The Department of Religious Studies offers a wide range of undergraduate courses on the study of religion. For course descriptions (to find out what a course is about), please see the Undergraduate Calendar. To view when and where courses are offered, please see the Schedule of Classes. To view our most recent course outlines or syllabi, please see the PDF and Word document links below. These will provide you with specific details on what to expect from our courses.
Please note that Religious Studies (RS) is now Religion, Culture, and Spirituality (RCS) as of Fall 2025.
If you require older versions of these syllabi, please contact us directly.
RS 100s
RCS 100: Religions of Asia
RCS 101 / GRK 101: Introductory Ancient Greek 1
RCS 102 / GRK 102: Introductory Ancient Greek 2
RCS 110: Religions of the West
RCS 121: Evil
RCS 123 / EASIA 120R: Monsters and Magic in Japanese Popular Culture
RCS 150: Christian Ethics
RCS 180: Love and Friendship
RS 200s
RCS 201 / EASIA 205R: Religions of East Asia
RCS 203: Hinduism
RCS 204: Buddhism
RS 206 / EASIA 206R: Japanese Religions
RCS 207 - Mindfulness and Meditation
No syllabi available.
RCS 208 - Religions of India
RCS 209 - Jews and Jewishness
RCS 210 / JS 217: Judaism
RS 210/JS 217 Winter 2024 (pdf)
RCS 211 / JS 203: Jewish Responses to the Holocaust
RCS 212 / JS 125: Great Texts in the Jewish Tradition
No syllabi available.
RCS 216: Islam
RS218: Seduction, Rivalry, and Dysfunction in the Bible
RS 219: Religion in America
RCS 220: World Religions and Politics
RCS 223 / GRK 201: Intermediate Greek
RCS 224 / GRK 202: Selections from Greek Authors
RCS 225: Sacred Beauty: Religion and the Arts
RCS 226: Introduction to Indigenous Spirituality
No syllabi available.
RCS 228: Big Ideas of the Bible
RCS 229R: Christianity and Social Change in Canada
RCS 230 / JS 215: Visions of Israel in Judaism: From Biblical to Modern Times
RCS 234 / JS 234: Power and Corruption in the Bible
RCS 235: Jesus: Life and Legacy
RCS 236 / JS 236: Paul: Life and Letters
RCS 240 / HIST 235: History of Christianity
RCS 241: Sex, Politics, and Religion in the U.S. and Canada
RCS 242R / SDS 242R: Religious Diversity and Social Development
RS244 - Religion in Canada
No syllabi available.
RS245 - The Catholic Church in Canada
No syllabi available.
RS 250: History of Christian Thought
RS 251: Catholic Social Thought
RCS253: Christianity's Big Questions
RCS 254: Christian Sexual Ethics
RCS255: Roman Catholicism
RCS 258: God
RCS 259R: Gender, Sexuality, and Christianity
No syllabi available.
RCS 260: Religion Matters
RCS 261 / PHIL 237: Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion
RCS 262 / SOC 260: Religion in Sociological Perspective
RCS263: Religion and the Sensory Experience
No syllabi available.
RCS264 - Spiritual Journeys
No syllabi available.
RCS 266: Death and Dying
RCS 270R / FINE 252: Religion in Popular Film
RCS 271R / FINE 253: Special Topics in Religion and Film
No syllabi available.
RCS 272 / JS 233: The Holocaust and Film
RCS 275 / EASIA 275R: Religion and Japanese Film
RCS279: Religion and Popular Culture
No syllabi available.
RCS 280 / SOC 262: Cults and New Religious Movements
RCS 283: Religion and Ethics
No syllabi available.
RCS 284 / GSJ 261: Gender and the Great Religions
RCS 285 / ERS 294: The Sacred Earth: Religion and Ecology
RCS287: Mysticism and Wisdom Teachings in the World's Religions
No syllabi available.
RCS288 - Health, Medicine, and Spirituality
RCS 291: Special Topics
RS 291 SJU in Peru Spring 2023 (pdf)
RS 300s
RCS 301: Engaged Buddhism
No syllabi available.
RCS307 - Buddhism in North America
No syllabi available.
RCS310: Digital Spirituality: New Media Art in the Middle East/North Africa Diaspora
No syllabi available.
RS 312: Muslim Lives and Practices Worldwide
RCS314 - Secret Teachings and Mysticism in Judaism
No syllabi available.
RCS 315 / CLAS 325: Greek and Roman Religion
RCS 318 / INDG 318: Indigenous Worldviews and Spirituality
RCS 320: Christian Approaches to Peacemaking
No syllabi available.
RCS 325 / GSJ 320: Sex and the World Religions
RCS 327 / CLAS 326 / GSJ 327: The Body, Dress, and Religion
RCS 335: Christianity, Violence, and the Bible
RCS 342 / HIST 304 / MEDVL 304: Heresy and Religious Crises in Late Medieval Europe
RCS 343 / HIST 379: Reformation History
RCS 344 / HIST 348: The Radical Reformation
RCS 348: The Catholic Church and Change
RCS 349 / ITAL 349: The Mystical Imagination
No syllabi available.
RCS 350: Dying for God
RS 350 Winter 2025 (pdf)
RCS 353 / PACS 330: War and Peace in Christian Theology
RCS 354: Shapers of the Roman Catholic Tradition
No syllabi available.
RS 355: Christian Feminist Thought
No syllabi available.
RCS 357 / CMW 363 / MUSIC 363: The Church's Song
RCS 358 / CMW 364 / MUSIC 364: Worship and its Music
RCS 361 / ANTH 311: Anthropology of Religion
RCS 364 / JS 364: Jewish Humour: Laughing Your Way Through History
RCS 377: Religion in Science Fiction Films and Television
RCS 380 / PACS 326: Religion and Peacebuilding
RCS 383: Justice, Peace, and Development
RCS 387: Aging and the Spiritual Life
RCS 391: Special Topics
No syllabi available.
RCS 395: Study-Travel Seminar in Religion
No syllabi available.
RCS 398: Directed Readings in Special Subjects
No syllabi available.
RCS 400s
RCS 420R / SDS 420R: Critical Encounter with Human Nature
RCS450 - Reading and Interpreting the Qur'an (in translation)
RCS 462 / SOC 402: Sociology of Religion
RCS 491: Special Topics
RCS 495: Study Term Abroad
No syllabi available.