Winter 02/Spring 03 Course Descriptions

All courses below are approved to be taught in Winter 2002 and Spring 2003; however, some (or all) may not be offered in either term.  The courses that are offered in Spring link to the Schedule of Classes.  Winter offerings are on the Winter Session site.  Classes 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.
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.
Approved as:  General Education Gender, Race, Class, Ethnicity, or Non-Western Area Studies.
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.
Identical to:  AFAS 204; AFAS is home department.
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.
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 Gender, Race, Class, Ethnicity, or Non-Western Area Studies.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Humanities.
Usually offered:  Fall.

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).
Identical to:  HIST 271; HIST is home department.
Usually offered:  Summer.

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.
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.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the Mid-Career Writing Assessment (MCWA) or the former upper-division writing.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 303 -- 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.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RELI 304 -- The Question of God  (3 units)
Description:  Study of the question of God from a theological, philosophical, and literary perspective.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Identical to:  HUMS 307; HUMS is home department.
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.
Identical to:  JUS 310; JUS is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 312 -- Christian Mysticism  (3 units)
Description:  Study of the history and contemporary understanding of Mysticism in the Christian tradition.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 315 -- Religion in Latin America  (3 units)
Description:  Study of the major ideas, beliefs, images, narratives and rituals of religion in Latin America.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Identical to:  W S 324.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

RELI 326 -- Religion and Sexuality  (3 units)
Description:  Places questions of religion and sexuality in historical perspective as well as investigating the import which issues of sexuality continue to have for religion and society.
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.
Identical to:  JUS 329; JUS is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 331 -- Taoist Traditions of China  (3 units)
Description:  Intellectual foundations of Taoism in its two classical sources, the Lao Tzu and the Chuang Tzu, and a sampling of the varieties of religious practice which developed later.
Approved as:  General Education Gender, Race, Class, Ethnicity, or Non-Western Area Studies.
Identical to:  CHN 331; CHN is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

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.
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.
Approved as:  General Education Gender, Race, Class, Ethnicity, or Non-Western Area Studies.
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.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Approved as:  General Education Gender, Race, Class, Ethnicity, or Non-Western Area Studies.
Identical to:  NES 334; NES is home department.
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.
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.
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 345 -- Hindu Religious Activities  (3 units)
Description:  Practical Hinduism through worship, rituals, and ceremonies based on Vedic, Puranic and folk traditions.
Approved as:  General Education Gender, Race, Class, Ethnicity, or Non-Western Area Studies.
Identical to:  EAS 345; EAS 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.
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.
Approved as:  General Education Gender, Race, Class, Ethnicity, or Non-Western Area Studies.
Identical to:  EAS 350; EAS is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring, Summer.

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.
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).
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.
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 Gender, Race, Class, Ethnicity, or Non-Western Area Studies.
Identical to:  JUS 372A; JUS is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RELI 372B -- History and Religion of Israel in Ancient Tim: 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.
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 Gender, Race, Class, Ethnicity, or Non-Western Area Studies.
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.
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.
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 380 -- Nature, the Great Mother and Woman  (3 units)
Description:  Interdisciplinary survey of the ancient world's woman-centered or multi-gendered belief systems, social practices, and cultural artifacts from a multi-ethnic perspective. Establishes and examines connections to contemporary literature, the arts, and theories that reconsider "woman and nature," "nature and culture".
Prerequisite(s):  3 units of HUMS 250A, HUMS 250B, HUMS 250C, HUMS 250D or HUMS 260.
Identical to:  HUMS 380; HUMS is home department.
Usually offered:  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.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Humanities.
Approved as:  General Education Gender, Race, Class, Ethnicity, or Non-Western Area Studies.
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.
Identical to:  JUS 382; JUS is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 383 -- Religion and State in Islam  (3 units)
Description:  Examines the changing relationship between Islam and politics from the time of the Prophet to the present day.
Identical to:  HIST 383; HIST is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RELI 399 -- Independent Study  (1-4 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 407B -- Intellectual History of Medieval Europe: Late Medieval/Early Modern Europe  (3 units)
Description:  Major medieval cultural and intellectual trends: Late Medieval/Early Modern Europe.
Prerequisite(s):  3 units of lower-division European history. HIST 407A is not prerequisite to HIST 407B.
Identical to:  HIST 407B; HIST is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Prerequisite(s):  upper division status.
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.
Identical to:  W S 425.
May be convened with:  RELI 525.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 430 -- Prophecy in Ancient Israel  (3 units)
Description:  Traces the origins and nature of Israelite prophecy within its ancient Near Eastern cultural context. Focus on the literary forms of Israelite and Judaic prophecy and on the philosophical issues addressed by several major prophets.
Identical to:  JUS 430; JUS is home department.
May be convened with:  RELI 530.
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.
Identical to:  JUS 435; JUS is home department.
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.
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.
Identical to:  HIST 444; HIST is home department.
May be convened with:  RELI 544.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 445 -- Hindu Mysticism  (3 units)
Description:  Introduction to the major concepts and practices of Hindu mysticism, including yoga techniques, rites, symbols, and myths.
Approved as:  General Education Gender, Race, Class, Ethnicity, or Non-Western Area Studies.
Identical to:  EAS 445; EAS is home department.
May be convened with:  RELI 545.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 450 -- Religion and Politics  (3 units)
Description:  A comparative examination of the relationship between religion and politics in the contemporary world.
Prerequisite(s):  POL 204.
Identical to:  POL 450; POL is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 454 -- Spanish Inquisition  (3 units)
Description:  The Inquisition in Spanish, European, and ethnic history; its bureaucracy and procedures; its festivities, its victims; New and Old Christians, and witches.
Identical to:  HIST 454; HIST is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RELI 455 -- Introduction to Rabbinic Literature  (3 units)
Description:  Major ethical and legal texts of rabbinic Judaism for critical understanding of the different modes of rabbinic thought and writing through study of different forms of rabbinic literature in English translation.
Identical to:  JUS 455; JUS is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 470 -- Religious History of India  (3 units)
Description:  Development of major religious traditions of South Asia: Vedic Religion, Buddhism, Jainism, Hinduism, Sikhism, and Islam.
Identical to:  HIST 470; HIST is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RELI 482A -- Archeology of the Old Testament World  (3 units)
Description:  Survey of the Bronze and Iron Age cultures of Syria-Palestine, ca. 3500-500 B.C., with emphasis on the use of archaeological materials in historical reconstruction.
Identical to:  NES 482A; NES is home department.
May be convened with:  RELI 582A.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RELI 482B -- Archeology of the Old Testament World  (3 units)
Description:  Survey of the Bronze and Iron Age cultures of Syria-Palestine, ca. 3500-500 B.C., with emphasis on the use of archaeological materials in historical reconstruction.
Identical to:  NES 482B; NES is home department.
May be convened with:  RELI 582B.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 483 -- Confucianism: The Classical Period  (3 units)
Description:  contact department.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the Mid-Career Writing Assessment (MCWA) or the former upper-division writing.
Approved as:  General Education Gender, Race, Class, Ethnicity, or Non-Western Area Studies.
Identical to:  CHN 483; CHN is home department.
May be convened with:  RELI 583.
Usually offered:  Fall.

