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
RS 100: Religions of Asia
RS 101 / GRK 101: Introductory Ancient Greek 1
RS 102 / GRK 102: Introductory Ancient Greek 2
RS 110: Religions of the West
RS 121: Evil
RS 123 / EASIA 120R: Monsters and Magic in Japanese Popular Culture
RS 150: Christian Ethics
RS 180: Love and Friendship
RS 200s
RS 201 / EASIA 205R: Religions of East Asia
RS 203: Hinduism
RS 204: Buddhism
RS 206 / EASIA 206R: Japanese Religions
RS207 - Mindfulness and Meditation
No syllabi available.
RS208 - Religions of India
RS209 - Jews and Jewishness
RS 210 / JS 217: Judaism
RS 210/JS 217 Winter 2024 (pdf)
RS 211 / JS 203: Jewish Responses to the Holocaust
RS 212 / JS 125: Great Texts in the Jewish Tradition
No syllabi available.
RS 216: Islam
RS218: Seduction, Rivalry, and Dysfunction in the Bible
RS 219: Religion in America
RS 220: World Religions and Politics
RS 223 / GRK 201: Intermediate Greek
RS 224 / GRK 202: Selections from Greek Authors
RS 225: Sacred Beauty: Religion and the Arts
RS226: Introduction to Indigenous Spirituality
No syllabi available.
RS 228: Big Ideas of the Bible
RS 229R: Christianity and Social Change in Canada
RS 230 / JS 215: Visions of Israel in Judaism: From Biblical to Modern Times
RS 234 / JS 234: Power and Corruption in the Bible
RS 235: Jesus: Life and Legacy
RS 236 / JS 236: Paul: Life and Letters
RS 240 / HIST 235: History of Christianity
RS 241: Sex, Politics, and Religion in the U.S. and Canada
RS 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
RS253: Christianity's Big Questions
RS 254: Christian Sexual Ethics
RS255: Roman Catholicism
RS 258: God
RS 259R: Gender, Sexuality, and Christianity
No syllabi available.
RS 260: Religion Matters
RS 261 / PHIL 237: Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion
RS 262 / SOC 260: Religion in Sociological Perspective
RS263: Religion and the Sensory Experience
No syllabi available.
RS264 - Spiritual Journeys
No syllabi available.
RS 266: Death and Dying
RS 270R / FINE 252: Religion in Popular Film
RS 271R / FINE 253: Special Topics in Religion and Film
No syllabi available.
RS 272 / JS 233: The Holocaust and Film
RS 275 / EASIA 275R: Religion and Japanese Film
RS279: Religion and Popular Culture
No syllabi available.
RS 280 / SOC 262: Cults and New Religious Movements
RS 283: Religion and Ethics
No syllabi available.
RS 284 / GSJ 261: Gender and the Great Religions
RS 285 / ERS 294: The Sacred Earth: Religion and Ecology
RS287: Mysticism and Wisdom Teachings in the World's Religions
No syllabi available.
RS288 - Health, Medicine, and Spirituality
RS 291: Special Topics
RS 291 SJU in Peru Spring 2023 (pdf)
RS 300s
RS 301: Engaged Buddhism
No syllabi available.
RS307 - Buddhism in North America
No syllabi available.
RS310: Digital Spirituality: New Media Art in the Middle East/North Africa Diaspora
No syllabi available.
RS 312: Muslim Lives and Practices Worldwide
RS314 - Secret Teachings and Mysticism in Judaism
No syllabi available.
RS 315 / CLAS 325: Greek and Roman Religion
RS 318 / UNDG 318: Indigenous Worldviews and Spirituality
RS 320: Christian Approaches to Peacemaking
No syllabi available.
RS 325 / GSJ 320: Sex and the World Religions
RS 327 / CLAS 326 / GSJ 327: The Body, Dress, and Religion
RS 335: Christianity, Violence, and the Bible
RS 342 / HIST 304 / MEDVL 304: Heresy and Religious Crises in Late Medieval Europe
RS 343 / HIST 379: Reformation History
RS 344 / HIST 348: The Radical Reformation
RS 348: The Catholic Church and Change
RS 349 / ITAL 349: The Mystical Imagination
No syllabi available.
RS 350: Dying for God
RS 350 Winter 2025 (pdf)
RS 353 / PACS 330: War and Peace in Christian Theology
RS 354: Shapers of the Roman Catholic Tradition
No syllabi available.
RS 355: Christian Feminist Thought
No syllabi available.
RS 357 / CMW 363 / MUSIC 363: The Church's Song
RS 358 / CMW 364 / MUSIC 364: Worship and its Music
RS 361 / ANTH 311: Anthropology of Religion
RS 364 / JS 364: Jewish Humour: Laughing Your Way Through History
RS 377: Religion in Science Fiction Films and Television
RS 380 / PACS 326: Religion and Peacebuilding
RS 383: Justice, Peace, and Development
RS 387: Aging and the Spiritual Life
RS 391: Special Topics
No syllabi available.
RS 395: Study-Travel Seminar in Religion
No syllabi available.
RS 398: Directed Readings in Special Subjects
No syllabi available.
RS 400s
RS 420R / SDS 420R: Critical Encounter with Human Nature
RS450 - Reading and Interpreting the Qur'an (in translation)
Rs 450 Winter 2023 (pdf)
RS 462 / SOC 402: Sociology of Religion
RS 491: Special Topics
RS 495: Study Term Abroad
No syllabi available.