The Religious Studies Program
University of Missouri-Kansas City

Courses

Core Courses - Core courses are given at the doctoral level, and are required for all students with Religious Studies as either their Coordinating or Co-Discipline.

Electives - continued:

• RelSt 5510 (3)
  Religious Traditions of the World
• RelSt 5584 (3)
  Sacred Texts and Narratives  
• RelSt 5586 (3)
  Methodological Approaches to the Study of Religion
• RelSt 5680 (3)
  Doctoral Colloquium
  
   

Elective Courses - Elective courses are offered on an irregular basis, and often reflect the research interests and strengths of core faculty. Please see the UMKC catalog for current course offerings.

• RelSt 400/500 (3)  Special Topics in Religious Studies: Topic Examples:
  *Advanced Sociology of Religion
  *Religious Fundamentalisms in Comparative
    Perspective
  *Religion and Emotion
• RelSt 401/5501
  Religion in America 
• RelSt 403/5503
  Visions, Dreams and Prophesies
• RelSt 404/5504
  Gender and Religion
• RelSt 492/5592
  Cults, Sects and New Religious Movements

• RelSt 493/593
  Sex and Religion
• RelSt 467/5567 (3)
  A Socio-History of Myth and Ritual
• RelSt 479/5579 (3)
  Mysticism: East and West
• RelSt 494/5594 (3)
  Death in History of Religion
• RelSt 495/5595 (3)
  Time and Space in the History of Religions
• RelSt 496/5596 (3)
  The Body in The History of Religion
• RelSt 5587 (3)
  Research Seminar
• RelSt 597 (1-6)
  Seminar in the History of Religions

Other Doctoral Courses:

• RelSt 587 (3)
  Doctoral Research Seminar 
• RelSt 597 (1-6)
  Doctoral-level Independent Readings
• RelSt 5699 (1-15)
  Doctoral Dissertation