2026-2027 Course Catalog
Source: https://catalog.illinois.edu/undergraduate/las/minors/religion/ Parent: https://catalog.illinois.edu/degree-programs/undergraduate_index/
for the Undergraduate Minor in Religion
The Minor in Religion is designed to give students the opportunity either to gain a broad knowledge of a number of religious traditions or to emphasize one field in the academic study of Religion. Completion of the minor requires 6 courses selected by the student in consultation with the director of undergraduate studies.
Course List
| Code | Title | Hours |
| --- | --- | --- | | Six REL courses, at least 6 hours at the 300- or 400-level, no more than 6 hours at the 100-level | | 18 | | Total Hours | | 18 |
for the Undergraduate Minor in Religion
- Students will be able to understand and explain how global religious traditions reflect the social contexts in which they emerged, and in turn how the traditions have affected and continue to affect those societies;
- Students will be able to analyze, and interpret (in both written and oral communication) the relationship between religious traditions and other forms of human cultural and social activity, including languages, literature, arts, political and social movements;
- Students will be able to appreciate the diversity of global religious traditions and express that appreciation in activities and experiences meaningful to them.
- Students will be able to develop sound and well-formed written arguments on matters of interest to them that respond insightfully to scholarship significant to their field of study.
- Students will be able critically to assess and evaluate theories, arguments, and positions that have shaped the fields of the study of religion and individual global traditions.
for the Undergraduate Minor in Religion