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Dec 21, 2024
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REL 105 - Introduction to Religion
Last Date of Approval: Spring 2021
3 Credits
Total Lecture Hours: 45
Total Lab Hours: 0
Total Clinical Hours: 0
Total Work-Based Experience Hours: 0
Course Description:
This course examines various ways in which religion has been a social force in world cultures. A study is made of various religious answers to the ultimate questions posed by human life, including ideas about what is good or bad. Students will gain knowledge about major world religions. This course prepares students for careers that require cultural awareness and global perspectives.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: None
Mode(s) of Instruction: traditional/face-to-face, virtual, and/or online
Credit for Prior Learning: There are no Credit for Prior Learning opportunities for this course.
Course Fees: None
Common Course Assessment(s): None
Student Learning Outcomes and Objectives:
- Be able to describe an awareness of, and make a comparison among, certain world religions’ beliefs and rituals.
- Be able to describe the historical and cultural background out of which certain world religions grew and exist today.
- Be able to describe some of diverse functions that some religions of the world provide within their respective cultures.
- Describe some of the questions and answers relating to the human condition and human motivations as they are dealt with in some of the world’s religions.
Course Objectives
- Per Instructor
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