Science and Religion
Science and religion both involve questions of knowledge: questions of what we claim to know and how we came to know it, questions of what we do not yet know and whether it can be known. At different times in history, and according to different thinkers, science's claims to knowledge have been seen as complementary to, or in competition with, or in conflict with, or simply of a wholly different kind than those of religion. The Science and Religion thread will combine the perspectives of several different disciplines on these questions of knowledge and belief, both historically and in the present.
This thread can be 9 or 18 hours.
Students must take at least one course from the 2000 level or above.
Courses in a 9-hour thread must be from a minimum of two departments. Courses in an 18-hour thread must be from a minimum of four departments.
| Required Thread Course | |
|---|---|
| IDS 1050FYW/IDS 1060/IDS 1070 Science and Religion Seminar | 4 hours |
| Select Additional Courses to Meet Thread Requirements | |
|---|---|
| ANTHR 2630 Anthropology of Religion | 4 hours |
| ENG 2260 Topics in World Literature: Religious Experience | 4 hours |
| HIST 2180 Science and Religion in Western Tradition | 4 hours |
| IDS 3280 Experiential Learning - Science/Religion Thread | 1-2 hours |
| PHIL 2050 God and Science in Medieval Christian, Jewish, and Islamic Philosophies | 3 hours |
| PHIL 2060 God and Science in Early Modern Philosophies from 1600-1899 | 3 hours |
| PHIL 2800 Mythologies Mythologies | 4 hours |
| PHIL 3210 Philosophy of Religion | 3 hours |
| PHIL 3250 Philosophy of Science | 3 hours |
| PHYS 1300 Astronomy | 4 hours |
| RELIG 4260 Christian Theology from the Enlightenment to the Mid-Twentieth Century | 3 hours |