UMass Boston

Current Undergraduate Students: Declare or change your minor by completing an Undergraduate Program Add/Change form.

Prospective Undergraduate Students: Apply for admission to UMass Boston by completing an application. Start by reviewing the first-year and transfer application pages for important information about requirements, deadlines, and application status checks. Use the links below to apply: 

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Critical Methods Course (3 Credits)

• RELSTY 309 - Approaches to the Study of Religion: Theory and Method in Religious Studies 3 Credit(s)

Electives (15 Credits)

Complete five courses from the list below. With departmental approval, two of the five courses may be from an allied department.

Departmental Courses

• Any RELSTY courses

Allied Department Courses

• ANTH 223G - Afro-Caribbean Religions 3 Credit(s)
• ANTH 366 - The Anthropology of Religion 3 Credit(s)
• CLSICS 271 - Paganism and Christianity 3 Credit(s)
• CLSICS 294 - Magic and Science in Greece and Rome 3 Credit(s)
• CLSICS 385 - Greek & Roman Religion 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 413 - Saints, Witches and Heretics 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 456 - Faith and Politics in Islam 3 Credit(s)
• MLLC 255L - Pacting with the Devil: The Faust Tradition 3 Credit(s)
• PSYCH 436 - Religion, Spirituality, and Health 3 Credit(s)
• SOCIOL 268 - Religion in Contemporary Society 3< Credit(s)
• WGS 345 - Gender, Religion and Politics in South Asia 3 Credit(s)

Complete 18 credits from six courses, including one critical methods course and five electives.

Pass/fail: No more than one course taken pass/fail may be applied toward the minor.
Residency: At least four courses for the minor must be taken at UMass Boston.
Course level: No more than two 100-level courses may be applied toward the minor. At least two courses must be 300-level or higher.

Jason von Ehrenkrook, PhD, Classics and Religious Studies Department Chair
McCormack Hall, 4th Floor, Room 605
617.287.6123
jason.vonehrenkrook [@] umb.edu