Religious Studies and Africana Studies, BA (Boston)
Undergraduatemajor2027 catalogSocial Sciences HumanitiesBoston128 semester hours totalunverified parse — check the source
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BA Language Requirements
12 semester hours.
From the catalog
All BA students are required to complete the BA degree language requirements, for a total of 12 semester hours of language study or demonstrated equivalent proficiency, as described in Additional Requirements for BA students. Successful demonstration of proficiency does not reduce total minimum semester hours of study required to earn the BA degree.
Required Foundational Course
- PHIL 1110 — Introduction to Religious Studies
Lived Religion Elective
From the catalog
Complete one of the following courses that is not used to satisfy another requirement:
- One of:
- PHIL 1133 — Selling Spirituality
- PHIL 1220 — The Meaning of Death
- PHIL 1260 — Apocalypticism in Film
- PHIL 1271 — Sex in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
- PHIL 1280 — Islam: Rituals, Traditions, and Debates
- PHIL 1667 — Science Fiction and Film: Moral Dilemmas and Ethical Analysis
- PHIL 2390 — Cults and Sects
- One of:
- PHIL 3100 — The Religious Worlds of Boston: Faith and Devotion in Urban Life
- PHIL 3230 — Music and Religion
- PHIL 3512 — Religion, Race, and Politics
Comparative Religion Elective
From the catalog
Complete one of the following courses that is not used to satisfy another requirement:
- One of:
- PHIL 1111 — Introduction to World Religions
- PHIL 1130 — Comparative Ethics
- PHIL 1220 — The Meaning of Death
- PHIL 1271 — Sex in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
- PHIL 1275 — Hinduism, Buddhism, and Beyond
- PHIL 1290 — Chinese Philosophy and Religion
- PHIL 1667 — Science Fiction and Film: Moral Dilemmas and Ethical Analysis
- PHIL 2395 — Japanese Buddhism
- One of:
- PHIL 3100 — The Religious Worlds of Boston: Faith and Devotion in Urban Life
Electives
From the catalog
Complete five of the following courses, one of which must be 2000-level or above and another one of which must be 3000-level or above, that is not used to satisfy another requirement:
- Choose 20 semester hours from:
- PHIL 1111 — Introduction to World Religions
- PHIL 1104 — Goddesses, Witches, Saints, and Sinners: Women and Religion
- PHIL 1120 — Understanding the Bible
- PHIL 1130 — Comparative Ethics
- PHIL 1133 — Selling Spirituality
- PHIL 1260 — Apocalypticism in Film
- PHIL 1271 — Sex in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
- PHIL 1275 — Hinduism, Buddhism, and Beyond
- PHIL 1280 — Islam: Rituals, Traditions, and Debates
- PHIL 1285 — Jewish Religion and Culture
- PHIL 1290 — Chinese Philosophy and Religion
- PHIL 2390 — Cults and Sects
- One of:
- PHIL 3100 — The Religious Worlds of Boston: Faith and Devotion in Urban Life
- PHIL 3512 — Religion, Race, and Politics
- PHIL 4903 — Seminar in Religion
- PHIL 4992 — Directed Study
Capstone
From the catalog
Complete the following course that is not used to satisfy another requirement:
- PHIL 4903 — Seminar in Religion
Introduction to Africana Studies
- AFCS 1101 — Introduction to African American and Africana Studies
From the catalog
Complete two of the following:
- Choose 8 semester hours from:
- AFCS 1140 — Introduction to African-American History
- AFCS 1225 — Gender, Race, and Medicine
- AFCS 1270 — Introduction to Global Health
- AFCS 2270 — Race, Ethnicity, and Inequality
- AFCS 2325 — Black Feminist Studies
- AFCS 2600 — Issues in Race, Science, and Technology
- AFCS 3120 — Race, Crime, and Justice
- AFCS 3305 — Beyond the Binary: Race, Sex, and Science
- AFCS 3323 — Race, Inequality, and the Law
- AFCS 5001 — Special Topics in Race and the Law
- AFCS 5544 — Seminar in Black Leadership
Exploring Intellectual Traditions and Cultural Production
From the catalog
Complete two of the following:
- Choose 8 semester hours from:
- AFCS 1113 — Black Popular Culture
- AFCS 2296 — Early African-American Literature
- AFCS 2455 — American Women Writers
- AFCS 2619 — Race and Religion in Film
- AFCS 2690 — Boston in Literature
- AFCS 3404 — African American Rhetorical Traditions
- AFCS 3664 — Black Poetry and the Spoken Word
- AFCS 3900 — Gender and Black World Literatures
- AFCS 4588 — Literature in Context
Understanding Society and Social Movements
From the catalog
Complete two of the following:
- Choose 8 semester hours from:
- AFCS 1261 — Global Caribbean
- AFCS 2318 — New England Stories: Storytelling and the African American Experience
- AFCS 2325 — Black Feminist Studies
- AFCS 2330 — Afro-Latin American Studies
- AFCS 2337 — African American History Before 1900
- AFCS 2355 — Race, Identity, Social Change, and Empowerment
- AFCS 2380 — Black Families and Incarceration
- AFCS 2390 — Africa and the World in Early Times
- AFCS 2410 — Possession, Sacrifice, and Divination in African Diasporic Religions
- AFCS 2900 — Swahili, Culture, and Politics in Kenya
- AFCS 3424 — Epidemiology of Pandemic Diseases and Health Disparities in the African Diaspora
- AFCS 4526 — Afro-Asian Relations in the Americas
- AFCS 4939 — Community Health, Culture, and Development in Kenya
Senior Capstone
- AFCS 4700 — Capstone
Integrative Requirement
- One of:
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