"Our students tell us that when you are studying one couse at a time, the moment of insight -- the 'aha experience' when everything seems to come together -- happens more quickly because your brain isn't split into four or five different compartments (one for economics, one for Spanish, one for chemistry, etc). When the mind is totally focused on a single subject, the light bulb can, and does, go on more quickly."

-- Joseph Molleur, Associate Professor of Religion

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Curriculum

The curriculum in Religion provides a broad comparative framework for the exploration of major world religious traditions. These investigations are further enriched by drawing upon insights and approaches from related disciplines in the social sciences and humanities.

Our flexible degree requirements allow students a great deal of freedom in charting their own paths, and the following table shows some of our diverse course offerings:

Religion Department Courses
Religions of the World Jesus in the Gospels Feminist Theology Biblical Hebrew Contemporary Judaism The Islamic Path		The Hindu Vision The Buddhist Way Religions of Mongolia (in Mongolia) Religion and the Artistic Imagination
Courses in Related Departments
Ritual Arts of the African Diaspora (Art) Saints and She-Devils (Art) Classical Mythology (Classical Studies)		Milton (English) Asian Philosophy (Philosophy) Philosophy of Religion (Philosophy)

Off-campus courses

Professor Steven Sacks has traveled to many countries both as a student and a teacher of religion. In May 2008, he led a group to Mongolia for the course Religions of Mongolia. In 2008-09, the destination will be Morocco for Islam and Postcoloniality in Contemporary Morocco. We're condisidering future trips to Japan, Israel, and India. And our One Course At A Time schedule also makes it easy for students to participate in other Cornell international opportunities, such as art history in Rome, anthropology in the Bahamas, or archaeology in Greece.

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