Course Offerings Spring 2019
UMass Amherst
| Course Number | Section | Title | Faculty | Class Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthro494RI | 01 | Religion Evolution | Sievert | MWF 11:15-12:05pm |
| Classics224 | 01 | Greek Mythology | Hutchins | MWF 1:25-2:15pm |
| Comp-Lit340 | 01 | Mystical Literature | Barr | T TH 1:00-2:15pm |
| FrenchSt297U | 01 | The Undead Souths: Southern Gothic and Francophone Mythologies | Mensah | T TH 11:30-12:45pm |
| German363 | 01 | Witches: Myth and Reality | Dembling | MWF 1:25-2:15pm |
| History112H | 01 | Introduction to World Religions | Ware | MW 1:00-2:15pm |
| History387 | 01 | The Holocaust | Donson | MW 11:30-12:20pm |
| History394AI | 01 | Age of the Crusades | Broadbridge | MWF 10:10-11:00am |
| Judaic101 | 01 | The Jewish Experience I: Ancient to Medieval | Shapiro | T TH 11:30-12:45pm |
| Judaic102 | 01 | The Jewish Experience II: Medieval to Modern | Ben-Ur | T TH 10:00-11:15am |
| Judaic345 | 01 | Jews and the Challenges of Modernity | Melnick | MW 2:30-3:45pm |
| Judaic354 | 01 | Film, Literature, Jews | Gershenson | W 4:00-6:45pm |
| Judaic375 | 01 | The Jewish Experience in the Atlantic World | Ben-Ur | T TH 1:00-2:15p |
| Judaic383 | 01 | Women, Gender, Judaism | Shapiro | T TH 2:30-3:45pm |
| Judaic386 | 01 | Jewish Art | Couch | T TH 4:00-5:15pm |
| MidEast392P | 01 | Islamic Political Thought: From Revelation to Revolution | March | M 2:30-5:15pm |
| MidEast397E | 01 | Ethnic and Religious Conflicts in the Modern Middle East | Mohammadpour | T TH 2:30-3:45 |
| Phil383 | 01 | Introduction to Philosophy of Religion | Gibbs | MWF 12:20-1:10pm |
Amherst College
| Course Number | Section | Title | Faculty | Class Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RELI125 | 01 | Personal Religion in the Bible and Beyond | Niditch | MWF 10:00-10:50am |
| RELI127 | 01 | Ethics and the Hebrew Scriptures | Niditch | MWF 12:00-2:50pm |
| RELI128 | 01 | Religion and Popular Culture | Jeffries | WF12:30-1:50pm |
| RELI129 | 01 | Ethnographic Methods in Religious Studies | Amoruso | T TH 8:30-9:50am |
| RELI143 | 01 | Religion in Ancient India | Heim | T TH 10:00-11:20am |
| RELI152 | 01 | Introduction to Buddhist Traditions | Heim | T TH 11:30-12:50pm |
| RELI210 | 01 | What is Religion Anyway? Theories and Methods | Jaffer | T TH 2:30-3:50 |
| REL225 | 01 | Christianity, Ecology, and Environmental Responsibility | Powell | T TH 10:00-11:20am |
| REL226 | 01 | Romanticism, Religion, and American Democracy | Friesner | W 2:00-4:30pm |
| REL273 | 01 | Christian Scriptures | Doran | MWF 11:00-11:50am |
| REL325 | 01 | Spirit Possession | Amoruso | T 1:00-3:30pm |
| REL385 | 01 | The Quran and Its Controversies | Jaffer | TH 1:00-3:30pm |
Hampshire College
| Course Number | Section | Title | Faculty | Class Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HACU152 | 01 | Introduction to Buddhism | Tsering | MW 2:30-3:50pm |
Mount Holyoke College
| Course Number | Section | Title | Faculty | Class Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RELIG112 | 01 | Introduction to Judaism | Benjamin | TBD |
| RELIG225NR | 01 | Women in New Religious Movements | Coleman-Tobias | TBD |
| RELIG241 | 01 | Women and Buddhism | Mrozik | TBD |
| RELIG265 | 01 | Sacred Food and Eating in Judaism | Benjamin | TBD |
| RELIG267 | 01 | Buddhist Ethics | Mrozik | TBD |
| RELIG331AF | 01 | African American Spiritualities of Dissent | Coleman-Tobias | TBD |
Smith College
| Course Number | Section | Title | Faculty | Class Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANT274 | 01 | The Anthropology of Religion | Hota | T TH 1:00-2:50pm |
| PHI108 | 01 | The Meaning of Life | Dubin/Garfield | T TH 3:00-4:20pm |
| REL171 | 01 | Introduction to Contemporary Hinduism | Rotman | MW 2:40-4:00pm |
| REL112 | 01 | Introduction to the BIble I | Kaminsky | MWF 11:00-12:10pm |
| REL204 | 01 | Blasphemy | Shevzov | T TH 10:30-11:50am |
| REL223 | 01 | The Modern Jewish Experience | Dubin | T TH 9:00-10:20am |
| REL242 | 01 | The Russian Icon: Culture and Politics and the Sacred | Shevzov | T TH 1:00-2:20pm |
| REL246 | 01 | Muslims, Modernity, and Islam | Mourad | T TH 9:00-10:20am |
| REL249 | 01 | Islamic Popular Music | Mourad/Sarkissian | T TH 1:00-2:50pm |