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.
Approved as:  General Education Gender, Race, Class, Ethnicity, or Non-Western Area Studies.
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.
Approved as:  General Education Gender, Race, Class, Ethnicity, or Non-Western Area Studies.
Identical to:  JPN 486; JPN is home department.
May be convened with:  RELI 586.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 487A -- 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.
Approved as:  General Education Gender, Race, Class, Ethnicity, or Non-Western Area Studies.
Identical to:  EAS 487A; EAS is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RELI 487B -- 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.
Approved as:  General Education Gender, Race, Class, Ethnicity, or Non-Western Area Studies.
Identical to:  EAS 487B; EAS is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 488 -- History of Byzantium  (3 units)
Description:  Political, social, and cultural history of Byzantium from A.D. 325 to 1453, including the Byzantine legacy in Europe and the Middle East.
Identical to:  HIST 488; HIST is home department.
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."
Approved as:  General Education Gender, Race, Class, Ethnicity, or Non-Western Area Studies.
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.
Identical to:  AIS 490; AIS is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

RELI 496K -- Early Judaism and the Beginning of Christianity  (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.
Identical to:  JUS 496K; JUS is home department.
May be convened with:  RELI 596K.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Identical to:  W S 525.
May be convened with:  RELI 425.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 530 -- Prophecy in Ancient Israel  (3 units)
Description:  Traces the origins and nature of Israelite prophecy within its ancient Near Eastern cultural context. Focus on the literary forms of Israelite and Judaic prophecy and on the philosophical issues addressed by several major prophets. Graduate-level requirements include a substantial research paper.
Identical to:  JUS 530; JUS is home department.
May be convened with:  RELI 430.
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.
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.
Identical to:  HIST 544; HIST is home department.
May be convened with:  RELI 444.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 545 -- Hindu Mysticism  (3 units)
Description:  Introduction to the major concepts and practices of Hindu mysticism, including yoga techniques, rites, symbols, and myths. Graduate-level requirements include two research papers or reports approved by the instructor.
Identical to:  EAS 545; EAS is home department.
May be convened with:  RELI 445.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 582A -- Archeology of the Old Testament World  (3 units)
Description:  Survey of the Bronze and Iron Age cultures of Syria-Palestine, ca. 3500-500 B.C., with emphasis on the use of archaeological materials in historical reconstruction. Graduate-level requirements include a full-length research paper.
Identical to:  NES 582A; NES is home department.
May be convened with:  RELI 482A.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RELI 582B -- Archeology of the Old Testament World  (3 units)
Description:  Survey of the Bronze and Iron Age cultures of Syria-Palestine, ca. 3500-500 B.C., with emphasis on the use of archaeological materials in historical reconstruction. Graduate-level requirements include a full-length research paper.
Identical to:  NES 582B; NES is home department.
May be convened with:  RELI 482B.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RELI 583 -- Confucianism: The Classical Period  (3 units)
Description:  contact department.
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.
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.
Identical to:  JPN 586; JPN is home department.
May be convened with:  RELI 486.
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.
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 596K -- Early Judaism and the Beginning of Christianity  (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.
Identical to:  JUS 596K; JUS is home department.
May be convened with:  RELI 496K.
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.
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.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.