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BA in Religion Credit Distribution

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Learner Designed Area of Study (LDAS)

Subject Category	Credits
I. General Education Requirements	60
A. English Composition	6
B. Humanities	12
Introduction to Philosophy	(3)
Other Humanities	(9)
Must include at least two subject areas
C. Social Sciences	12
Must include at least two subject areas
D. Natural Sciences and Mathematics	12
One college-level mathematics course required	(3)
One computer science course recommended	(3)
Other natural sciences/mathematics	(6)
Must include at least two subject areas
E. General Education Electives	18
II. Area of Study: Religion	33
A. Required Courses	6
Religions of the World (3 credits) OR Comparative Religion (3 credits)	(3)
Philosophy of Religion	(3)
B. Religion Electives* LIB-495 Liberal Arts Capstone strongly recommended Buddhist Thought Confucianism Contemporary Religious Thought Death and Dying: Religious Perspectives Dogmatics Foundations of Mystical Experience Heresy and Heterodoxy History of Western Religion Islamic Religious Thought Jesus in Synoptic Gospels Judaism and Early Christian Thought Meditation in Eastern Tradition New Testament Old Testament Pauline Epistles Problem of Suffering in Biblical Tradition Religion and Culture Religion and Moral Issues Religion and Social Change Religion in America Religion of North American Indians Systems of Religious Thought Taoism The Holocaust: Religious Perspectives The Upanishads The Vedas Theologies of Hope Women Reformers in American Religion	27
C. Corollary Requirements
(In addition to the 33 credits required in the area of study)
Introduction to Philosophy
C. Requirements
Courses transferred to Thomas Edison State College are equated to the following levels: 100, 200, 300 or 400. A minimum of 18 credits equating to 300 or 400 are required.
III. Free Electives	27
Total	120

*This list is a guide. Other religion courses may be appropriate for this area of study.

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