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IAH 211C - Area Studies and Multicultural Civilizations: The Americas (D)

Arts and humanities of the Americas: literature, visual arts, music, religion and philosophy presented in historical context. Selected regions, cultures, and themes. Variable by term.

Average Grade - 3.536
Median Grade - 4.0
2605 total students

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REL 101 - Exploring Religion

Religion and religions as historical phenomena. Non-textual and textual religions. Theories of the origins and functions of religion. Exemplary voices from various traditions examined in their historical and doctrinal settings.

Average Grade - 3.753
Median Grade - 4.0
302 total students

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REL 205 - Myth, Self, and Religion

The mythic quest for meaning, identity, value, and transcendence as seen through religious biography and literary narrative. Myth in relation to religious symbols and life-cycle rituals. Cross-cultural perspective on religious world views and the interpretation of myth as sacred narrative.

Average Grade - 4.000
Median Grade - 4.0
14 total students

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REL 210 - Religion and the Environment

Global perspectives on religion and the environment, with U.S. emphasis. Focus on places, beliefs, practices, and conflicts. Field trips required.

Average Grade - 3.919
Median Grade - 4.0
37 total students

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REL 220 - Religion in America

History, themes and issues of religions in America from precolonial times to the present.

Average Grade - 3.910
Median Grade - 4.0
472 total students

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REL 306 - Native American Religions

Indigenous forms of spirituality among the Native American peoples. Materials from myth, ritual, ceremonial life, and art as ways of obtaining and sharing religious knowledge. Pervasive spiritual and cosmological themes.

Average Grade - 3.940
Median Grade - 4.0
172 total students

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REL 340 - Hinduism

Historical, philosophical and doctrinal development. Vedic Sacrifice, Upanishads, Samkhya-Yoga and Vedanta, Vaishnavism, Shaivism, Shaktism, and modern Hinduism.

Average Grade - 4.000
Median Grade - 4.0
24 total students

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REL 385 - Religion, Health, and Healthcare

Religion, health, and illness, and responses to them in health care professions, faith communities, and the broader society. Topics may include religion and interpretations of embodiment or suffering; challenges of religious diversity to health care professionals; and the "religiosity" of secular science, medicine, and public health, which are partially shaped by their own myths, rituals, and symbols.

Average Grade - 3.742
Median Grade - 4.0
34 total students

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SSC 293 - Introduction to Asian Pacific American Studies

Issues that define the study of Asian Pacific American communities, including Asian Pacific American history, immigration, psychology, literature, family, women's issues, activism politics, and community.

Average Grade - 3.833
Median Grade - 4.0
22 total students

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