the varieties of African American religious experiences from the seventeenth-century Black Atlantic world to the present. Cross-listed with: CRES 1843.

Exploration of themes involving religion and the natural environment. Credit not awarded for both REL 1700 and versions of the course offered as REL 1010 to 1029. May repeat for credit with different content. Topics vary by offering; periodic offering at intervals that may exceed four years.

Examination of major theories and methods used in studying and interpreting religious phenomena. Prerequisite: Three hours in Religion.

Variable topic course at an intermediate level, focusing on the study of Islam. Topics vary by offering; periodic offering at intervals that may exceed four years. Prerequisites: Three hours in Religion.

Study of the relationship between religion, the cultural ethos, and identity in America. Prerequisite: Three hours in Religion.

Exploration of aspects of the relationship between race and religion in the United States. May be repeated for credit with different content. Topics vary by offering; periodic offering at intervals that may exceed four years. Prerequisite: Three hours in Religion. Cross-listed with: CRES 2841.

This course is a shell course for seminars in Religion. Topics vary by offering; periodic offering at intervals that may exceed four years. Prerequisites: Nine hours in Religion.

Undergraduate student service as a teaching assistant, usually in an introductory level course in the discipline, for which credit is awarded. Offered at department discretion.

College honors thesis or other department/program honors, under the supervision of a faculty member. Offered at department discretion.