Please note that the following list consists of all Religious Studies courses offered. To find courses offered during the current semester, see: https://uwm.edu/religiousstudies/undergraduate-programs/current-courses/.
For other semesters, see https://www4.uwm.edu/schedule/.
Basic concepts of world religions; broad overview of various religious traditions in ancient and modern configurations.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: HU
Last Taught: Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018.
Anishinaabe philosophical and religious beliefs incorporating botanical knowledge.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: CD
Course Rules: AIS 106 & ReligSt 106 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Specific humanities topics are announced in the Schedule of Classes each time the class is offered.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: HU
Course Rules: Open only to freshmen. Students may earn cr in just one L&S First-Year Sem Course (course numbers 192, 193, 194).
Last Taught: Fall 2010.
Specific social science topics are announced in the Schedule of Classes each time the class is offered.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: SS
Course Rules: Open only to freshmen. Students may earn cr in just one L&S First-Year Sem Course (course numbers 192, 193, 194).
Independent work under supervision of faculty or academic staff member. For further information, consult dept chair.
Prerequisites: 2.0 GPA; consent of instructor, department chair, and Assistant Dean for Student Academic Services.
Course Rules: Retakable to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2019, Spring 2019.
Using historical evidence (written texts, material remains) to examine religion and social organization in ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Israel/Canaan, Minoan Crete, Mycenaean and archaic Greece.
Prerequisites: none.
Focus on a particular religion or religious issue.
Prerequisites: Retakable w/chg in topic to 9 cr max.
General Education Requirements: OWCB
Last Taught: Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2012, Spring 2011.
Application of basic principles of Religious Studies in business, organizational, educational, political, or other appropriate setting.
Prerequisites: jr st; 2.50 gpa; cons supervising faculty member
Course Rules: One cr earned for academic work based on 40 hrs in internship. Retakable to 6 cr max.
Undergraduate research participation in a project developed with a supervising member of the faculty or staff.
Prerequisites: acceptance to UROP; prior or conc reg in UROP seminar.
Course Rules: One credit for 45 hours research. Retakable to 9 cr max in any combination of UROP apprenticeship courses. Not open to jrs & srs.
Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored program before course work levels, content, and credits are determined and/or in specially prepared program course work.
Prerequisites: acceptance for Study Abroad Program
Course Rules: Retakable w/chg in topic.
Last Taught: Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018.
Course created expressly for offering in a specified enrollment period. Requires only dept and assoc dean approval. In exceptional circumstances, can be offered in one add'l semester.
Prerequisites: none. Additional prereqs may be assigned to specific topic.
Course Rules: Retakable w/chg in topic.
The early Christian period: what people believed and why; how Christianity was understood, practiced, and integrated into people's lives. Emergence from, contact with other religious cultures.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Course Rules: No cr for students w/cr in Hist 370 w/same topic.
Advanced study of a particular religion or religious issue.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Course Rules: Retakable w/chg in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015.
Anthropological theories of religion covering magic and witchcraft, moral order, sacred and profane, alienation, capitalism, neurosis, ritual, fetishism, fundamentalism, conversion, sacrifice, and healing.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Course Rules: Anthro 351 & ReligSt 351 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Folk beliefs of the past thousand years, including medieval folk epics, fairy tales, and legends; impact of ancient pagan beliefs on contemporary Slavic cultures. Counts as repeat of Russian 391 w/same topic. ReligSt 361 & Russian 361 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another. Prereq: jr st.
Prerequisites: HU, OWCB
Last Taught: Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017.
Critical inquiry into the questions of and about religion: what is religion, and how do we study it?
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2015, Fall 2014.
Religious practices and values of six major world religions are examined in order to promote understanding and cooperation within a diverse community.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Spring 2017.
Application of basic principles of Religious Studies in business, organizational, educational, political, or other appropriate setting.
Prerequisites: jr st; 2.50 gpa; cons supervising faculty member.
Course Rules: One cr earned for academic work based on 40 hrs in internship. Retakable to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2016, Spring 2015.
Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored program before course work level, content, and credits are determined and/or in specially prepared program course work.
Prerequisites: jr st; acceptance for Study Abroad Prog.
Course Rules: Retakable w/chg in topic.
Last Taught: Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2014, Summer 2013.
Course created expressly for offering in a specified enrollment period. Requires only dept and assoc dean approval. In exceptional circumstances, can be offered in one add'l sem.
Prerequisites: jr st, add'l prereqs may be assigned to specific topic.
Course Rules: Retakable w/chg in topic.
Seminar on religious directives for giving in historical and cross-cultural perspective, including Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, and Jewish ideas of charity, philanthropy, and social welfare.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Course Rules: Anthro 544 & ReligSt 544 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Advanced level independent work under the supervision of ReligSt faculty or academic staff member.
Prerequisites: jr st; 2.0 GPA; consent of instructor, department chair, and Assistant Dean for Student Academic Services.
Course Rules: Retakable w/chg in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018.