This program is available at the following locations:

• Corvallis
• Ecampus

The School of History, Philosophy, and Religion offers a minor in Religious Studies. Courses emphasize skills in critical thinking, argumentative and expository writing, cultural literacy, citizenship, and global diversity.

Minor Code: 978

Upon successful completion of the program, students will meet the following learning outcomes:

• Acquire and further develop core humanities skills of critical thinking, textual analysis, expository and persuasive writing, and organized research, that displays academic knowledge of religious studies.
• Articulate the roles of religiosity in a secular democratic society and cultivate characteristics of engaged citizenship.
• Demonstrate sufficient familiarity with three classical world religions, including knowledge of at least one religious cultural tradition outside of European/American culture.
• Utilize various disciplinary approaches – historical, literary, philosophical, religious, ethical – to articulate the concept and meaning of “religion” and the nature of its academic study.
• Apply scholarly methods to understand how religious communities address concrete issues such as environment, gender, violence, and secularity.

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Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC)

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Writing Intensive Course (WIC)

Minor Code: 978