Asian and Pacific Studies (Minor)

Explore the rich religious traditions of Asia and Pacific with this specialized minor. Key courses consider the dialogues between Christianity and Buddhism, the diversity of religions across India, and religious experience in the development of Hawaiian society, from pre-contact to the monarchy.

Upon completion of the Asian and Pacific Religions minor, students will be able to:

Utilize the key concepts of Asian and Pacific religious worldviews in a critical reflection on integral human experience.
Engage in respectful dialogue on religious meaning in our globalized, multicultural society.
Employ Asian and Pacific moral imagination in moral reasoning and decision making that affirms and/or challenges secular and cultural values.

Pre-Minor Requirements

RE 103 World Religions
Choose one 100-Level Philosophy Course
RE 205 The Christian God and Human Experience or RE 211 The Bible as Controversy

Minor Requirements

Choose two:

RE 357 Christians and Buddhists in Dialogue
RE 359 India: Crossroads of Religions
RE 365 Introduction to Chinese Thought
RE 450 Hawaiian Oral and Religious Traditions
RE 460 Buddhism

Choose two:

RE 455
RE 461
RE 469
RE 471
RE 472
RE 480 Special Topic in Asian or Hawaiian Religions

Choose two:

AN 350 Cultures of Oceania
AN 357 East Asian Societies
HI 442 Modern China
HI 443 Pre-Modern Japan
HI 444 Modern Japan
HI 450 Pre-Modern Hawaii
HI 451 Modern Hawaii
HI 452 Pre-Modern Pacific Islands
HI 453 Modern Pacific Islands
PSY 476 Buddhist Psychology
PSY 477 Daoist Psychology
PSY 478 The Psychology of Taijiquan
PSY 479 Psychology of Zen

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